The Supreme Court has made it clear that the process of verification of certificates of lawyers by the respective state bar councils and the BCI should be completed by September 30, failing which elec
The Supreme Court has made it clear that the process of verification of certificates of lawyers by the respective state bar councils and the BCI should be completed by September 30, failing which elections can be held to the bar associations.
A bench of Justices Pinaki Chandra Ghose and Amitav Roy said, “We reiterate that the date which has already been fixed by this court, i.e. 30th September, 2016, should be taken as the final date for taking all the steps by the bar councils of all the states to complete the verification process ordered.”
The SC bench said, “We are making it very clear that if it is not done by that date, the pendency of this matter before this court would not stand in the way to hold elections, where it is due or where the office bearers, though their term is over, are continuing in office and to be specific, steps in this regard, to hold such election would then have to be taken.”
