{"id":8615,"date":"2026-08-04T15:37:42","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T15:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=8615"},"modified":"2026-08-04T15:37:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T15:37:42","slug":"sc-calls-to-dismantle-mens-clubs-in-bar-councils-orders-co-option-of-2-women-members-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=8615","title":{"rendered":"SC calls to ‘dismantle’ \u2018men\u2019s clubs\u2019 in Bar Councils, orders co-option of 2 women members | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"


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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court<\/a> on Tuesday observed that State Bar Councils have increasingly become \u201cmen\u2019s clubs\u201d and said the monopoly over their representation and functioning must be dismantled.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana made the remarks while hearing petitions related to elections to the Bar Council of India and State Bar Councils.\u201cBar Councils have become men\u2019s clubs. We may observe that people take it like a monopoly. This has to be completely dismantled,\u201d CJI Surya Kant remarked during the hearing.The court directed the Chief Justices of the jurisdictional High Courts to nominate two women members to every State Bar Council through co-option. One must be a former woman High Court judge and the other a senior woman advocate with a fair standing at the Bar.The court said the nominated members should have no connection with the election process so that they can function independently and impartially.\u201cAs far as co-option is concerned…10% we always had in mind. There should be co-option of those who don’t have anything to do with elections,\u201d the court observed.The Supreme Court also clarified that a woman who unsuccessfully contested a State Bar Council election would not be barred from being considered for co-option.The court referred the issue of the methodology for calculating transferable votes, particularly for women candidates, to the High-Powered Supervisory Committee headed by former Supreme Court judge Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia. The committee will reconsider the methodology after inviting suggestions from members of the Bar and giving them an opportunity for an oral hearing.<\/p>\n

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