New Delhi, Oct. 16 -- An application has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions to restrain the Bar Council of India (BCI) from interfering with or assuming control over the conduct of elections to various State Bar Councils.
The plea, filed by Advocate M. Vardhan through Advocate-on-Record Rajesh Singh Chauhan in a pending writ petition, alleges that the BCI's actions strike at "the very root of representative self-governance within the Bar" and undermine the democratic character of the State Bar Councils envisaged under Sections 3 and 8 of the Advocates Act, 1961.
"If the ongoing interference of the Bar Council of India is not immediately restrained, the resultant delay will cause irreparable institutional damage by eroding ...