Around 5,000 Oudh Bar Association members will vote for 22 posts on Wednesday. The contest follows the Lucknow bench's decision to bar 300 lawyers from voting.Lucknow,Oct 27, 2026 22:18 ISTAround 5,000 members of the Oudh Bar Association at the Allahabad High Court's Lucknow bench are eligible to vote in elections for 22 posts, news agency Press Trust of India reported.
Polling will begin at 10 am on Wednesday.Voter slips have been distributed to members, who must carry either their Certificate of Practice or Oudh Bar Association identity card to vote. Counting will take place on Thursday.Assistant Election Officer R B S Rathore told PTI that 11 candidates are contesting for the president's post, while eight are in the fray for the secretary general's position.The senior vice-president's post is reserved for women and has three candidates.
Fourteen candidates are contesting for the middle vice-president's post and 12 for the junior vice-president's post. Seven women are competing for a joint secretary's seat reserved for women.
The treasurer's post is also reserved for women, with 13 candidates in the fray.The executive committee elections are also expected to be closely contested. Twenty-five men are contesting for four senior executive committee seats, while seven women are vying for two reserved seats.
Similarly, 24 men are contesting for four junior executive committee seats, while seven women are in the fray for two seats reserved for them.On Monday, the Lucknow bench barred 300 Oudh Bar Association members from voting in the annual general elections, PTI reported.While hearing a public interest litigation, a division bench of Justice Rajan Roy and Justice Manjive Shukla ruled that 155 advocates whose Certificates of Practice list a voting location other than the Oudh Bar Association in Lucknow could not vote. Another 145 lawyers whose certificates had not been renewed were also barred from voting.Polling for the 22 posts will begin on Wednesday, with eligible members required to present the prescribed identification documents.
The votes will be counted on Thursday.- Ends