With an elected State Bar Council now in office, “nothing survives” of the challenge to the BCI interim authority for the Bar Council of Kerala, and the Kerala High Court has closed the petitions.
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Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Wednesday closed the writ petitions against orders of the Bar Council of India Chairman that had constituted an interim authority for the Bar Council of Kerala. The Court was told that the newly elected State Bar Council has been constituted and has taken charge.
The remark that closed the case
Justice P.V. Kunhikrishnan, noting the change in circumstances, observed:
The State Bar Council is already constituted and they have taken charge…nothing survives in this case.
The judge recorded the interim orders passed earlier in the matter and disposed of the petitions as having become infructuous.
No ruling on the validity of the orders
The interim arrangement the petitioners had challenged no longer operates now that the elected body is in office, and no live question was left to decide. The petitions were closed without any adjudication on the validity of the Bar Council of India’s orders.
The end of the interim litigation
This ends the High Court litigation over who should run the State Bar Council in the interim, and the Council’s functioning returns to an elected body under the Advocates Act, 1961.
Case Title: Writ petitions challenging Bar Council of India orders constituting interim authority for the Bar Council of Kerala
Bench: Justice P.V. Kunhikrishnan, Kerala High Court
Date of Order: October 7, 2026