Senior Advocate Adish Aggarwala has been elected as the new president of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA).
Adish C Aggarwala who was the former vice president of the Supreme Court Bar Association and senior advocate has been elected to the executive committee of the SCBA as its president.
The senior counsel has beaten three advocates and four senior advocates to clinch a victory. His closest contender was Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave, who held the position of president till his resignation in 2021
Aggarwala secured 668 votes as against Dave’s 477.
This year for the post of President Senior Advocates including Ajit Kumar Sinha, Dushyant Dave, Dr Adish Aggarwala and Rakesh Kumar Khanna, and advocates Neeraj Srivastava, Dr Parvin Mutreja and Yagya Deo Sharma contested.
The votes secured by the candidates who contested for the post of the president.
Adish Agarwal – 668;
Dushyant Dave – 477;
Rakesh Khanna – 426;
Ranjit Kumar – 304;
Ajit Kumar Sinha – 144.
While Aggarwala received 668 votes, Dave received 477. Senior advocates Rajesh Kumar Khanna (426), Ranjit Kumar (304), and Ajit Kumar Sinha (144) were the three next-best contenders.
Aggarwala’s second-in-command is Senior Advocate Sukumar Pattjoshi, who has been elected the vice president of the bar association. Pattjoshi – with a total of 530 votes – has defeated nine other candidates including senior advocates Rachana Srivastava (306), Vibha Datta Makhija (209), and Pavani Mahalakshmi (165).
Counting is still underway to determine who has been elected to the remaining posts. The election result with respect to the post of secretary is likely to be announced tonight. The outcome with respect to the other posts in the executive committee will be declared tomorrow, sources reveal.
Voting for the executive committee posts concluded on Wednesday, under the supervision of an election committee headed by Senior Advocate V Giri. In the election, eight members of the association ran for the presidential post, while ten contested for the post of vice-president, eight for secretary, seven for joint secretary, five for treasurer, and six for joint treasurer. Besides this, a total of 12 members have contested the election for the post of senior executive member, while 35 candidates ran to be elected as executive members of the committee.
According to official figures, 2208 votes were cast in today’s poll at the Supreme Court. With a 2800-member-strong electorate, the SCBA election this year witnessed an almost 80 per cent voter turnout.