T Mathivanan J appointed as Additional Returning Officer for TN Bar Council elections

The Bar Council of India (BCI) has intimated its assent to appointing Justice (Retd.) T Mathivanan as Additional Returning Officer to oversee the conduct of the forthcoming elections to the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry (BCTN)..Justice Mathivanan was elevated as a judge of the Madras High Court in February 2010. He retired in May 2017..As per a communication made on Tuesday, the BCI unanimously agreed to the appointment, pursuant to a request by the Madras High Court in an order passed last Friday. Among various other suggestions, the Court in its order had also requested the BCI to consider appointing more retired judges to effectively monitor the BCTN elections as observers..Accordingly, an extract of the minutes of the BCI meeting held last weekend states:.“On the lines of the suggestions given in the order passed by Hon’ble Madras High Court in the matter of W.P. (MD) Nos. 17724 and 2706 of 2018 dated 16.02.2018 whereby the court has directed the Bar Council of India to consider whether it is possible to appoint a few more retired judges of High Court as observers along with Mr. Justice G.M. Akbar Ali, Returning Officer and the Special Committee members, so as to monitor the elections effectively and to conduct the election without any problem, the Council deems it fit unanimously to appoint Mr. T. Mathivanan, Retired Judge, Madras High Court as Additional Returning Officer to assist Mr. Justice G.M, Akbar Ali, Retuning Officer and the Special Committee to look into the elections and further requests/directs the Special Committee of Bar Council of State of TN & Puducherry to further appoint both observers for election of State of TN, 2018. The Returning Officer should consult with Special Committee on/for issues, if any, relating to the elections.”.Read Extract of BCI meeting:.Image taken from here.