SCBA Elections on December 11.The Election Committee of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) has drawn up the tentative time table for the SCBA Elections 2015. The Committee met at the SCBA Conference Room at 1.30 pm yesterday and decided the same. The elections will be held on December 11, 2015..The circular issued by SCBA today gives the details of the schedule for the elections. As per the circular, the tentative list of eligible voters will be displayed on the SCBA notice board and on the SCBA website on November 20. Any objection to the same will have to be communicated to the SCBA office by 5 pm on November 27..The final voters list will be prepared by the Election Committee and will be displayed by November 30 on the SCBA notice board and on SCBA website. The final schedule of the elections indicating the various stages of election will also be published on the same date..Nomination papers can be filed from 10.30 am on December 1 to 5 pm on December 3. The list of contesting candidates will be published on December 5..Presidential and Secretarial debate will be held at 4.15 pm on December 9 in the Supreme Court lawns and voting will be held on December 11 between 10 am and 4 pm..While filing the nomination, candidates will be required to disclose if they have been suspended or removed from SCBA membership at any point of time..Dushyant Dave to contest for SCBA President.Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave will be contesting for the post of the President of the SCBA for the second time..Dave, who won the elections last year, by edging out nearest rival Adish Aggarwala by 41 votes, confirmed that he will run for the office in the coming election..Dave’s Presidential tenure this year has been one of the most eventful in the past 5 years. He has shown no hesitation in taking on the Bench and has definitely set in motion various welfare measures for the Bar. In February, barely two months after he was elected, Dave, in his personal capacity, wrote a scathing letter to Chief Justice HL Dattu opposing the proposed elevation of Justice Mohit Shah from the Bombay High Court to the Supreme Court. The Collegium, it was rumoured, was considering elevating Shah to the Supreme Court though it did not eventually happen..In the same month, the SCBA mooted a resolution condemning the treatment meted out to lawyers by Justice PC Ghose and Chief Justice HL Dattu. The changes in the listing of matters including sudden listing of admitted cases which was causing inconvenience to the Bar had also been a trigger for this. However, the resolution was not passed since the Chief Justice met Dave, discussed various issues and chalked out amicable solutions..The tiff with the Bench continued post summer vacation when the SCBA once again proposed to pass a resolution – this time threatening to boycott the farewell functions of the judges..The trigger for this move was that,.“…Just requests on Infrastructural Issues, made on behalf of thousands of Lawyers, who are the Members of the Supreme Court Bar Association are not even considered in right earnest, much less granted.”.However, this plan was also deferred after the Chief Justice constituted a grievance committee comprising 5 judges to look into the grievances of the SCBA..Meanwhile, significant progress was made in other fronts – the issue pertaining to accommodation of members in flats and various welfare schemes for Bar members saw significant progress..The SCBA elections, which are held in December every year, elects the Executive Committee of the Supreme Court Bar. It remains to be seen who all will pit themselves against Dave this year.
SCBA Elections on December 11.The Election Committee of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) has drawn up the tentative time table for the SCBA Elections 2015. The Committee met at the SCBA Conference Room at 1.30 pm yesterday and decided the same. The elections will be held on December 11, 2015..The circular issued by SCBA today gives the details of the schedule for the elections. As per the circular, the tentative list of eligible voters will be displayed on the SCBA notice board and on the SCBA website on November 20. Any objection to the same will have to be communicated to the SCBA office by 5 pm on November 27..The final voters list will be prepared by the Election Committee and will be displayed by November 30 on the SCBA notice board and on SCBA website. The final schedule of the elections indicating the various stages of election will also be published on the same date..Nomination papers can be filed from 10.30 am on December 1 to 5 pm on December 3. The list of contesting candidates will be published on December 5..Presidential and Secretarial debate will be held at 4.15 pm on December 9 in the Supreme Court lawns and voting will be held on December 11 between 10 am and 4 pm..While filing the nomination, candidates will be required to disclose if they have been suspended or removed from SCBA membership at any point of time..Dushyant Dave to contest for SCBA President.Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave will be contesting for the post of the President of the SCBA for the second time..Dave, who won the elections last year, by edging out nearest rival Adish Aggarwala by 41 votes, confirmed that he will run for the office in the coming election..Dave’s Presidential tenure this year has been one of the most eventful in the past 5 years. He has shown no hesitation in taking on the Bench and has definitely set in motion various welfare measures for the Bar. In February, barely two months after he was elected, Dave, in his personal capacity, wrote a scathing letter to Chief Justice HL Dattu opposing the proposed elevation of Justice Mohit Shah from the Bombay High Court to the Supreme Court. The Collegium, it was rumoured, was considering elevating Shah to the Supreme Court though it did not eventually happen..In the same month, the SCBA mooted a resolution condemning the treatment meted out to lawyers by Justice PC Ghose and Chief Justice HL Dattu. The changes in the listing of matters including sudden listing of admitted cases which was causing inconvenience to the Bar had also been a trigger for this. However, the resolution was not passed since the Chief Justice met Dave, discussed various issues and chalked out amicable solutions..The tiff with the Bench continued post summer vacation when the SCBA once again proposed to pass a resolution – this time threatening to boycott the farewell functions of the judges..The trigger for this move was that,.“…Just requests on Infrastructural Issues, made on behalf of thousands of Lawyers, who are the Members of the Supreme Court Bar Association are not even considered in right earnest, much less granted.”.However, this plan was also deferred after the Chief Justice constituted a grievance committee comprising 5 judges to look into the grievances of the SCBA..Meanwhile, significant progress was made in other fronts – the issue pertaining to accommodation of members in flats and various welfare schemes for Bar members saw significant progress..The SCBA elections, which are held in December every year, elects the Executive Committee of the Supreme Court Bar. It remains to be seen who all will pit themselves against Dave this year.
