Differences appear in SCBA, secretary calls meeting to oust President Dushyant Dave

Fissures seem to have appeared in Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) on Thursday after its secretary called an emergent general meeting of the lawyers' body on May 11, to deliberate on agenda, removing senior advocate Dushyant Dave from the post of President.

Dave on other hand has written to the bar members calling the move by secretary Ashok Arora as illegal and improper saying he is an elected President of the lawyers' body and would continue to serve till his tenure ends.

The SCBA notice issued by Arora, which was confirmed by him to the PTI said, Members of SCBA are hereby informed that an emergent general meeting' has been convened under Rule 22 of SCBA rules by the undersigned for May 11 at 4.30 pm. The meeting shall be conducted over webinar.

It said that the agenda of meeting will be to consider the resolutions signed by 410 members of SCBA, addressed to the secretary to condemn the unauthorised resolution dated February 25, purportedly passed by the executive committee and