Exclude Vice-President Candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar's Name From Chamber Allotment List : SCBA President Writes To Supreme Court On His Request

Supreme Court Bar Association President and Senior Advocate Vikas Singh has addressed a letter to Top Court's Registrar to exclude NDA's Vice Presidential candidate and Senior Advocate Jagdeep Dhankhar's name from the lawyers chambers' allotment list on his request.When the list of Supreme Court lawyers who have been allotted chambers was published last week, the name of Dhankhar, who used to practice at the Supreme Court before his appointment as the Governor of West Bengal in 2019, also appeared in it. The chamber allotment at the Supreme Court is done by a committee of 3 judges. The allotments are finalized often years after the applications are made.Singh in the letter has stated that Senior Advocate Jagdeep Dhankar in the interest of Bar at the heart has conveyed his wish to voluntarily withdraw from the process. "Keeping the interest of the Bar at heart, Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar Ji has conveyed his wish to voluntarily withdraw from the process of chamber allotment so thatother lawyers in need of a chamber may be allotted the same," the letter stated. Requesting the Registrar to re work accordingly on the list, the letter further states that, "In view of the above, you are requested to kindly exclude the name of Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar Ji from the list and rrework the same accordingly".It may be noted that the bench headed by Justice DY Chandrachud yesterday had asked the members of the Bar to make representation to the three-member Committee constituted to oversee the allotment of lawyers' chambers at the Supreme Court premises, with their grievance regarding the allotment on twin-sharing basis entailing division of chambers.While hearing a plea filed by lawyers seeking single allotment, the bench had also turned down the prayer made by the petitioners to defer the allotment till the Committee takes a decision on the representation.Interestingly, when the plea related to allotment of chamber was mentioned before the CJI for urgent listing, recalling his days as a lawyer, the CJI had said lawyers should not expect "palatial chambers" and that they should consider themselves fortunate that they are allotted space in Delhi."I'm not talking as CJI. I am talking in the welfare of lawyers. With great difficulty something has happened.Don't expect palatial chambers. Getting a place to sit itself is a big favour. Nowhere in the country except Delhi you get chambers. We used to stand under the tree. You are fortunate. You got chambers", the CJI said.

Exclude Vice-President Candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar's Name From Chamber Allotment List : SCBA President Writes To Supreme Court On His Request

Shruti Kakkar

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