Breaking ; SCBA to boycott all official functions with SC Judges till it’s demands are acceded

In a breaking Development, the Executive Committee of Supreme Court Bar Association decided to call a General Body Meeting on 8th July to resolve the following things;"1. Supreme Court Bar Association Resolves that following Mahatma Gandhi’s principle of Non-Cooperation, Members of Supreme Court Bar Association, will not participate in any Official Functions with Hon’ble Judges of the Supreme Court, including References, Independence Day and Law Day and further Resolves not to give any Farewell Function to Hon’ble Retiring Judges, till 2nd December 2015 or till such time as our Just Requests, detailed in our various communications dated 15.1.2015, 28.1.2015, 29.01.2015, 04.02.2015, 04.02.2015, 20.02.2015, 14.05.2015, 22.05.2015, which are absolutely necessary in the interests of Members of the Bar, are acceded to, in an atmosphere of mutual respect.2. Supreme Court Bar Association further Resolves that if the Just Requests of Bar contained in various communications dated 15.1.2015, 28.1.2015, 29.01.2015, 04.02.2015, 04.02.2015, 20.02.2015, 14.05.2015, 22.05.2015, are not acceded to within two weeks from today, Supreme Court Bar Association will take all such measures as may be available to it, including filing a Writ Petition in the Hon'ble Supreme Court, to ensure that its Members get all the basic facilities as are needed, to enable them to perform their duties towards their Clients, to ensure proper Justice to them and to enforce Fundamental Rights, including Right to Life and Livelihood with dignity, to its Members in the Supreme Court of India and calls upon the Members, including distinguished Senior Members of the Bar, to assist and appear on behalf of the Association without fail.”The Executive Committee has requested the President to issue an explanatory note to the Members, explaining why we have been forced to adopt this approach of 'Non-Cooperation' for the kind consideration of Members, so that proper judgment can be made by the Hon’ble Members to pass the above Resolutions. (Copy Enclosed)The Executive Committee also resolved that in view of the persistent failure by the Hon’ble Judges to allow meeting to take place in inner lawn of Supreme Court, the only place left to ensure organized and secure meeting, is Plaza Canteen. Therefore, it is decided that General Body Meeting will be held in the Plaza Canteen on 8th July 2015 at 3 pm. Members may also note that the right of Participation in the GBM will be restricted to SCBA Voter's List-2015, following the judgments of Hon’ble Supreme Court passed in C.A. No.3401/2003 in SCBA Vs. B.D. Kaushik. Hon’ble Members are requested to cooperate and bring proximity card to enable entry for them.Here is the Explanatory Note to the Members"Dear Distinguished Members,I address this note for your kind consideration to enable each one of you to see the reasons and justification in adopting the course that my Esteemed Colleagues in the Executive Committee and myself, have unanimously recommended to you for approval and passage. I must say at the outset that we have made every effort to ensure that you all get the Facilities, basic and minimum and not extravagant, in the Supreme Court premises to enable you to discharge your duties as Lawyers of the Highest Court in the Country, as efficiently and comfortably as possible. You will see these in the following paragraphs. Yet, the Supreme Court and the Hon'ble Chief Justice of India, have singularly failed to address them, discuss them, much less resolve them positively. On some crucial points, having agreed to provide much needed facilities, the requests have been turned down by Registry Official, claiming at the instance of the "Competent Authority". My colleagues on Executive Committee and I, are perplexed by this rather casual and negligent approach.We, the Bar, are as important as the Bench and Registry are, in this great Institution. Yet we are being neglected, and I am afraid perhaps deliberately. Having left no stone unturned, We the Executive Committee, your elected and representative body, have reached this impasse, wherefrom we see no hope or future for our collective betterment, except to take the course as agreed by us and placed before you, the General Body and the Supreme Authority, to take Final Decision. My colleagues in the Executive Committee and I, as you have, full faith and respect for the Institution of the Supreme Court, but then what other option is available to us? We refuse to do anything at the cost of Honour of this Noble Profession of Law, much less this great body called the Supreme Court Bar Association. We believe you elected us to uphold Dignity of the Bar and we would be failing you if we were to compromise our Dignity.So please be informed that;1) SCBA is perhaps the only Bar Association in the Country without a regular and sufficient Bar Room. For last five decades this Just facility has not been conceived, much less provided. We too perhaps failed to make serious efforts to...

Breaking ; SCBA to boycott all official functions with SC Judges till it’s demands are acceded

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