JUDGMENT

A. K. Patnaik, J.

These two Special Leave Petitions under Article 136 of the Constitution are against the common judgments dated 13.12.2006, 04.06.2007 and 21.06.2007 of the Bombay High Court in Writ Petition Nos. 903 of 2004 and 1781 of 2004 (for short 'the impugned judgment') and relate to elections to the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa.

2. The facts very briefly are that for elections to the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa (for short 'the State Bar Council'), Electoral Roll was prepared in which the names of the Advocates on the roll of the State Bar Council who had not paid the subscription as per Rule 40, Chapter -II, Part VI of the Rules were deleted from the Electoral Roll. The names of these Advocates had to be deleted from the Electoral Roll because Rule 6(h) of the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa Rules (for short 'the State Bar Council Rules') provided that the name of an Advocate appearing in the State Bar Council Roll shall not be on the Electoral Roll if he has not paid the subscription under Rule 40, Chapter - II, Part VI of the Rules and obtained receipt from the State Bar Council. Respondent No.1, who was earlier a member of the State Bar Council, fi