SCAORA performing past its mandate: SCBA president to CJI

The SCBA claimed that the Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association had issued communications on issues regarding the overall infrastructure and bar members of the highest courtroom.

In his letter to the CJI, Supreme Court Bar Association president Vikas Singh mentioned he needed to make sure that the functioning of this establishment remained “cohesive, disciplined, and free from unnecessary overlaps” or conflicts-particularly in issues regarding the normal pursuits of the bar or Supreme Court infrastructure.

He underlined the necessity to promote a unified voice throughout the bar whereas guaranteeing “seamless collaboration” and respect for institutional integrity and sustaining concord between the bar and the bench.

“Surprisingly, in the recent times, Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association , while acting beyond its mandate, has been issuing communications on matters relating to the general infrastructure, facilities and issues concerning general Bar members of the Supreme Court. These subjects strictly fall within the exclusive domain of SCBA, which represents the collective interests of all categories of lawyers practising in the Supreme Court,” Singh’s letter mentioned.

He continued, “SCBA today comprises 22,734 members, which include 10,013 permanent members and 12,309 temporary members. There are 401 pending membership requests at present. These 22,734 members include 906 senior advocates, AoRs, and about 19,000 non-AoR practitioners.”

Notably, Singh mentioned, there have been 3,786 AoRs registered with the Supreme Court as of now and three,000 of them have been members of the SCAORA.

“In that view of the matter, SCAORA does not even represent all AoRs registered in Supreme Court.”

Referring to a current difficulty raised by the SCAORA to the secretary normal, Supreme Court on biometric entry for attorneys, Singh mentioned there was completely no query of members of the bar voluntarily providing such intensive private info to the registry of the Supreme Court.

“If on the other hand, there is any mandate from the Supreme Court, for security reasons, upon discussion with the SCBA, the Bar would, of course, fully cooperate,” the letter mentioned.

Singh mentioned sharing such biometric information by attorneys might be counter efficient, contemplating the elevated situations of breach of knowledge privateness.

He mentioned SCAORA’s scope needs to be restricted to points “concerning AoR practice” corresponding to issues associated to submitting procedures, registry protocols, and AoR- particular considerations.

The letter claimed that the SCBA, and never the SCAORA, was the one recognised court-annexed bar affiliation that represented the members commonly practising within the Supreme Court.

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