India, Feb. 26 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday set out to revise rules to designate senior advocates in the top court and high courts, indicating that it will consider the suggestion to refer the matter to a five-judge bench when it takes it up next month.

The procedure for designation of senior advocates currently follows two decisions of the Supreme Court passed in 2017 and 2023 - both by three-judge benches. On January 20, a two-judge bench doubted certain norms laid down in these two decisions and referred the matter to the Chief Justice of India (CJI) for constituting a bench of "appropriate strength" to modify or revise the parameters set by the two judgments.

On Tuesday, the matter was placed before a three-judge bench headed by ...