The Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud congratulated senior advocate Kapil Sibal on his election as the president of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA).
“Mr. Sibal, heartiest congratulations on our behalf for being elected as the president of the SCBA. We look forward to your cooperation and that of the members of the executive committee,” the CJI expressed while presiding over a ceremonial bench.
Thanking the CJI, Sibal remarked, “It is my honor that after 22 years, I have been given this opportunity to serve the bar. From our side, you will have complete cooperation, and that’s our commitment to the bench. It is through this cooperation that we can move the agenda forward.”
Sibal’s election as the president of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) took place on Thursday. Besides Sibal, senior advocates Adish C Aggarwala, Pradeep Kumar Rai, Priya Hingorani, and advocates Tripurari Ray and Neeraj Srivastava were also vying for the post of SCBA president.
Sibal secured over 1,000 votes in the elections held on Thursday, while Rai received over 650 votes. A graduate of Harvard Law School, Sibal served as the additional solicitor general of India during 1989-90 and was designated as a senior advocate in 1983. Between 1995 and 2002, he served thrice as the SCBA president during his tenure as a former Union minister in the Congress-led UPA government.
