With the upcoming Supreme Court Bar Council Election, 2025 looming, the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) in its Notification dated 16-5-2025, announced that a Public Debate for all the candidates for the posts of President and Secretary will be held on 19-5-2025 at 3:45 PM at the Supreme Court Lawns. This public debate will be conducted in pursuance of Resolution No. 1 dated 18-2-2003. The debate would be conducted by the members of the Election Committee and its proceedings will be uploaded on the SCBA website.
In this upcoming Public Debate, the candidates for the posts of President and Secretary shall be addressing the Members of the Bar, focussing on Policies and Programmes the candidates propose to adopt upon being elected.
As per Supreme Court’s order dated 6-5-2025, election of the office bearers of the SCBA and the Executive Committee shall be held on 20-05-2025. The Court had further directed that in the ensuing election for 2025-2026, the post of Secretary of the SCBA shall be exclusively reserved for a woman candidate. In addition, 1/3rd seats in the Executive Committee i.e., 3 out of 9 shall be exclusively reserved for women candidates. Similarly, 1/3rd seats out of the Senior Executive Members i.e., 2 out of 6 shall also be reserved for women candidates.
Source: SCBA Election Notice
