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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

% Date of decision: 7^th January, 2026

+ W.P.(C) 158/2026 with CM APPL. 818/2026 & CM APPL.

819/2026

UMESH KUMAR & ORS. .....Petitioners

Through: Mr. Vikas Pahwa, Senior Advocate

with Mr. Rohit Yadav, Mr. Kavesh Bidhuri, Mr. Suraj Pratap Singh, Mr. Harshit Singh Bedi, Mr. Bablo Yadav, Mr. Kunal Israney, Mr. Nandlal Singh & Mr. Vishesh Goel, Advocates with petitioners in-person.

versus

UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents

Through: Mr. Himanshu Pathak, SPC & Mr.

Rudhra Paliwal, GP for UoI/R-1.

Mr. Preet Pal Singh, Ms. Medha Navami & Ms. Tanupreet Kaur, Advocates for Bar Council of India/

R-2.

Mr. T. Singhdev, Mr. Tanishq Srivastava, Ms. Yamini Singh, Mr. Abhijit Chkravarty, Mr. Saurabh Kumar, Mr. Bhanu Gulati, Mr. Vedant Sood, Advocates for Bar

Council of Delhi/ R-3.

CORAM:

HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT BANSAL AMIT BANSAL, J. (Oral)

1. The present writ petition has been filed on behalf of three advocates inter-alia seeking a direction that their names be added in the electoral roll for the ensuing election to the Bar Council of Delhi.

2. It is stated that the petitioners have obtained their LLB degrees and were provisionally enrolled as Advocates on the state