SCBA Publishes List Of Candidates For May 16 Election: Six Candidates Contesting For Post Of President, Seven For Vice President

The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) has published its list of candidates after scrutiny. The list has been published by the Election Committee comprising Senior Advocate Jaideep Gupta as its Chairman and Senior Advocates Meenakshi Arora and Rana Mukherjee as its members.

There are six candidates contesting for the post of President of the Association. Their names are as follows:

1. Advocate Neeraj Srivastava

2. Senior Advocate Adish Chandra Aggarwala (Current President)

3. Senior Advocate Pradeep Kumar Rai 

4. Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal

5. Advocate Tripurari Ray

6. Senior Advocate Priya Hingorani

There are seven candidates contesting for the post of Vice President, among whom are three Senior Advocates. Senior Advocates Sukumar Pattjoshi, Swarup Praveena and Rachana Srivastava are contesting for the post of vice President. Advocates Manoj Mishra, Swarup Praveena, Onkar Singh, Sparshkant Nayak and Mohd. Usman Siddiqui are also contesting for the same post.  

There are ten candidates contesting for the post of Honorary Secretary and there are nine candidates contesting for the post of Joint Secretary. 

Nine candidates are contesting for the posts of Senior Executive Members. Fifty-four candidates are contesting for the posts of Executive Members, ten for the post of Treasurer and five for the post of Joint Treasurer.  

On May 12, the Election Committee will consider objections to the nominations in the Milon Banerjee Conference Room and on the same day, the final list will be published. 

The debate of the candidates for the post of President and Hony. Secretary will take place May 15 at the Supreme Court lawns. The voting will take place on May 16 (Thursday) and the counting of votes will happen on May 18 (Saturday).

Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal will be contesting for the position of President after around two decades and he is hoping for a fourth term as the President of the SCBA.

Click here to read/download the List of Candidates