supreme court bar association

A bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice R. Subhash Reddy has noted in its order that the pandemic has thrown its own challenges and one is the functioning of the judiciary.

The Supreme Court Bar Association on Tuesday organised a Covid-19 vaccination camp to inoculate its members and their families, and judicial staff at the Delhi Government Health Centre in the Apex Court premises.

The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) has filed a petition in the Supreme Court to quash the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) dated March 5, 2021, issued by the Supreme Court registry for a hybrid physical hearing.

On February 10, Supreme Court Assistant Registrar Srikanth G. Pai informed the SCBA Acting Secretary that an AIIMS Health Advisory Team had recommended holding elections on an online platform.

A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions to conduct upcoming Supreme Court Bar Association elections 2020-2021, strictly by way of “secret ballot” in physical form, in terms of Bye-Law no. 17 of Supreme Court Bar Association.

Senior Advocates Vikas Singh, Priya Hingorani, KailashVasdev, Adish Chandra Agarawala and Advocates Ashok Aroraand Ajay Mandyal will be contesting for the post of President.

A petition has been filed in the Delhi High Court against the Supreme Court Bar Association alleging that the Executive Committee of the SCBA has made brazen attempts to interfere with the Election process

The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) has written to Union Minister for Law and Justice Ravi Shankar Prasad with a request to include judges

Election Committee initiated discussions with NSDL and the SCBA for conducting elections on a virtual platform, however the Executive Commitee had already made decision to hold elections both virtually and physically.

Dushyant Dave resigned as the president of the SCBA citing that he had forfeited the right to continue as the leader of the SCBA. He said further continuation in office as SCBA president in these circumstances will be morally wrong.