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Supreme Court:<\/span> While considering this petition, the Division Bench of Surya Kant, CJI and Joymalya Bagchi, J., stated that with the constitutional ethos, legislative initiatives and the orders passed by Supreme Court from time to time, it is expected that the Bar Council of India will construe the existing Rules\/framework in such a manner as to ensure that 30% seats in each State Bar Council are occupied by women members<\/span>. The Court further said that such an initiative shall also include some of the posts of the office bearers.<\/p>\n

The Court directed that the complete details by the Bar Council of India to be furnished on 08-12-2025; and clarified that the relevant Rules shall be deemed to have been amended providing making a provision for such reservation.<\/p>\n

The matter was listed for hearing on 8-12-2025.<\/p>\n

[Yogmaya M.G. v. Union of India, 2025 SCC OnLine SC 2701<\/a>, order dated 4-12-2025<\/span>]<\/p>\n\n

Advocates who appeared in this case:<\/p>\n

For Petitioner(s):<\/span> Ms. Shobha Gupta, Sr. Adv. Mr. Deepak Prakash, AOR Mr. Sriram P., Adv. Ms. Ritu Bhardwaj, Adv. Ms. Tarjana Rai, Adv. Ms. Komal Saini, Adv. Dr. Charu Mathur, Adv. Mr. Pulkit Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. Ansar Ahmad Chaudhary, AOR Mr. Md. Anas Chaudhary, Adv. Mr. Mohd. Sharyab Ali, Adv. Mr. Zahid Ali, Adv. Ms. Alia Bano Zaidi, Adv. Ms. Sangita Malhotra, Adv. Ms. Neema Rani, Adv. Mr. Prakash Tanwar, Adv. Mr. Shoaib Ahmad Khan, Adv. Mr. Sandeep Garausa, Adv. Ms. Asha Kumari, Adv. Ms. Purna Deo, Adv. Mr. Akram Azad, Adv. Ms. Nitu Kumari, Adv. Ms. Nimta Passi, Adv. Ms. Aakanksha Gautam, Adv. Ms. Rashmi Rekha, Adv. Ms. Santosh, Adv. Mr. Pritam Singh, Adv. Ms. Pallavi Talwar, Adv.<\/p>\n

For Respondent(s):<\/span> Mr. Anuj Udupa, Adv. Ms. Aastha Singh, Adv. Mr. Gaurang Bhushan, Adv. Mr. P.V. Yogeswaran, Adv. Mr. Aman Mehta, Adv. Dr. N. Visakamurthy, AOR Mr. Guru Krishna Kunar, Sr. Adv. Ms. Radhika Gautam, AOR Ms. Tatini Basu, AOR Mr. Byrapaneni Suyodhan, Adv. Mr. Kumar Shashank, Adv. Mr. Aljo K. Joseph, AOR Mr. Rajesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Santhosh Kumar Kolkundra, Adv. Mr. N Leela Vara Prasad, Adv. Mr. Saket Jee, Adv. Mr. Rohit Kalra, Adv. Dr. Arvind S. Avhad, AOR Mr. Jasbir Singh Malik, Adv. Ms. Prachi Sohi, Adv. Ms. Pooja Devi, Adv. Mr. Varun Punia, AOR Mr. S Prabakaran, Sr. Adv. Mr. Manan Kumar Mishra, Adv. Dr. Ram Sankar, Adv. Ms. Anjul Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Maheswaran Prabakaran, Adv. Mrs. Usha Prabakaran, Adv. Ms. Sujatha Bagadhi, Adv. Mr. S Anand, Adv. Mr. Sushant Singh, Adv. For M\/S. Ram Sankar & Co, AOR Ms. Tatini Basu, AOR Mr. Byrapaneni Suyodhan, Adv. Mr. Kumar Shashank, Adv. Ms. Obulapuram Keerthi, Adv. Dr. Arvind S. Avhad, AOR Mr. Kunal Chatterji, AOR Ms. Maitrayee Banerjee, Adv. Mr. Rohit Bansal, Adv. Mr. Pritam Singh, Adv. Mr. Ranjit Kumar, Adv. Mr. Dinesh Bahadur Singh, Adv. Mr. Mata Prasad Singh, Adv. Ms. Gitesh Kumari, Adv.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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