UMESH KUMAR & ORS. vs UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

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$~21 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of decision: 7th 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. Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed W.P.(C) 158/2026 Page 1 of 6 By:AARZOO Signing Date:07.01.2026 19:31:08 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 roll maintained by the Bar Council of Delhi in August 2025. The petitioners have also appeared in All India Bar Examination-XX (AIBE), the results of which are yet to be declared. 3. Mr. Vikas Pahwa, senior counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners, submits that the petitioners have submitted their respective Online Verification Forms with the Bar Council of Delhi. He further submits that all the petitioners have been verified and have received WhatsApp commun