The Bar Council of India has finally announced the elections for the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry (BCTN&P). The date for the election has been fixed for March 28.
The BCI will be nominating three former Chief Justices and retired judges to hold the election .
A resolution was adopted to this effect at the general body meeting of the BCI on January 21, according to a statement released by it this week .
The statement referred to a letter sent by the Madras High Court Advocate-General, Vijay Narayan, who is also the ex-officio chairman of the special committee, on January 15 as well as a letter dated January 16 from two other committee members — senior advocate R Singaravelan and former CBI Public Prosecutor Chandrasekaran – seeking the appointment of a retired judge/judges of the Madras High Court to conduct the election.
The committee had been set up a while back to examine the day-to-day functions of the BCTN&P and to conduct the election.
Appointment Of Judges Made As Per Requests
BCI’s communication stated that as several of the special committee members had requested the appointment of retired judges of Madras High Court to conduct the “free and fair elections” the council had resolved to appoint three retired Chief Justices and retired judges of the High Courts to hold the elections while Justice GM Akbar Ali, another retired judge of the Madras High Court, will act as the Returning Officer for the elections.
The election schedule will be published in the official gazette and also in two daily newspapers on January 25.
The dates for filing of nominations will be from February 1 to 15, and the last date for withdrawal of nominations is February 22.
The final candidates list will be released on March 1 and the poll will be conducted on March 28.
