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OtherSupreme Court Bar Association v. B.D. Kaushik & Anr.
Miscellaneous Application Diary No. 13992/2023 (arising out of the judgment of 20.07.2012 in Civil Appeal Nos. 3401 and 3402 of 2003)
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Date of Decision
- 14 October 2026
- Bench
- Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice K.V. Viswanathan
Final Outcome
Directions issued: status report by the SCBA Election Committee and views of the Delhi bar bodies on a common election date, to be filed four days before the next hearing; listed on 05.11.2026 (paras 1-3).
Key holdings
- SCBA Election Committee to report on compliance with the reforms ordered on 29.05.2026 (para 1).
- Delhi bar bodies asked why all bar association elections should not be held on one date (para 2).
- Submissions to be filed four days before the next hearing on 05.11.2026 (para 3).
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Brief Facts
The matter is a miscellaneous application by the Supreme Court Bar Association in the B.D. Kaushik appeals, decided by the Supreme Court on 20.07.2012, now before a bench of the Chief Justice and Justice K.V. Viswanathan. By an order of 29.05.2026 the Court had given a direction on the incorporation of reforms in the SCBA Rules; the present order follows up on compliance (para 1).
Court's Findings
The Court directed the SCBA's Election Committee, in consultation with its Executive Committee, to file a status report on compliance with the direction in the order of 29.05.2026 on reforms to the SCBA Rules (para 1). It invited the suggestions and opinions of the SCBA Executive Committee, the Supreme Court Advocates on Record Association, the Delhi High Court Bar Association and all District Bar Associations in the NCT of Delhi on why the elections of all bar associations should not be held on one date, and asked their representatives to be present at the next hearing (para 2). The order decides nothing yet.
Legal Principle
While monitoring reforms to the Supreme Court Bar Association's rules, the Supreme Court has opened the question of a single common election date for the SCBA, the AoR Association, the Delhi High Court Bar Association and Delhi's District Bar Associations, inviting their views first (paras 1-2).