The Supreme Court on Monday said it was firm that some reforms are required in the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) and the Court would carry them out with the support and cooperation of the bar.
The bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Ujjal Bhuyansaid it expected members of the bar to give their valuable suggestions. The Court suggested it may constitute a Committee to parse the suggestions and help it streamline them.
When SCBA president and senior advocate Kapil Sibal told the Court he was yet to collate suggestions that already arrived, the Court wanted to know if the orders passed by it had been incorporated in the rules. When Sibal sought time to study it and get back, the Court said it could help the bar by forming a committee to streamline the suggestions.
The Court agreed to Sibal’s point that the committee could have members of the bar in it, especially those who had seen the bar grow. Earlier, the Court had ordered the SCBA to invite suggestions on the reforms required from the bar.
The Court, it may be recalled, had directed the reservation of one-third seats for women in the SCBA’s executive committee as an experiment. It had also noted that the SCBA is a premier institution, and, therefore, its rules cannot remain static while pushing for timely reforms to confront the challenges faced by the institution.