Recently, the words of renowned Senior Advocate and Padma Vibhushan awardee, Shri. Fali Sam Nariman sent ripples across the Indian legal community. Comparing the system of “senior designation” of advocates introduced by the Advocates Act, 1961 (‘1961 Act’) as akin to the “caste system”, Nariman maintained that senior designations are violative of fundamental right to equality in Article 14 of the Indian Constitution.