7 women lawyers selected for Indian Litigation Fellowship 2025-2026

Seven lawyers have been selected for the Indian Litigation Fellowship 2025-2026, a program that aims to provide financial and mentorship support to empower young, first-generation women litigators at the start of their careers.

The aim of the fellowship is to provide financial and mentorship support to encourage and equip more women litigators with the necessary support systems and professional training early in their careers.  

It is only open to first-generation women litigators with less than two years of professional experience.

Out of the seven lawyers, five have been selected as Litigation Fellows and the remaining two as Lawyers-in-Residence.

The lawyers who have been selected as Litigation Fellows are:

- Ankita Jagannath Sonawale from Maharashtra;

- Erusha Portel from West Bengal;

- Mahalakshmi Srinivasan from Tamil Nadu;

- Saniya Anjum from Maharashtra;

- V Swetha from Tamil Nadu.

Lawyers selected as Lawyer-In Residence are:

- Anushka Singhal from Uttar Pradesh;

- Mayuri Gatari from Maharashtra.

The five Litigation Fellows have the freedom to choose and work with any litigation chamber of their preference.

The two Lawyer-in-Residence Fellows have been placed at Pravah Law Offices India, led by Shrutanjaya Bhardwaj; and LIR E-23 Chambers, headed by Mansi Sood and Vinayak Mehrotra.

Each of the fellows will receive a yearly amount of ₹3,60,000.