Nariman Elected BAI Prez
New Delhi, Sep 20 (UNI) Fali Sam Nariman, who has presided over the Bar Association of India since 1992, has been re-elected for a two year term along with honorary general secretary Lalit Bhasin, it was announced today.
The Association now completing 50 years in existence has some 3,000 individuals and 70-institutions as members, over a third of whom took part in elections on Friday, Bhasin said.
The elections were unanimous, Bhasin said, adding that the Association has decided that no office bearer may henceforth occupy a post for more than two consecutive terms.
The Association also elected Anil Divan and Prashant Kumar as associate president and associate general secretary and nine senior advocates, including K K Venugopal and P P Rao, as vice presidents.
Bhasin
said
in
the
coming
months,
the
Association
would
hold
seminars
across
India
to
highlight
judicial
independence
and
accountability,
delays
in
justice,
human
rights
denial
due
to
corruption
and
attempts
at
''globalisation
of
legal
profession.'' UNI
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