Senior Advocate Pradeep Kumar Rai has been elected as the Vice President of the Supreme Court Bar Association 2020-21, while Senior Advocate Vikas Singh was elected as the President of SCBA.
In the election for Vice President, Pradeep Kumar Rai won with 984 votes, by a whopping 369 votes against his closest rival S.B. Upadhyay who got 615 votes.
In the election for President, Vikas Singh won with 837 votes against his closest rival Dr. Adish Aggarwala, who got 493 votes.
On Monday, the newly-elected office-bearers were sworn into their posts at a ceremony in the lounge of the SCBA. Senior Advocate Pradeep Kumar Rai, who was victorious as Vice President, welcomed the victors and selected members of the previous SCBA functionaries. He said the winning candidates of this election will work together and with the support of the previous office-bearers, to create a better working environment for the Bar.
Vice President Rai said by taking everyone along, he will fulfill all his promises. Senior Advocate Vikas Singh, who was elected President, congratulated everyone on their victory.
Ardhendumauli Kumar Prasad was elected the Hony. Secretary, Rahul Kaushik the Joint Secretary, Meenesh Kumar Dubey the Treasurer and Dr. Ritu Bhardwaj the Joint Treasurer.
The rest of the results and the exact votes won are given below in a PDF.
The elected Senior Executive Members are:
- V. Shekhar
- Mahalakshmi Pavani
- Arijit Prasad
- Brijender Chahar
- Sonia Mathur
- Vikas Pahwa
The elected Executive Members are:
- Anupam Mishra
- Nina Gupta
- K.V. Bharathi Upadhyaya
- Mukesh Kumar Singh
- Sasmita Tripathy
- Prashant Singh
- Prerna Kumari
- Seema Patnaha
- Nandini Gupta
The rest of the results and the exact vote count are given below in a PDF.
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The SCBA elections were held online on Saturday from 7 am to 7 pm on the NSDL e-voting platform. Reports had indicated that there has been a high turnout, possibly due to the election being held online.
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