The Telangana High Court has designated 22 lawyers as Senior Advocates following a Full Court meeting held on September 16, 2026.

The designation has been made under Section 16(2) of the Advocates Act, 1961, read with the relevant guidelines for designation of advocates as Senior Advocates. The notification states that the designations will take effect from September 16, 2026.

The 22 lawyers designated as Senior Advocates are:

1. Mantri Rama Rao

2. A. K. Jaya Prakash Rao

3. M. Rajender Reddy

4. Yerabati Rama Rao

5. Manmohan Dundu

6. Kalpana Ekbote

7. A. Prabhakar Rao

8. Y. Ratnakar

9. K. Raghavacharyulu

10. J. V. Prasad

11. E. Uma Maheshwar Rao

12. Srinivas Velagapudi

13. Dr. Juttukonda Vijayalaxmi

14. Chetluru Srinivas

15. Palle Nageswar Rao

16. V. V. S. N. Raju

17. P. S. Rajasekhar

18. Ramesh Vishwanathula Vishwanath

19. Thomas George

20. Chikkudu Prabhakar Babu

21. P. Vishnuvardhana Reddy

22. Vivek @ Vivek Jain

The High Court’s notification records that the decision was taken by the Chief Justice and Judges during the Full Court meeting and that the 22 advocates have been conferred the Senior Advocate designation with effect from September 16.