The Patna High Court dismissed a writ petition challenging the 2023 amendments to the Bihar Bar Council Election Rules and the consequent 2023 elections, rejecting arguments about incomplete verification of advocates.
The writ petition was dismissed; the intervenor application did not survive.
This page shows the compact analysis of this judgement. The full analysis — procedural history, issue-by-issue holdings with ratio and obiter, advocates, and paragraph-level evidence for every claim — is being added to the record in batches and will appear here when this judgement has been through it.
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.4666 of 2024
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Ratan Kumar Singh S/o Late Bachchoo Lal, R/o- Mohalla- Nadraganj, River side Road, P.S.- Civil Lines, Dist.- Gaya.
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Mr.Arun Kumar No. 1, Advocates Mr.Ram Jiban Pd. Singh, Advocates Mr.Pawan Kumar Singh, Advocates Ms.Alka Pandey, Advocate Mr.Ram Sandesh Roy, Advocate Mr.Prem Kumar Paswan, Advocate |
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Mr.Farooque Ahmad Khan, Advocate =================================== |
CORAM: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PARTHA SARTHY ORAL JUDGMENT (Per: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE)
Date : 04-09-2024
The petitioner, a practicing Advocate has filed the above writ petition challenging the amendment made in the year 2023 to the Bar Council of Bihar Election Rules, 1968 and has also challenged the elections conducted in the year 2023 to the
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State Bar Council.
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Council of India to form Adhoc Committees due to the delay in the process of identification of non-practicing Advocates under these Rules or in case of delay in the preparation of the electoral role for the election to the State Bar Councils. It does not necessarily follow that if verification is not completed, then mandatorily there should be an Adhoc Committee formed. The State Election Rules provides for the elections to be held with the permission of the Bar Council of India, even when the verification is not complete.
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aforesaid.
(K. Vinod Chandran, CJ)
( Partha Sarthy, J)
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2 issues framed by the court
Whether the High Court can interfere with the 2023 amendments to the Bar Council of Bihar Election Rules regarding verification of advocates' certificates and conduct of elections.
Whether the petitioner's claim that there are more practicing advocates than listed in the voters list warrants interference in already concluded elections.
2 provisions across 2 enactments
Ratan Kumar Singh
The Chairman, Bihar State Election Commission
The Chairman, Bar Council of India
The Bihar State Bar Council
The Returning Officer, the Bihar State Bar Council Election- 2023
All the Members of Bihar State Bar Council
K. Vinod Chandran
Partha Sarthy
As recorded by the court registry
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