High Court stays BCI’s order on bar elections. Jaipur News – Times of India

JAIPUR: The High Court on Tuesday stayed the Bar Council of India’s (BCI) order which had stayed the election of the Bar Association. Rajasthan High Court The election of the Bar Association is to be held in Jaipur on November 18.
BCI had banned the election of all bar associations Rajasthan Rajasthan On October 3, a petition by advocate Sumer Singh Ola alleged that the election was announced without ensuring the principle of ‘once, one vote’ in the elections as directed by the Supreme Court.
The Single Bench of Mahendra Goyal, while issuing notice to the BCI, had stayed the BCI’s order on the plea of ​​advocate Prahlad Sharma and others. The petitioners argued that the BCI had no material evidence to believe that the elections to the Rajasthan High Court Bar Association were being held without following the ‘one time one vote principle’ as neither the electoral rolls have been published nor The candidates have filed their nominations. , He said only the date of the election has been announced.
The Bar Council order states that if a voter is allowed to exercise the right to vote in more than one bar association, the sanctity of such elections is questionable.
High Court adjourns hearing on RCA polls: The High Court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing on RCA elections till next Monday as some of the respondents failed to file their replies on the notices. The court on a petition by four district cricket associations challenging the fairness of elections following the appointment of Ram Lubhaya, a retired IAS officer, as the election officer to RCA’s election officer, retired IAS Ram Lubhaya, state principal secretary of sports and registrar cooperatives. Notice was issued. ,
The petition states that the officer is heading a high-powered committee under the state government while the chief minister’s son is also a candidate in the election. news network