Interim direction on reservation for women candidates in Delhi Bar Associations shall apply on NGT Bar Association: SC

The Court further directed that condition of requirement of enrollment with Delhi Bar Council alone shall not apply in the case of NGT Bar Association.

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Supreme Court: While considering the instant appeal revolving around earmarking the post of Treasurer and some Members in the Executive Committee, exclusive for women candidates in the High Court/District Bar Associations of the NCT of Delhi; the Division Bench of Surya Kant and N. Kotiswar Singh, JJ., directed that the interim aforesaid directions issued to the Bar Council of Delhi shall also apply mutatis mutandis to the office-bearers of NGT Bar Association as well. It was further directed that the required procedure is to be followed and the reservation for women candidates should be accordingly provided in the Election of NGT Bar Association as well.

The Court further directed that condition of requirement of enrollment with Delhi Bar Council alone shall not apply in the case of NGT Bar Association since the NGT Bar Association comprises of the Advocates registered with various Bar Councils throughout the Country.

With the afore-stated directions, the Court listed the matter on 3-3-2025.

CASE DETAILS

Citation:
CIVIL APPEAL NOS. 10496-10497/2024

Appellants :
D.K. Sharma

Respondents :
Bar Council of Delhi

Advocates who appeared in this case

For Petitioner(s):
Mr. Syed Mehdi Imam, AOR Mr. D. K. Sharma, Adv. Mr. Abhinav Sharma, Adv. Mr. Tabrez Ahmad, Adv.

For Respondent(s):
Mr. Ajay Kumar Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Rajiv Ranjan Dwivedi, AOR Mr. T. Singhdev, Adv. Mr. Prateek Bhatia, AOR Mr. Tanishq Srivastava, Adv. Ms. Anum Hussain, Adv. Mr. Mohit Mathur, Sr. Adv. Mr. Jatan Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sandeep Sharma, Sr. Adv. Mr. Amit Chadha, Sr. Adv. Mr. Naginder Benipal, Adv. Mr. Inderbir Singh Alag, Sr. Adv. Mr. Shyam Sharma, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Dewan, Sr. Adv. Ms. Bandana Kaur Grover, Adv. Mr. Dhan Mohan, Adv. Mr. Rajat Manchanda, Adv. Mr. Nishant Aanad, Adv. Ms. Gayatri Puri, Adv. Mr. Nitesh Mehra, Adv. Mr. Sumit Misra, Adv. Mr. Siddarth Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Harsh Gautam, Adv. Mr. Shohit Chaudhry, AOR Mr. Gautam Das, AOR Mr. Himanshu Shekhar, AOR Mr. Parth Shekhar, Adv. Mr. Shubham Singh, Adv. Mr. Darshan Chandrakant Siddarkar, Adv. Mr. Dr Ratpal Singh Tanwar, Adv. Mr. Shalini Satyanaryan, Adv. Mr. Maheswaram Yadava Reddy, Adv. Mr. Rajat Sinha Roy, Adv. Mr. Rajiv Ranjan, Adv. Mr. Youkteshwari Prasad, Adv. Mr. Prakhar Garg, Adv. Mr. Mata Prasad Pathak, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Verma, Adv. Mr. Ninad Laud, Adv. Mr. Pankaj Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Pawan Kumar Shukla, Adv. Mrs. Vatsala Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Krishna Prakash Dubey, Adv. Mr. Shashank Singh, AOR Mr. Vijay Hansaria, Sr. Adv. Mr. Tarun Rana, Adv. Mr. Puneet Dhawan, AOR

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