Supreme Court Collegium elevates Haryana AG, 9 other advocates as judges for Punjab and Haryana High Court

As per the high court’s virtual justice clock, there is a pendency of over four lakh cases, and the judges take up more than 6,000 cases every day.

Pravindra Singh Chauhan has more than 25 years of experience at the Bar and has also served as a member of the Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission. Rajesh Gaur is an Additional Advocate General of Haryana while Minderjeet Yadav is a former Deputy Advocate General and a former chairman of the Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana.

A notable inclusion is senior advocate Navdeep Singh, a retired Army Major with a distinguished practice in constitutional, service and military law, particularly in matters involving veterans, defence personnel and persons with disabilities.

Monica Chhibber Sharma, a senior advocate known for her work as Senior Deputy Advocate General for Punjab in key cases, is among the women advocates cleared for elevation. Puja Chopra, with a long-standing civil and family law practice, and Divya Sharma, who has served as Senior Panel Counsel for the Union Government, are the other women advocates in the list.

Senior advocate Sunish Bindlish represented the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs as standing counsel while Harmeet Singh Deol and Ravinder Malik are known for their extensive practice in civil, criminal and commercial litigation.

Several of those cleared for elevation were designated senior advocates by the High Court in October last year.