New Delhi, Jan. 26 -- The Bar Council of India (BCI) has approached Justice Surya Kant, Chief Justice of India, raising serious institutional concerns over oral remarks made by a Single Judge of the Kerala High Court while entertaining a petition challenging the nomination fee prescribed for State Bar Council elections.

In a formal communication issued on January 26, the apex body of advocates stated that the High Court's intervention was in clear disregard of binding directions of the Supreme Court, which had expressly restrained all High Courts and subordinate courts from entertaining election-related petitions concerning Bar Council elections.

The BCI asserted that the impugned oral observations were "baseless and reckless" and assum...