The Delhi High Court declined to order a fresh election for the Bar Council of Delhi, rejecting pleas seeking repolling over alleged electoral irregularities. The decision brings temporary closure to a significant legal dispute concerning the conduct, fairness, and administration of the BCD elections.
The Supreme Court of India approved an amendment to election rules issued by the Bar Council of India, allowing Bar Association office-bearers to contest State Bar Council elections without resigning from their positions first in a major relief.
Chief Justice Surya Kant said true judicial leadership grows through honesty, self-reflection, and humility, not pretended perfection, urging judges to embrace learning and reform. Speaking at meeting of Commonwealth Judicial Educators, he proposed Body to unite bench and educators.
