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In the plea filed by advocates pertaining to the issue of holding a “uniform election” in one day for all the Bar Associations in the national capital, the petitioners submitted before the Delhi High Court on Monday that the election process should be streamlined.

At onset of the hearing, the division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Sanjeev Narula suggested that the matter be referred to a three-judge bench.

However, all the counsel unanimously objected to it. Counsel for both the parties requested the division bench to decide the matter.

Accordingly, the court posted the matter for further consideration on October 6.

Notably, on September 6, the committee examining the feasibility of holding election to all Bar Associations in the national capital on a single day had told the court that a meeting took place on September 5. The committee had sought two to three weeks time for further deliberation. 

“It has been brought to the notice of this court, that a meeting of the committee had taken place on September 5 and further deliberations are required”, the division bench had then said.

On July 28, the High Court had formed a committee headed by one of its judges to examine the feasibility of holding an election to all Bar Associations in the national capital on a single day.

The bench had asked the committee to submit a report on the issues of preparation of ID cards for lawyers and radio frequency tag/sticker for their vehicles.

“… a committee is being constituted by this court under Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva as the Chairperson, Justice Jasmeet Singh, Justice Manoj Jain, K K Manan, Chairman Bar Council of Delhi, Mohit Mathur, President of Delhi High Court Bar Association and Chairman of Coordination Committee of All District Bar Associations of Delhi, as its members”, the bench had said in its order dated July 28.

Court was then apprised that every lawyer is required to vote in the Bar elections, and therefore there is a necessity for preparation of a proper ID Card for lawyers.

The division bench had said, “The Committee is requested to submit a report in respect of preparation of I. D. Card for lawyers, Radio Frequency Tag/Sticker in reCourt,spect 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”.

Case Title: Lalit Sharma and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors. (another connected matter)