Bar Council Of India vs. Prahlad Sharma

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SECTION XV

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (C) $No(s)$ . $23009 -$ 23011/2022 (Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 06-12-2022 in DBSAW No. 1154/2022 06-12-2022 in DBSAW No. 1150/2022 06-12-2022 in DBSAW No. 1151/2022 passed by the High Court Of Judicature For Rajasthan At Jaipur)

BAR COUNCIL OF INDIA

VERSUS

PRAHLAD SHARMA & ORS.

(FOR ADMISSION and IA No.195921/2022-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. and IA No.195920/2022-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES )

Date: 15-12-2022 These petitions were called on for hearing today.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.R. SHAH HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C.T. RAVIKUMAR

For Parties Mr. Ardhendumauli Kumar Prasad, AOR

Dr. Abhinav Sharma, Adv. Mrs. Neeraj Singh, Adv. Mr. Kumar Gaurav, Adv. Ms. Ritu Reniwal, Adv. Mr. Ajay Chaudhary, Adv. Mr. Aman Rastogi, Adv. Mr. Praveen Pathak, Adv. Mr. Saniav Rastogi, AOR

Mr. D. Rai, Adv.

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following 0 R D F R

Having heard Shri Ardhendumauli Kumar Prasad, learned 📉 msel appearing on behalf of the Bar Council of India and Dr. 19.37:Auphinav Sharma, learned counsel appearing on behalf of respondent

Respondent $(s)$

Petitioner(s)

**no. 1 a contesting candidate who is contesting the ensuing election, the voting of which is scheduled on 16th December, 2022, we dispose of the present special leave petitions by directing that the ensuing election of the office bearers of the Rajasthan High Court Bar Association at Jaipur scheduled on 16th December, 2022 shall be held and conducted absolutely as per the judgment and order dated 12th September, 2017 passed by the Division Bench of the High Court in D.B. (Civil) Writ Petition No. 13020/2015 and other allied writ petitions and as modified by this Court in the case of 'Rajasthan High Court Advocates Association Jodhpur versus Bar Council of Rajasthan & Ors.' in Civil Appeal Nos. 9006-9007/2018 and also strictly in accordance with the law laid down by this Court in the case of '**Supreme Court Bar Association and Others versus B.D. Kaushik' reported in (2011) 13 SCC 774.

It is also further directed that there shall not be breach of principle of One Bar One Vote and all precautions shall be taken/made by the Election Tribunal to see that the principle of One Bar One Vote shall be strictly followed and adhered to and that the aforesaid judgment(s) and order(s) passed by the High Court and this Court are strictly followed.

With this, the present special leave petitions are disposed of.

Pending application(s), if any, shall stand disposed of.

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(SONIA BHASIN) (NISHA TRIPATHI) COURT MASTER (SH) ASSISTANT REGISTRAR