Supreme Court notice to Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana

New Delhi, July 12

The Supreme Court today issued a notice to the Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana on a plea highlighting alleged irregularities in the voters’ list of Ludhiana District Bar Association.

A Bench led by Justice SK Kaul asked the Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana, District Bar Association Ludhiana and others to respond in six weeks to a plea filed by Sukhwinder Bhatia. He has challenged an HC order disposing of his petition regarding alleged irregularities in the organisation of polls for the Ludhiana bar association without issuing any concrete directions.

“Petioner’s counsel contends that in view of the passage of over six months since the polls were held and the tenure of the elected persons being a year, he is confining his submissions to ensuring that in future a proper voters’ list is drawn and polls in accordance with the proper drawn-out list of voters are held.