New Delhi, Jan. 27 -- The Bar Council of India (BCI) has written to the Chief Justice of India, Justice Surya Kant, expressing serious institutional concern over certain oral observations made by a single judge of the Kerala High Court while hearing a challenge to the enhanced nomination fee for State Bar Council elections.
In a detailed letter, BCI Chairman and senior advocate Manan Kumar Mishra described the remarks as "baseless and reckless," stating that they disturbed the constitutional balance between the Bar and the Bench. The Council pointed out that the Kerala High Court entertained the petition despite the binding directions of the Supreme Court restraining all courts from hearing election-related matters connected with Bar Counc...