1 2026:CGHC:11859-DB NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPC No. 103 of 2026 Chandra Prakash Jangade S/o F.R. Jangade Aged About 56 Years Member State Bar Council Of Chhattisgarh, R/o- Ward No. 3, Balram Talkies Road, Nehru Nagar, Bilaspur, District- Bilaspur (C.G.) --- Petitioner(s) versus 1 - Bar Council Of India Through Secretary, 21, Rouse Avenue, Institutional Area, Near Baal Bhawan, New Delhi 110002 2 - Chairman Bar Council Of India 21, Rouse Avenue, Institutional Area, Near Baal Bhawan, New Delhi 110002 3 - State Bar Council Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary Premises Of Chhattisgarh High Court, Bodri, District Bilaspur (C.G.) 4 - Advocate General Administrator State Bar Council Of Chhattisgarh 5 - Kamal Kishore Patel S/o N.L Patel Aged About 41 Years Member State Bar Council Of Chhattisgarh, R/o- 894, Rama World, New Bus Stand, In front Of A. S. Fun, Ward No. 7, Tifra Bilaspur, District Bilaspur (C.G.) 6 - Shatruhan Singh Sahu S/o Ganpat Ram Sahu Aged About 46 Years Member State Bar Council Of Chhattisgarh, High Court Premises Bodri Bilaspur, District- Bilaspur (C.G.) 7 - Brijesh Nath Pandey S/o J. N. Pandey Aged About 57 Years Member State Bar Council Of Chhattisgarh, R/o- 5-6/01, Professor Colony, Sector-3, Street- 6, Raipur, District Raipur (C.G.) 8 - Shailendra Dubey S/o Late L.P.Dubey Aged About 65 Years Member State Bar Council Of Chhattisgarh, R/o- One Shivtan, Harikrishna Colony Bilaspur, District- Bilaspur (C.G.) 9 - Ravindra Kumar Parashar, Member State Bar Council Of Chhattisgarh, High Court Premises Bodri Bilaspur, District- Bilaspur (C.G.) 2 10 - Faisal Rizvi S/o- Late Syed Afzaal Ahmed Rizvi Aged About 57 Years Member State Bar Council Of Chhattisgarh, R/o- 6/135, S.A.A. Rizvi Road, Near Shaheed Smarak, Banstal Raipur, District Raipur (C.G.) 11 - Vivekanand Bhoi S/o Durlabh Bhoi Aged About 58 Years Member State Bar Council Of Chhattisgarh, R/o- P-27, Rani Durgawati Ward No. 45, Basant Park, Puraina, Amlidih Raipur, District- Raipur (C.G.) 12 - Narendra Kumar Soni S/o Rup Lal Soni Aged About 67 Years Member State Bar Council Of Chhattisgarh, R/o- House No. 15, Road No. 3, Ward No. 1, Junwani, Pushpak Nagar, Motilal Nehru Nagar, Bhilai, District Durg (C.G.) 13 - Santosh Kumar Verma Member State Bar Council Of Chhattisgarh, High Court Premises Bodri Bilaspur, District Bilaspur (C.G.) 14 - Ganesh Ram Gujral S/o Nand Ram Gujral Aged About 53 Years Member State Bar Council Of Chhattisgarh, R/o- Talwapara, Ward No. 10, Nail Janjgir, District- Janjgir-Champa (C.G.) 15 - Ashok Kumar Tiwari S/o Keshav Tiwari Aged About 58 Years Member State Bar Council Of Chhattisgarh, R/o- Mig-23, Ward No. 21, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Nagar, Phase-I Korba, District- Bilaspur (C.G.) 16 - Prashant Tiwari S/o Prabhat Tiwari Aged About 61 Years Member State Bar Council Of Chhattisgarh, R/o- Khairagarh Road, Chikhali, Rajnandgaon, District Rajnandgaon (C.G.) 17 - Prabhakar Singh Chandel S/o Ramhari Singh Chandel Aged About 56 Years Member State Bar Council Of Chhattisgarh, R/o- C/1, Jaiswal Colony, Infront Of Bus Stand, Mandapam Bilaspur, District Bilaspur (C.G.) 18 - Uttam Kumar Chandel S/o Laxman Ram Chandel Aged About 52 Years Member State Bar Council Of Chhattisgarh, R/o- House No. 8/1, Ward No. 8, Street 16, Infront Of Thethwar Bhawan, Shivam Niwas, Sikshak Nagar, Kohka, Supela Bhilai, District Durg (C.G.) 19 - Praveen Gupta S/o Prem Chandra Gupta Aged About 58 Years Member State Bar Council Of Chhattisgarh, R/o- Ambedkar Chowk, Jawahar Market, Ward No. 9, Maharani Laxmi Bai, Ambikapur, Sarguja (C.G.) 20 - Anil Kumar Goyal S/o Omprakash Goyal Aged About 65 Years Member State Bar Council Of Chhattisgarh, R/o Ward No. 7, Wakil Colony Surajpur, District Surajpur (C.G.) 3 21 - Virat Verma S/o Mamta Verma Aged About 42 Years Member State Bar Council Of Chhattisgarh, R/o- Vinayak Sadan, Gayatri Nagar, Infront Of Jagannath Mandir, Shankar Nagar Raipur, District Raipur (C.G.) 22 - Bhaskar Prasad Sahu S/o Rameshwar Prasad Sahu Aged About 51 Years Member State Bar Council Of Chhattisgarh, R/o- Balodabazar Hasuwa, District Balodabazar- Bhatapara (C.G.) 23 - Rupesh Kumar Trivedi S/o Rajkumar Trivedi Aged About 56 Years Member State Bar Council Of Chhattisgarh, R/o- D-10, Priyadarshini Nagar, Bilaspur, District Bilaspur (C.G.) 24 - Anil Singh Chouhan S/o Balimik Singh Chouhan Aged About 47 Years Member State Bar Council Of Chhattisgarh, R/o- Shyama Sadan, Gouri Ganesh Colony, Mangla Raod Bilaspur, District Bilaspur (C.G.) 25 - Janardan Kumar Tripathi S/o Murlidhar Tripathi Aged About 57 Years Member State Bar Council Of Chhattisgarh, R/o- Ward No. 34, Bramhapara, Ambikapur, Sarguja, District Sarguja (C.G.) 26 - Ravi Singh Rajput S/o Dara Singh Rajput Aged About 29 Years Member State Bar Council Of Chhattisgarh, R/o- Ward No. 20, Uslapur Fatak, Anand Nagar, Bilaspur, District Bilaspur (C.G.) 27 - Alok Kumar Gupta S/o Late Ramkumar Gupta Aged About 52 Years Member State Bar Council Of Chhattisgarh, R/o- Near Brihaspati Bazar, Tilak Nagar Bilaspur, District Bilaspur (C.G.) 28 - Badshah Prasad Singh S/o Late Shri J. N. Singh Aged About 60 Years R/o- Royal Elegance Society, Near Rama World, Bilaspur, District Bilaspur (C.G.) --- Respondent(s) For Petitioner(s) : Ms. Fouzia Mirza, Senior Advocate assisted by Mr. Ali Afzaal Mirza, Advocate. For Respondent/Bar Council of India : Dr. Sourabh Kumar Pande, Advocate. For Respondent/State Mr. Nitansh Jaiswal, Deputy Government Advocate. WPC No. 104 of 2026 1 - Badshah Prasad Singh S/o Late J.N. Singh Aged About 60 Years R/o A-5, Royal Elegance, In Front Of Maruti Suzuki Showroom, High Court Road, Bodri, Bilaspur, District- Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. 4 2 - Janardhan Kumar Tripathi S/o Murlidhar Tripathi Aged About 57 Years R/o Ward No. 34, Brahman Para, Ambikapur, Sarguja, District - Sarguja, Chhattisgarh. 3 - Ashok Kumar Tiwari S/o Keshav Tiwari Aged About 58 Years R/o Mig-23, Ward No. 21, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Nagar, Phase-I, Korba, District- Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. 4 - Faisal Rizvi S/o Syed Afzal Ahmed Rizvi Aged About 57 Years R/o 6/135, S.A.A. Rizvi Road, Near Shaheed Smarak, Banstal Raipur, District - Raipur, Chhattisgarh. 5 - Santosh Kumar Verma S/o J.L. Verma Aged About 66 Years R/o 200, Street 6, Zone 2, New Adarsh Nagar, Ward No. 52, Potiya Kala, Durg, District- Durg, Chhattisgarh. 6 - Narendra Kumar Soni S/o Ruplal Soni Aged About 67 Years R/o House No. 15, Road No. 3, Ward No. 1, Junwani, Pushpak Nagar, Motilal Nehru Nagar, Bhilai, District - Durg, Chhattisgarh. 7 - Vivekanand Bhoi S/o Durlabh Bhoi Aged About 58 Years R/o P-27, Rani Durgawati, Ward No. 45, Basant Park, Puraina, Amlidih, Raipur, District - Raipur, Chhattisgarh. 8 - Brijesh Nath Pandey S/o J.N. Pandey Aged About 57 Years R/o 5-6/01, Profession Colony, Sector-3, Street 6, Raipur, District - Raipur, Chhattisgarh. 9 - Prabhakar Singh Chandel S/o Ramhari Singh Chandel Aged About 56 Years R/o C/1, Jaiswal Colony, Infront Of Bus Stand, Mandapam, Bilaspur, District - Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. 10 - Uttam Kumar Chandel S/o Laxman Ram Chandel Aged About 52 Years R/o House No. 8/1 Ward No. 8, Street No. 16, Infront Of Thetharwar Bhavan, Shivam Niwas, Shikshak Nagar, Kohka, Supela, Bhilai, District - Durg, Chhattisgarh. 11 - Anil Kumar Goyal S/o Omprakash Goyal Aged About 65 Years R/o Ward No. 7, Vakil Colony, Surajpur, District - Surajpur, Chhattisgarh. 12 - Ravindra Kumar Parasar S/o Ram Nath Parasar Aged About 55 Years R/o Main Road, Korba, District - Korba, Chhattisgarh. 13 - Praveen Gupta S/o Premchandra Gupta Aged About 58 Years R/o Ambedkar Chowk, Jawahar Market, Ward No. 9, Maharani Laxmi Bai, Ambikapur, Sarguja, District - Sarguja, Chhattisgarh. 14 - Anil Singh Chauhan S/o Valmiki Singh Aged About 47 Years R/o Shyama Sadan, Gouri Ganesh Colony, Mangla Road, Bilaspur, District - Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. 5 15 - Alok Kumar Gupta S/o Late Ram Kumar Gupta Aged About 52 Years R/o Near Brihaspati Bazar, Tilak Nagar, Bilapsur, District - Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. 16 - Virat Verma S/o Mamta Verma Aged About 42 Years R/o Vinayak Sadan, Gayatri Nagar, Infront Of Jagnnath Mandir Shankar Nagar, Raipur, District - Raipur, Chhattisgarh. 17 - Kamal Kishore Patel S/o N L Patel Aged About 41 Years R/o 894, Rama World, New Bus Stand, Infront Of A.S. Fun, Ward No. 07, Tifra, Bilapsur, Chhattisgarh. 18 - Ravi Singh Rajput S/o Dara Singh Rajput Aged About 29 Years R/o Ward No. 20, Uslapur Fatak, Anand Nagar, Bilaspur, District - Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. (All The Petitioners Are The Newly Elected Members Of The Bar Council Of Chhattisgarh) ---Petitioner(s) Versus 1 - Bar Council Of India Through Secretary, 21 Rouse Avenue, Institutional Area Near Baal Bhawan, New Delhi- 110002 2 - The Chairman Bar Council Of India, 21 Rouse Avenue, Institutional Area Near Baal Bhawan, New Delhi-110002. 3 - State Bar Council Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Premises Of Chhattisgarh High Court, Bodri, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. 4 - Advocate General Of Chhattisgarh High Court (Administrator), Premises Of Chhattisgarh, High Court, Bodri, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. 5 - Shailendra Dubey S/o L.P. Dubey Aged About 66 Years R/o One Shivtan, Harikrishna Colony, Bilaspur, District- Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. 6 - Shatrughan Singh Sahu S/o Ganpat Ram Sahu Aged About 46 Years R/o House No. A-6, Amaltashpuram Colony, Near Sumeet Bazaar, Rudri Road, Dhamtari, District - Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh. 7 - Ganesh Ram Gujral S/o Nand Ram Gujral Aged About 53 Years R/o Talwa Para, Ward No. 10, Nail Janjgir, District - Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh. 8 - Prashant Tiwari S/o Prabhat Tiwari Aged About 61 Years R/o Khairagarh Road, Chikhli, Rajnandgaon, District - Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. 9 - Rupesh Kumar Trivedi S/o Raj Kumar Trivedi Aged About 56 Years R/o D- 10, Priyadarshini Nagar, Bilaspur, District - Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. 10 - Bhaskar Prasad Sahu S/o Rameshwar Prasad Sahu Aged About 51 Years R/o Baloda Bazaar, Hasua, District - Baloda Bazaar-Bhatapara, Chhattisgarh. 6 11 - Chandra Prakash Jangde S/o F.R. Jangde Aged About 56 Years R/o Ward No. 03, Balram Talkies Road, Nehru Nagar, Bilaspur, District - Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. (Res. No. 5 To 11 Are The Newly Elected Members Of The Bar Council Of Chhattisgarh) --- Respondent(s) For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Sudhanshu Kumar Singh, Advocate. For Respondent/Bar Council of India : Dr. Saurabh Kumar Pandey For Respondent /State : Mr. Nitansh Jaiswal, Deputy Government Advocate. For Respondent No. 3 : Mr. V. Jayant Kumar, Advocate holding the brief of Mr. Palash Tiwari, Advocate WPC No. 122 of 2026 1 - Prashant Tiwari S/o Prabhat Tiwari Aged About 61 Years Member State Bar Council Of Chhattisgarh, R/o Khairagarh Road, Chikhali, Rajnandgaon, Distt. Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. 2 - Shatruhan Singh Sahu S/o Ganpat Ram Sahu Aged About 46 Years Member State Bar Council Of Chhattisgarh, High Court Premises Bodri Bilaspur, Distt. Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. 3 - Bhaskar Prasad Sahu S/o Rameshwar Prasad Sahu Aged About 51 Years Member State Bar Council Of Chhattisgarh, R/o Balodabazar Hasuwa, Distt. Balodabazar Bhatapara, Chhattisgarh. ---Petitioner(s) Versus 1 - Bar Council Of India Through Secretary, 21, Rouse Avenue, Institutional Area, Near Baal Bhawan, New Delhi, 110002. 2 - Chairman Bar Council Of India 21, Rouse Avenue, Institutional Area, Near Baal Bhawan, New Delhi 110002. 3 - State Bar Council Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Premises Of Chhattisgarh High Court, Bodri, Distt. Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. 4 - Advocate General Administrator, High Court Premises Bodri, Bilaspur, State Of Chhattisgarh. 5 - Kamal Kishore Patel S/o N.L. Patel Aged About 41 Years Member State Bar Council Of Chhattisgarh, R/o 894, Rama World, New Bus Stand, In front of A.S. Fun, Ward No. 7, Tifra Bilaspur, Distt. Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. 7 6 - Brijesh Nath Pandey S/o J. N. Pandey Aged About 57 Years Member State Bar Council Of Chhattisgarh, R/o 5-6/01, Professor Colony, Sector 3, Street 6, Raipur, Distt. Raipur, Chhattisgarh. 7 - Shailendra Dubey S/o Shree Dubey Aged About 66 Years Member State Bar Council Of Chhattisgarh, R/o One Shivtan, Harikrishna Colony Bilaspur, Distt. Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. 8 - Ravindra Kumar Parashar Member State Bar Council Of Chhattisgarh, High Court Premises Bodri Bilaspur, Distt. Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. 9 - Faisal Rizvi S/o Syed Afzaal Ahmed Rizvi Aged About 57 Years Member State Bar Council Of Chhattisgarh, R/o 6/135, S.A.A. Rizvi Road, Near Shaheed Smarak, Banstal Raipur, Distt. Raipur, Chhattisgarh. 10 - Vivekanand Bhoi S/o Durlabh Bhoi Aged About 58 Years Member State Bar Council Of Chhattisgarh, R/o P-27, Rani Durgawati Ward No. 45, Basant Park, Puraina, Amlidih Raipur, Distt. Raipur, Chhattisgarh. 11 - Narendra Kumar Soni S/o Rup Lal Soni Aged About 67 Years Member State Bar Council Of Chhattisgarh, R/o House No. 15, Road No. 3, Ward No. 1, Junwani, Pushpak Nagar, Motilal Nehru Nagar, Bhilai, Distt. Durg, Chhattisgarh. 12 - Santosh Kumar Verma Member State Bar Council Of Chhattisgarh, High Court Premises Bodri Bilaspur, Distt. Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. 13 - Ganesh Ram Gujral S/o Nand Ram Gujral Aged About 53 Years Member State Bar Council Of Chhattisgarh, R/o Talwapara, Ward No. 10, Nail Janjgir, Distt. Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. 14 - Chandra Prakash Jangade S/o F.R. Jangade Aged About 56 Years Member State Bar Council Of Chhattisgarh, R/o Ward No. 3, Balram Talkies Raod, Nehru Nagar, Bilaspur, Distt. Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. 15 - Ashok Kumar Tiwari S/o Keshav Tiwari Aged About 58 Years Member State Bar Council Of Chhattisgarh, R/o Mig-23, Ward No. 21, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Nagar, Phase I Korba, Distt. Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. 16 - Prabhakar Singh Chandel S/o Ramhari Singh Chandel Aged About 56 Years Member State Bar Council Of Chhattisgarh, R/o C/1, Jaiswal Colony, Infront Of Bus Stand, Mandapam Bilaspur, Distt. Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. 17 - Uttam Kumar Chandel S/o Laxman Ram Chandel Aged About 52 Years Member State Bar Council Of Chhattisgarh, R/o House No. 8/1, Ward No. 8, Street 16, Infront Of Thethwar Bhawan, Shivam Niwas, Sikshak Nagar, Kohka, Supela Bhilai, Distt. Durg, Chhattisgarh. 8 18 - Praveen Gupta S/o Prem Chandra Gupta Aged About 58 Years Member State Bar Council Of Chhattisgarh, R/o Ambedkar Chowk, Jawahar Market, Ward No. 9, Maharani Laxmi Bai, Ambikapur, Sarguja, Chhattisgarh. 19 - Anil Kumar Goyal S/o Omprakash Goyal Aged About 65 Years Member State Bar Council Of Chhattisgarh, R/o Ward No. 7, Wakil Colony Surajpur, Distt. Surajpur, Chhattisgarh. 20 - Virat Verma S/o Mamta Verma Aged About 42 Years Member State Bar Council Of Chhattisgarh, R/o Vinayak Sadan, Gayatri Nagar, Infront Of Jagannath Mandir, Shankar Nagar Raipur, Distt. Raipur, Chhattisgarh. 21 - Rupesh Kumar Trivedi S/o Rajkumar Trivedi Aged About 56 Years Member State Bar Council Of Chhattisgarh, R/o D 10, Priyadarshini Nagar, Bilaspur, Distt. Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. 22 - Anil Singh Chouhan S/o Valimiki Singh Chouhan Aged About 47 Years Member State Bar Council Of Chhattisgarh, R/o Shyama Sadan, Gouri Ganesh Colony, Mangla Road Bilaspur, Distt. Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. 23 - Janardan Kumar Tripathi S/o Murlidhar Tripathi Aged About 57 Years Member State Bar Council Of Chhattisgarh, R/o Ward No. 34, Bramhapara, Ambikapur, Sarguja, Distt. Sarguja, Chhattisgarh. 24 - Ravi Singh Rajput S/o Dara Singh Rajput Aged About 29 Years Member State Bar Council Of Chhattisgarh, R/o Ward No. 20, Uslapur Fatak, Anand Nagar, Bilaspur, Distt. Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. 25 - Alok Kumar Gupta S/o Late Ramkumar Gupta Aged About 52 Years Member State Bar Council Of Chhattisgarh, R/o Near Brihaspati Bazar, Tilak Nagar, Bilaspur, Distt. Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. 26 - Badshah Prasad Singh Member State Bar Council Of Chhattisgarh, High Court Premises Bodri Bilaspur, Distt. Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. --- Respondent(s) (Cause Title Taken from Case Information System) For Petitioner(s) : None. For Respondent / Bar Council of India : Dr. Saurabh Kumar Pande, Advocate For Respondent/State : Mr. Nitansh Jaiswal, Deputy Government Advocate. Hon'ble Shri Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice Hon'ble Shri Ravindra Kumar Agrawal, Judge 9 Order on Board Per Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice 12/03/2026 1 Heard Ms. Fouzia Mirza, learned Senior Advocate assisted by Mr. Ali Afzaal Mirza {WPC No. 103/2026}, Mr. Sudhanshu Kumar Singh {WPC No. 104/2026}, learned counsel appearing for the respective petitioners, Dr. Saurabh Kumar Pande, learned counsel appearing for the respondent/Bar Council of India, Mr. Nitansh Jaiswal, learned Deputy Government Advocate for the respondent/State and Mr. V. Jayant Kumar, learned counsel holding the brief of Mr. Palash Tiwari, learned counsel for the respondent No. 3 {WPC No. 104/2026}. 2 By these petitions, filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner seeks for the following relief(s): W PC No. 103/2026 “10.1 That, this Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to call for entire records of the case, from the authorities. 10.2 That, this Hon'ble Court may kindly be please to quash the impugned order dated 06.01.2026 issued by the respondent no. 2 Chairman Bar Council of India and direct to conduct the elections of the ofÏce bearers of the Chhattisgarh State Bar Council as has been provided under the Bar Council of India Rules. 10.3 That, this Hon'ble Court may kindly be please to direct the respondent Bar Council of India to conduct the election as has been earlier determined in the letter dated 04.01.2026 in accordance with the Bar Council of India Rules on 09.01.2026. 10.4 That, any other relief/order which may deem fit and just in the facts and circumstances of the case.” 10 W PC No. 104/2026 “10.1 That this Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to issue an appropriate writ, order or direction, quashing the impugned order dated 06/01/2026 (Annexure P/1) and also the letter dated 08/01/2026, as being without jurisdiction, illegal, arbitrary, in violation of principles of natural justice. 10.2 That any other relief which this Hon'ble Court deems fit and proper may also be granted in favor of the petitioner safeguarding their interest.” W PC No. 122/2026 “10.1 That, this Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to call for entire records of the case, from the authorities. 10.2 That, this Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to quash the impugned order dated 06.01.2026 and impugned letter dated 09.01.2026 issued by the respondent no. 2 Chairman, Bar Council of India and direct to conduct the elections of the ofÏce bearers of the Chhattisgarh State Bar Council as has been provided under the Bar Council of India Rules. 10.3 That, this Hon'ble Court may kindly be please to direct the respondent Bar Council of India to conduct the election as has been earlier determined in the letter dated 04.01.2026 in accordance with the Bar Council of India Rules on 09.01.2026. 10.4 That, any other relief/order which may deem fit and just in the facts and circumstances of the case.” 3 Today, when these matter were taken up, it has been brought to the notice of this Court by Ms. Fouzia Mirza, learned Senior Advocate that the Hon’ble Apex Court, in Transfer Petition (Civil) Nos. 100-101/2026 {Bar Council of India & Another v. Chandra Prakash Jangde & Others}, on 05.02.2026, has passed an order giving certain directions and in view 11 of the said order, nothing survives in these petitions for adjudication. 4 It would be beneficial to quote the relevant portion of the order dated 05.02.2026 passed by the Apex Court, which reads as under: “TRANSFER PETITION (CIVIL) NO(S).100-101 OF 2026 4. The instant transfer petitions have been filed by the Bar Council of India and its Chairman seeking transfer of W.P.(Civil) Nos.103/2026 and 104/2026 pending before the High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur. The transfer of these two writ petitions has been sought to this Court primarily on the ground that all Bar Council election related matters are pending and the election activities are being monitored by this Court through various committees constituted from time to time. 5. In the instant matters, the election of members of the Bar Council of the State of Chhattisgarh had taken place in September 2025 and some controversy with respect to engaging in corrupt practices/horse-trading etc. seems to have emerged during the process of election of ofÏce bearers. Upon receipt of such complaints, the Bar Council of India ordered a fact-finding inquiry and directed that the election of the ofÏce bearers be deferred. Such action by the Bar Council of India prompted the aggrieved members of the State Bar Council to approach the High Court through these writ petitions. 6. We have heard learned senior counsel from both sides, as well as Mr. Manan Kumar Mishra, learned senior counsel and Chairman of the Bar Council of India. 7. Both sides have very fairly and unanimously submitted that any attempt to indulge in unethical or corrupt practices must be curbed, especially when the Bar Council is a body of professionals who thrive on their ethical professional principles. There is, however, a difference of opinion between the parties with regard to the mechanism that should be evolved in pursuance of the same. 12 8. That being so, in the peculiar facts and circumstances of this case and in order to ensure that no prejudice is caused to the parties, we dispose of these transfer petitions with the following directions: (i) The allegations of indulging in corrupt practices, horse- trading or any kind of unethical conduct in the process of election of ofÏce bearers of the Chhattisgarh Bar Council shall be inquired by Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia, a former Judge of this Court, who has been appointed as Chairperson of a High-powered Supervisory Committee, which has been entrusted the responsibility of monitoring/supervising the elections of all the State Bar Councils. (ii) We request Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia to complete the fact- finding inquiry as early as possible and preferably within two weeks from the date the parties enter appearance before him. He may fix the date and inform the parties telephonically of the venue and time of the first meeting. (iii) Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia shall be at liberty to take such punitive measures as he may deem fit against such persons/elected members who are found to be involved in any kind of malpractices. (iv) On completion of the aforesaid exercise, we request Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and his Committee to conduct the election of ofÏce bearers of the Chhattisgarh State Bar Council. It shall be appreciated if the elections are conducted within a period of two weeks from the date of completion of the proceedings of the domestic inquiry. (v) Any party aggrieved by the orders/decisions that may be given by Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia shall be entitled to approach this Court in accordance with law. However, no High Court shall entertain any writ petition(s) or proceedings challenging the decision taken by Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia. (vi) The honorarium and other secretarial expenses that may be 13 incurred by Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia shall be borne by the Chhattisgarh State Bar Council/Bar Council of India. 9. In addition to above directions, W.P.(Civil)Nos.103/2026 and 104/2026 pending before the High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur stand transferred to this Court. Similarly, in light of the above-stated order, both the writ petitions have become infructuous and are disposed of accordingly.” 5 Hence, in view of the order passed by the Apex Court, as above, we deem it appropriate to consign these petitions to record as no further adjudication or any directions are required to be passed in these cases. 6 Accordingly, these petitions are consigned to record. Sd/- Sd/- (Ravindra Kumar Agrawal) (Ramesh Sinha) JUDGE CHIEF JUSTICE Anu / Amit AMIT KUMAR DUBEY Digitally signed by AMIT KUMAR DUBEY Date: 2026.03.16 11:07:53 +0530