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All Three Members Of Poll Panel For Supreme Court Bar Association Election Resign

New Delhi: The issue of virtual elections has led all the three members of the election committee, set up to conduct the polls for the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) this year, to resign.

Some of the bar association leaders were opposed to the virtual election and want a hybrid system where lawyers are allowed to cast votes through physical and virtual modes both.

The chairman of the Election Committee for the SCBA Elections 2020-2021 was senior advocate Jaideep Gupta and the other two members were Harin P Raval and Nakul Dewan, News18 reported quoting PTI.

In a joint letter to SCBA Acting Secretary Rohit Pandey, the election committee members said they had decided to hold the election on a digital platform and entered into discussions with NSDL, a digital firm, to conduct the polls.

The letter stated that the draft agreement entered with NSDL and the estimated cost of expenses for holding the polls digitally was sent to the executive committee of the SCBA on January 14.

“We have received a resolution, taking certain decisions, passed by the executive committee on January 14. We consider these events as a ‘REFUSAL’ by the executive committee of the SCBA to carry out our directions which in terms of Rule 17A of the Rules of the SCBA are final and binding,” panel members stated. They further said it was not possible for them to continue to discharge their duties as members of the panel to hold elections.

OB Bureau

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