To curb bogus voting,Bar Council electoral rolls will now have photos

Appreciating the initiative,Yadav added,the Bar Council of India has asked other State Bar Councils to consider implementing the same to have “fair and transparent” elections. Elections for various posts of Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana are slated to take place on May 31 and June 1.

Yadav told Newsline that soon budding lawyers,who lack financial means at the start of their career,will be paid honorarium fees till two years. The amount will be around Rs 5,000 per month. “The idea is to financially help young lawyers who struggle in search of work at the early stage of their careers,” said Yadav. He also said that the Bar Council is in the process of providing pension to lawyers who are above 65 years and lack financial support.

Bar Association elections on April 5

The elections to the posts of President,Vice President,Secretary and Joint Secretary of Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association will be held on April 5. Names of those who will be contesting the elections have been finalised. Four-times president of High Court Bar,senior lawyer Anmol Rattan Sidhu will compete with Rajan Brar,former Secretary and member Bar Council,for the post of president. Santokhwinder Singh Nabha will contest for the post of secretary against Advocate Ritam Aggarwal. For the post of vice president,the contest will be among Nirbhay Garg,Anjum Ahmed and Iqbal Sagu.