PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. 1119 of 2025 at Lucknow

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 1119 of 2025 Alok Kirti Mishra .....Petitioner(s) Versus Bar Council Of India Thru. Its Chairman New Delhi And Another .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : In Person Counsel for Respondent(s) : Shailesh Kumar Pathak, Subhash Chandra Pandey Court No. - 1 HON'BLE RAJAN ROY, J. HON'BLE RAJEEV BHARTI, J. 1. Supplementary affidavit filed today is taken on record. 2. Heard petitioner in person, Sri Shailesh Pathak, learned counsel for opposite party no.1 and Sri Subhash Chandra Pandey, learned counsel for the Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh. 3. During course of argument Sri Subhash Chandra Pandey, learned counsel appearing for Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh informed that nomination fees of Rs.1.25 Lakh is being charged in terms of Rule 8 of the Bar Council of U.P. Election Rules, 2024-25 as approved by the Bar Council of India which are not under challenge. On being confronted, petitioner who appears in person says that he may be permitted to withdraw this petition with liberty to file a separate writ petition in this regard challenging the said Rule. 4. Liberty prayed for is granted as far as it ma