The Supreme Court of India has conferred the position of senior advocates to 51 former Chief Justices/ Judges of high courts under section 16(2) of the Advocates Act, 1961.
Following are the former Chief Justices/Judges who have been designated as Senior Advocates, with their parent High Court:
Bombay High Court
- Justice Bhushan P Dharmadhikari
- Justice Dilip Babasaheb Bhosale
- Justice Sunil Prabhakarrao Deshmukh
- Justice Zaka Aziz-ul-Haq
- Justice Ravi Krishnarao Deshpande
- Justice Ravindra Manoharrao Borde
- Justice Rajesh Govind Ketkar
- Justice Kishor K Sonawane
Delhi High Court
- Justice AK Pathak
- Justice Vinay Kumar Jain
- Justice Rajiv Sahal Endlaw
- Justice Vijay Kumar Shali
- Justice Man Mohan Singh
- Justice Vinod Goel
- Justice Gurindar Singh Sistani
- Justice Ved Prakash Vaish
- Justice Veena Birbal
- Justice Jag Jivan Ram Midha
Punjab & Haryana High Court
- Justice Rajive Bhalla
- Justice Rakesh Kumar Garg
- Justice AjayTewari
- Justice Rajiv Narain Rana
- Justice Ravinder Prakash Nagrath
- Justice Ramendra Jain
- Justice Paramjeet Singh Dhaliwal
Rajasthan High Court
- Justice Dr. Vineet Kothari
- Justice Sangeet Raj Lodha
- Justice Dinesh Chandra Somani
- Justice Govind Mathur
Kerala High Court
- Justice TB Radhakrishnan
- Justice Hariprasad A
- Justice Ramachandran Nair TR
Allahabad High Court
- Justice Pankaj Naqvi
- Justice Vishnu Chandra Gupta
- Justice Rajesh Kumar Agarwal
- Justice Amar Saran
- Justice Sudhir Kumar Saxena
Uttarakhand High Court
- Justice Sarvesh Kumar Gupta
- Justice Lok Pal Singh
Madras High Court
- Justice B Rajendra
- Justice M Sathyaranarayanan
- Justice K Ravichandrabaabu
Calcutta High Court
- Justice Sudip Ahluwalia
- Girish Chandra Gupta
Jammu and Kashmir High Court
- Justice Maharaj Krishna Hanjura
- Justice Bansi Lal Bhat
Andhra Pradesh High Court
- Justice Dama Seshadri Naidu
- Justice Matam Venkataramana
Jharkhand High Court
- Justice Tapen Sen
Karnataka High Court
- Justice Dr K Bhakthavatsala
Patna High Court
- Shyam Kishore Sharma