9 City Lawyers Enter Bar Council Poll Fray Nagpur: The election to the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa, scheduled for March 24, has seen increased campaigning as nine lawyers from the city entered the contest. The council is responsible for electing 23 members, including 18 men and five women, with two additional women members to be nominated after the election. A total of 160 candidates, including 54 women, have filed nominations for the polls. From Nagpur, the candidates include Parijat Pande, Asif Qureshi, Anil Gowardipe, Sagar Lambat, Sanjay More, Sandeep Nandeshwar, Uma Bhattad, Vaishali Khedikar, and Priyanka Chokhare. These candidates have begun engaging with advocates and visiting bar associations across the state to present their platforms. Among the contenders, Pande, Qureshi, and Gowardipe are current members of the council, bringing experience to their campaigns. Pande is also affiliated with the Advocates' Council, while Qureshi holds a leadership role as general secretary in the Maharashtra unit of the Congress party, providing him political support. With the election nearing, candidates have intensified their outreach efforts, meeting advocates and visiting bar associations in Nagpur and other parts of the state. The contest has also drawn attention due to the participation of younger candidates, including Lambat, Nandeshwar, and More, who are contesting for the first time. Lambat, a native of Nagpur, is the son of Kishor Lambat, a former secretary of the High Court Bar Association and a Supreme Court practitioner. These younger candidates are appealing to voters for fresh leadership in the council. Under the council’s election rules, lawyers with less than 10 years of legal practice are eligible to contest under a separate category.#bar_council_maharashtra_and_goa #parijat_pande #asif_qureshi #anil_gowardipe #sagar_lambat
