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Sep 27, 2022

Days After Appointing CJI's Son as Senior Counsel in SC, UP Govt Defers Appointment

The latest order from the UP government said the appointment of Shreeyash Lalit as its senior panel lawyer in the apex court will be on hold until orders.
 Shreeyash U. Lalit. Photo: Twitter/ @JindalGlobalUNI

New Delhi: The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday, September 27, deferred the appointment of Shreeyash Lalit, son of Chief Justice U.U. Lalit, as its senior counsel in the Supreme Court five days after it had issued orders to that effect.

The latest order from the Yogi Adityanath government said the appointment of Shreeyash as its senior panel lawyer in the apex court will be on hold until orders. Along with Shreeyash, the appointment of two other lawyers Nidhi Goyal and Namit Saxena has also been deferred. No reasons have been cited for the deferral.

On September 21, the Uttar Pradesh government had appointed four lawyers to represent its matters in the top court, including Shreeyash.

The Chief Justice’s son secured a law degree from the Faculty of Law at Delhi University in 2017. He then went on to do a Master’s from the University of Cambridge in 2018.

Justice Lalit became the 49th Chief Justice of India on August 27, taking the reins from Justice N.V. Ramana. He has a short tenure in the office before he retires on November 8. Before becoming a judge, Justice Lalit practiced as a lawyer in the Bombay high court and Supreme Court. Justice Lalit comes from a family of lawyers; his father U.R. Lalit was also a senior advocate and served as an additional judge of the Delhi high court.

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