YR Sadasiva Reddy, co-chairman of the Bar Council of India (BCI), has called for the immediate resignation of BCI Chairman Manan Kumar Mishra. Reddy alleges serious irregularities, including improper appointments within the Council, misallocation of funds, and a significant lack of transparency in its operations. These claims have sparked controversy and raised questions about the governance of the BCI.
He did not previously question the process because he had no reason to believe it was otherwise, according to Reddy.
“I address this communication to you not as an adversary, but as an elected member of the Bar Council of India, presently holding the office of co-chairman, and as a member of this profession for over three decades,” Reddy said in the letter, shared by Live Law . He said he was writing after “long reflection” and felt that remaining silent would amount to a failure of the trust placed in him by advocates. “Appointments to the establishment of the Council made without any transparent process of recruitment,” Reddy said, listing it as the first ground for seeking Mishra’s resignation. “The Bar Council of India is not the personal estate of any individual,” he said, stressing that the body is a statutory institution constituted under the Advocates Act, 1961. He said the Council holds funds contributed by lakhs of advocates and exercises regulatory powers over the entry of young lawyers into the profession. “Every rupee it holds is held in trust,” Reddy said.
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The powers exercised by the BCI are conferred by Parliament for the benefit of the legal profession and not for the benefit of the person occupying the chair, according to him. Earlier reporting noted: In a direct dig at the BCI chairman, Das said, “Manan Mishra ji, the alarm bells are ringing.
Reddy said his assessment was based on what he had personally witnessed during BCI meetings. He alleged that under Mishra’s chairmanship, the Council had “drifted very far” from the standards expected of a statutory body.
