Governance & Administration · India
Uttarakhand Bar Council members move Supreme Court against how BCI implemented women's quota in State Bar Councils
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Ten elected members of the Uttarakhand Bar Council have moved the Supreme Court challenging a July 2026 resolution and circular issued by the Bar Council of India (BCI) which deal with how court-ordered representation of women in State Bar Councils is to be implemented [ Kuldeep Kumar and Ors. Vs Union of India & Anr. ]. The petitioners have contended that the BCI's approach amounts to illegally altering the composition of State Bar Councils. The circular proposed increasing the strength of State…
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