https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171561 Where the Advocates Act and Bar Council of India Rules prescribe that extension of a State Bar Council's term must be approved before expiry, a resolution by circulation is ineffective unless majority approval is obtained within time; later confirmation cannot cure the defect. Once the term expired without a valid extension, the statutory scheme required the Bar Council of India to constitute a Special Committee to perform the Council's functions and conduct elections, so the expired Council lacked jurisdiction to hold elections. The election process therefore had to proceed under the Special Committee mechanism. en-us Tue, 16 Mar 1999 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 09 Oct 2025 15:17:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171561 Where the Advocates Act and Bar Council of India Rules prescribe that extension of a State Bar Council's term must be approved before expiry, a resolution by circulation is ineffective unless majority approval is obtained within time; later confirmation cannot cure the defect. Once the term expired without a valid extension, the statutory scheme required the Bar Council of India to constitute a Special Committee to perform the Council's functions and conduct elections, so the expired Council lacked jurisdiction to hold elections. The election process therefore had to proceed under the Special Committee mechanism. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 16 Mar 1999 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171561