Supreme Court issues notice to Bihar State Bar Council

In Dharmnath Prasad Yadav & Anr. vs. The Honble Returning Officer, Bihar State Bar Council & Ors. (2026), Supreme Court passed a 1-page long order dated October 8, 2026, which reads:1. IA No.298929/2026 (application for deletion of respondent Nos.19 and 23) is allowed. Cause-title be amended accordingly. 2. Delay condoned. 3. Issue notice, returnable on 27.11.2026.”   

The civil appeal was filed on August 17, 2026 and verified on September 29,2026. The appeal arose out of impugned judgment and order dated July 22, 2026 in Election Petition No. 2 of 2024 passed by the Tribunal/Committee No. 3 comprising of Rajendra Menon, former Chief Justice, Delhi High Court, M. Sathyanarayanan, former Judge, Madras High Court and Mridula Mishra, local former Judge to be nominated by the State Bar Council. 

Notably, the Supreme Court does not refer to order by  “Tribunal/Committee No. 3”, it refers to it as the “impugned judgment and order of the Bar Council of India”. 

The petition no. 2 is Pankaj Kumar. Besides Respondent no.1, the Honble Returning Officer, Bihar State Bar Council, the other 25 respondents are: 2. Bihar State Bar Council Secretary, 3. Manan Kumar Mishra, Member, Bihar State Bar Council, 4. Prem Nath Ojha, Member, Bihar State Bar Council, 5. Ramakant Sharma, President, Bihar State Bar Council and Members of Bihar State Bar Council-6. Sachidanand Singh, 7. Mahammad Saidullah, 8. Vindhya Keshri Kumar, 9. Murari Kumar Himanshu, 10. Rajiv Sharan 11. Yogesh Chandra Verma, 12 S.D. Yadav, 13. Sharma Chandreshwar Upadhyay, 14. Jitendra Narain Sinha, 15. Ramjee Mishra, 16. Ram Charitra Prasad, 17. Jai Praksah Singh, 18. Namrata Mishra, 19. Dina Nath Yadav, 20.  Prem Kumar Jha, 21. Rajeev Kumar Singh, 23. Neetu Jha, 24. Sanjeev Kumar, 25. Pannag Kumar Tripathi and 26 Madhusudan Sharma.