About
Advocate JC Lalnunsanga
Advocate-on-Record of the Supreme Court of India, and the first from Mizoram. Sixteen years of practice in civil, criminal and service law, with chambers in Aizawl and New Delhi.
JC Lalnunsanga has practised for over sixteen years. He cleared the Advocate-on-Record examination conducted by the Supreme Court of India and is the first advocate from the state of Mizoram to have done so.
Under Rule 1(b) of Order IV of the Supreme Court Rules 2013, no advocate other than the Advocate-on-Record for a party may appear, plead or address the Court in a matter, unless instructed by the Advocate-on-Record or permitted by the Court.
Supreme Court Rules 2013, Order IV
He graduated from Mysore University in 2008 with a B.A.L., LL.B. While working at a corporate firm in Mumbai he completed an LL.M. in Business Law in 2010, and began practising in Mizoram that year. He has trained a number of junior advocates, several of whom now hold independent practices in the state.
In 2020 he relocated to Delhi with his family to practise before the Supreme Court, while continuing to appear before the Aizawl Bench and the Principal Bench of the Gauhati High Court.
He has appeared in matters within and outside Mizoram, including the case concerning the eviction of Burmese nationals from Saikhumphai. During the COVID-19 pandemic he filed a Public Interest Litigation seeking the establishment of an RT-PCR testing laboratory for the southern region of Mizoram.
He has served as Standing Counsel for the Social Welfare Department, the Education Department and SSA/RMSA, and as Special Public Prosecutor for the Mizoram Lokayukta. He has extensive experience in arbitration and in consumer disputes.
Present appointments
Standing Counsel for
- Mizoram Public Service Commission (MPSC)
- Election Commission of India
- Tourism Department and Mizoram Tourism Development Authority (MTDA)
- Mizoram Board of School Education (MBSE)
Appears before
Courts and tribunals
- Supreme Court of India
- Gauhati High Court — Aizawl Bench and Principal Bench
- Arbitral Tribunals
- National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC)
In compliance with Bar Council of India Rules
Statutory Disclosure
In accordance with the resolution passed by the Bar Council of India on 30th April 2008 (Resolution No. 50/2008, dated 24th March 2008), under amended Rule 36 of the Advocates Act, 1961, the following particulars are furnished below.
- Name
- JC Lalnunsanga
- Address and contact
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Aizawl: 2nd Floor, MZP Office, District Court Complex, Treasury Square, Aizawl, Mizoram
New Delhi: Chamber 17, MC Setalvad Lawyers’ Chamber, Supreme Court of India, Tilak Lane, New Delhi 110 001
+91 96121 63263 · jclalnuna@gmail.com - Enrolment
- BCI No. 726 of 2009, dated 26th November 2008 — Bar Council of Assam, Mizoram etc.
- Professional and academic qualifications
- Advocate-on-Record, Supreme Court of India
LL.M. (Business / Corporate Law)
B.A.L., LL.B. — Mysore University, 2008 - Areas of practice
- All branches of law