Adish C Aggarwala – former vice president of the Supreme Court Bar Association and senior advocate – has been elected to the executive committee of the SCBA as its president. The senior counsel has beaten three advocates and four senior advocates to clinch a victory. His closest contender was Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave, who held the position of president till his resignation in 2021. While Aggarwala received 668 votes, Dave received 477. Senior advocates Rajesh Kumar Khanna (426), Ranjit Kumar (304), and Ajit Kumar Sinha (144) were the three next-best contenders.

Aggarwala's second-in-command is Senior Advocate Sukumar Pattjoshi, who has been elected the vice president of the bar association. Pattjoshi - with a total of 726 votes - has defeated nine other candidates including senior advocates Rachana Srivastava (433), Vibha Datta Makhija (302), and Pavani Mahalakshmi (228). Advocates Rohit Pandey and Meenesh Kumar Dubey have raced ahead of the other candidates to win the post of secretary, while advocates Yugandhara Pawar Jha and Amrendra Kumar Singh have become the treasurer and joint treasurer.

Counting is still underway to determine who has been elected to the remaining posts. The election result with respect to the other posts in the executive committee will be declared today.

Voting for the executive committee posts concluded on Wednesday, under the supervision of an election committee headed by Senior Advocate V Giri. In the election, eight members of the association ran for the presidential post, while ten contested for the post of vice-president, eight for secretary, seven for joint secretary, five for treasurer, and six for joint treasurer. Besides this, a total of 12 members have contested the election for the post of senior executive member, while 35 candidates ran to be elected as executive members of the committee.

According to official figures, 2208 votes were cast in today’s poll at the Supreme Court. With a 2800-member-strong electorate, the SCBA election this year witnessed an almost 80 per cent voter turnout.

This is a developing story which will be updated as we receive more information. This report has been prepared with inputs from Supreme Court advocate Shivam Singh.