BCI Rule Amendment Allowing Bar Association Office Bearers to Contest Bar Council Elections Approved: Supreme Court

The matter arose from a challenge to the Bar Council of India (BCI) election rules of 2016, particularly Chapter III, which earlier barred office bearers of Bar Associations from contesting elections to State Bar Councils unless they first resigned from their Bar Association posts. Several writ petitions were filed before the Supreme Court questioning this restriction, especially in the context of upcoming elections such as those in the Madhya Pradesh…