BCI stays Telangana Bar Council’s constitution of committees
The Bar Council of India (BCI) has issued an interim stay on the formation of committees by the Bar Council of Telangana. The decision follows complaints from advocates regarding procedural irregularities and a lack of transparency in the committee selection process.
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It highlights internal governance disputes within legal regulatory bodies and the enforcement of statutory procedures.
BCI stays Telangana Bar Council’s constitution of committees HYDERABAD The Bar Council of India (BCI) on Friday (October 23) passed an interim order staying the constitution and operation of committees recently constituted by the Bar Council of Telangana. BCI Chairman Manan Kumar Mishra said the order was passed after examining the appeals and representations submitted by some advocates relating to the general body meeting of the Telangana Bar Council convened on October 11, the minutes circulated under Registrar of Office Communications (ROC) No. 506 dated October 17 and the subsequent constitution of committees. The representations were submitted by advocates Venkat Yadav Chalakani, Ponnam Ashok Goud, Rohini Smitha, K. Suneel Goud and M.A. Mukheed. Their main grievance that objections and dissent expressed by certain advocates had not got reflected in the minutes of the meeting.
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