DHAKA, March 11 -- Discrepancies have shown up in the results of the Supreme Court Bar Association's election for 2024-25, announced past midnight on Saturday, following tremendous controversy that arose around the vote counting over the weekend. Votes were cast on Wednesday and Thursday.

Now it emerges that the voting tallies announced by senior advocate Abul Khair, convenor of the SCBA's election sub-committee, do not match the reported number of votes cast. Specifically, they exceed the number of votes cast, 5319, that was reported widely across the media on Thursday and Friday.

Talking to UNB on Monday morning, Advocate Abul Khair denied ever disclosing the number of votes cast in the election, even though a number of outlets did qu...