Delhi HC Declines to Stay Suspension of SCBA Secretary Ashok Arora
Delhi HC Declines to Stay Suspension of SCBA SecretaryThe Delhi High Court has refused to stay the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) resolution suspending its secretary Ashok Arora from the post. Justice Mukta Gupta of the Delhi High Court pronounced the order and said that 'no prima facie case is made out'. Ashok Arora had challenged his suspension from the SCBA on the ground that...
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Delhi HC Declines to Stay Suspension of SCBA Secretary
The Delhi High Court has refused to stay the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) resolution suspending its secretary Ashok Arora from the post.
Justice Mukta Gupta of the Delhi High Court pronounced the order and said that 'no prima facie case is made out'.
Ashok Arora had challenged his suspension from the SCBA on the ground that his removal by the Executive Committee of SCBA violated principles of natural justice. However, the SCBA had earlier informed the Court that principles of natural justice were followed before suspending Arora from the post.
SCBA claimed that there was an attempt to hijack the functioning of the Association due to which the Association was forced to suspend Arora.
On 8 May 2020, the Executive Committee (EC) of the SCBA had passed a resolution, suspending Arora from the post of Secretary with immediate effect in a meeting held through video conferencing.
The decision to suspend Ashok Arora was taken by the EC a day after Arora had called an Emergent General Meeting (EGM) of the lawyers' body to deliberate on the removal of Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave from the post of SCBA President.
