CJI DY Chandrachud Congratulates Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal For Election As SCBA President

Chief Justice of India Dr DY Chandrachud on Friday (May 17) congratulated Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal on being elected as the President of the Supreme Court Bar Association yesterday.

"Mr Sibal, heartiest congratulations on our behalf for being elected as the President of the SCBA. We look forward towards your cooperation and the members of the executive committee," CJI told Sibal. CJI was presiding over a ceremonial bench which had assembled for the farewell of Justice AS Bopanna.

In response, Sibal said, "It is my honour that after 22 years, I have been given this opportunity to serve the bar. From our side, you will have complete cooperation and that is our commitment to the bench. It is through this cooperation that we can take the agenda forward."

In the SCBA elections yesterday, Sibal won the race for the President post with 1066 votes defeating the next contender Senior Advocate Pradeep Rai who secured 689 votes. This is the fourth time Sibal has won as the President. Sibal was previously elected as the SCBA President three times, the last instance twenty-three years ago in 2001. Before that, he was President during the 1995-96 and 1997-98 terms.

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