Delhi High Court forms committee to examine whether all bar association elections in capital can be held in one day

The Delhi High Court has constituted a committee under the chairmanship of Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva to explore the possibility of holding elections for all the bar associations in Delhi on the same day. .A Division Bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Sanjeev Narula passed the order on July 28.The Court has asked the committee to examine if identity cards and radio frequency tags/stickers for vehicles of lawyers can also be prepared. Further, the committee has been asked to submit its report in four weeks' time.“The Committee is requested to submit a report in respect of preparation of ID Card for lawyers, Radio Frequency Tag/Sticker in respect of vehicles of lawyers and for holding uniform election in respect of all Bar Councils in one day. The Committee is requested to submit a report positively within four weeks,” stated the order..The Delhi High Court's Justices Jasmeet Singh and Manoj Jain, along with Bar Council of Delhi Chairman KK Manan, Delhi High Court Bar Association (DHCBA) President Mohit Mathur and Chairman of the Coordination Committee of All District Bar Associations of Delhi will also serve as members of the committee..The Court passed the order on a plea by Advocate Nitin Kumar, who had raised concern that there was no uniformity in the tenure of leadership of office bearers in different bar associations, as bar elections are presently held on different dates.The petitioner told the Court that in Punjab and Haryana, a module has been framed to hold the elections on the same day. A similar practice can be adopted in Delhi as well, Kumar submitted.In view of these submissions, the Court ordered the constitution of the committee to look further into the issue. Meanwhile, the petitioner was asked to make all the bar associations a party to the case.The matter will be considered next on September 6..[Read Order]