Date:- 07.10.2025
Category:- Circular
The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) recently filed suggestions recommending that its elections should be held simultaneously with the Delhi High Court Bar Association and District Bar Associations. The SCBA also recommended that the term of the Executive Committee should be increased from 1 year to 2 years. It further suggested minimum appearances requirement for candidates wishing to contest in the elections.
The recommendations made by SCBA included the following:
- That not all advocates with 25 years’ membership of SCBA may be allowed to vote, as the number would be as high as 6000 and many in that category are not regular practitioners before the Court;
- That entry to Supreme Court premises and use of Proximity Card should be considered for voting. Voting rights for Chamber allottees should also be based on 20 appearances in the concerned year;
- That candidates for the post of SCBA President should have 20 lead appearances in reported judgments in the preceding 10 years and those for the post of Vice-President must have 10 such appearances;
- That elections of SCBA should be held alongwith elections of Delhi High Court Bar Association and District Bar Associations. This way, tenure of the Executive Committee would also be enhanced to 2 years.
