The Supreme Court today extended the last date for publishing electoral list of various State Bar Councils to January 15, 2018..In partial modification of its November 24 order, the Court today directed the following:.“we extend the date of 30.11.2017 mentioned in the order dated 24.11.2017 as the date to publish Electoral list, to 15.01.2018”.It also reiterated that elections should start from February 15 and should be completed within six weeks..“elections shall start from 15.02.2018 and should to be completed within a period of six weeks.”.However, in those States where the Electoral Roll is already published, the process should be started from January 1, 2018..Back in August, the Supreme Court had granted lawyers fifteen days to submit their application forms for verification of degrees by the BCI under the Certificate of Practice Rules, 2015. The Court had also passed orders directing State Bar Councils to hold elections by August 31..However, for various reasons, the verification process has not gone as smoothly as envisioned and the time for holding elections was extended. Earlier this month, contempt petition was filed against the Karnataka State Bar Council for its alleged violation of Supreme Court orders..Read the order below.
The Supreme Court today extended the last date for publishing electoral list of various State Bar Councils to January 15, 2018..In partial modification of its November 24 order, the Court today directed the following:.“we extend the date of 30.11.2017 mentioned in the order dated 24.11.2017 as the date to publish Electoral list, to 15.01.2018”.It also reiterated that elections should start from February 15 and should be completed within six weeks..“elections shall start from 15.02.2018 and should to be completed within a period of six weeks.”.However, in those States where the Electoral Roll is already published, the process should be started from January 1, 2018..Back in August, the Supreme Court had granted lawyers fifteen days to submit their application forms for verification of degrees by the BCI under the Certificate of Practice Rules, 2015. The Court had also passed orders directing State Bar Councils to hold elections by August 31..However, for various reasons, the verification process has not gone as smoothly as envisioned and the time for holding elections was extended. Earlier this month, contempt petition was filed against the Karnataka State Bar Council for its alleged violation of Supreme Court orders..Read the order below.
