The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday deferred the appointment of Shreeyash Lalit, who is the son of Chief Justice UU Lalit, as its senior counsel in the Supreme Court. The decision was taken five days after the government had issued orders to this effect.
The latest order from the Yogi Adityanath government said the appointment of Shreeyash as its senior panel lawyer in the apex court would be on hold until further orders.
Along with Shreeyash, the appointment of two other lawyers — Nidhi Goyal and Namit Saxena — has also been deferred even as no reasons have been cited for it.
On September 21, the Uttar Pradesh government had appointed four lawyers, including Shreeyash, to represent its matters in the apex court.
The chief justice’s son secured a law degree from the Faculty of Law at Delhi University in 2017. He then went on to pursue a master's degree from the University of Cambridge in 2018. Justice Lalit became the 49th Chief Justice of India on August 27, taking over from Justice NV Ramana.
He has a short tenure in the office before he retires on November 8. Before becoming a judge, Justice Lalit practised as a lawyer in the Bombay High Court and Supreme Court.
Justice Lalit comes from a family of lawyers as his father UR Lalit was also a senior advocate and served as an additional judge of the Delhi High Court.
