Breaking: Kirti Uppal beats Rajiv Khosla to become the new DHCBA President

In a dramatic twist in the tale of the Delhi High Court Bar Association elections, Senior Advocate Kirti Uppal has been elected as the new President of the DHCBA..Beating the President in-office Rajiv Khosla and first-time candidates Sunita Bharadwaj and Sunil Goel, Uppal emerged as the winner with a lead of over 250 votes. The Senior Advocate has had a long-standing relationship with the bar association, having served as Secretary as well as Vice President in previous terms..Khosla was elected President in a whopping victory back in 2014. His defeat comes after a prolonged fight against the implementation of the new rules to the bar association elections. In accordance with the new rules, Khosla wouldn’t have even been able to contest for the post of the President, let alone get elected..Known to be extremely vocal about his opinions, Khosla had made serious allegations against a sitting judge of the Delhi High Court earlier this year, stating that he would soon file a written complaint to the Chief Justice of the High Court..Uppal’s victory comes at an opportune time, after a Division Bench of the Delhi High Court laid down directions to implement the one-bar-one-vote principle, by virtue of which lawyers who have voted in any bar association election in any other court in Delhi, will not be able to vote for the DHCBA elections. It seems probable that Khosla, who relies on a vote bank consisting majorly of district court lawyers, lost due to the strict implementation of this order..The new office bearers also includes JP Sengh, who won the post of the Vice President, and Amit Sharma, who has become the Hony. Secretary. Mohit Gupta has been elected Treasurer, while Amit Saxena is the new Joint Secretary.