Senior Advocate Pradeep Rai was on Tuesday elected the new president of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA).
He defeated nearest rival Senior Advocate Anupam Lal Das by 371 votes. The final tally of votes for presidential candidates is as follows:
Adish Agarwalla - 412
Gaurav Bhatia - 370
Anupam Lal Das - 451
Pradeep Rai - 822
Sukumar Pattjoshi- 269
Mahalakshmi Pavani -128
Siddharth Mridul - 217
Senior Advocate Rahul Kaushik was elected the Vice President of SCBA.
Meanwhile advocate Pragya Baghel won the race for the post of secretary, defeating advocates Savita Singh and Rajeshree Reddy.
The final tally of votes for the secretary post is as follows:
Pragya Baghel:1,454
Savita Singh: 637
Rajashree Reddy: 593