Rakesh Tiku has been elected chairman of the Delhi bar council, winning all 14 votes cast today against opponent Rakesh Goswami in a fresh election held today after the post was left vacant for over two months following the demise of former chairman K K Sareen.
Tiku was elected to the bar council membership for a five-year tenure in December 2009 after which he had also contested the chairmanship against the late Sareen in the February election. Tiku had then lost to Sareen by a close margin.
Today’s election witnessed a last-minute withdrawal of his opponent Goswami in which only 14 out of 24 members turned out to vote.
Commenting on his top priorities, Tiku said: “There is a need to improve the image of lawyers in the society because it is a fact that individually we as lawyers may be respected but as a collective body we need to have our own mark and recognition. This is one area which needs to be taken care of.”
He added that he would like to generate funds under the bar council aegis to provide and raise the minimum earnings of fresh law graduates in practice.
“Second there is a growing dissatisfaction amongst the new entrants [to the profession], who have spent two, three years in the profession, different to those who are from connected families. I am concerned about those lawyers who have no sustenance power,” he noted.
“We can generate enough corpus for those who have two-three years of work experience through various methods like increasing the stamp fees on Vakalatnamas from Rs 10 to 50.”
He also added that the bar council should have a definite role that whenever there was any panel appointment for government undertakings and departments. “These should be regulated through the bar council. The bar council then depending on the requirement, bio data and criteria can really recommend – [which] they may or may not accept. But at least we can streamline, regulate and remove the nepotism.”
Tiku said that he along with two other members had also prepared and submitted a white paper expressing his views against the all India bar examination.
Even now the Delhi bar council consists of 24 elected members with the induction of one more member pending. Earlier member aspirant D K Sharma had filed a writ in the Delhi high court opposing the co-option of K K Sareen’s son while a decision on the issue is still awaited.
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lawyer.No lawyer can handle unlimited number of cases in a day. The busy lawyers will have to employ someone else for appearance in the court or for drafting/filing in time in the court. Whosoever is employed can dictate his terms of service. I am not sure whether Bar Council can fix the amount at 10,000/00 or 20,000/00 to be paid by a senior
council to the junior council, as is being suggested by some of the commentators. Most of the busy lawyers are not even designated senior lawyers.Advocate Act recoznises only
Senior Advocate and Advocate.By helping the judges to strictly enforce the law that no adjournment will be allowed, that lawyer is not available, will help in employment of another lawyer and also in speedy disposal of cases. Before concluding, I appreciate the reported move of Mr.Rakesh Tiko to help not only young lawyers, but others also in need of work. Let us play our part in making India an arrear free judicial institution.
"I appreciate the reported move of Mr.Rakesh Tiko to help not only young lawyers"
What crap! this is an empty promise like the ones made by our netas. the delhi bar council has been around for many years and done nothing for young or old lawyers. it will remain that way. ask mr tiku if he supports the entry of foreign law firms, which is the #1 on the wishlist of young lawyers. as for the stipend, 10 K and 20K is a driver's salary. and even that will never be imposed!
we have seen the recent conduct of lawyers in andhra and rajasthan, this is the true face of our profession and this is the lowest common denominator tiku will have to cater to. the indian legal profession is the sickest in the world.
In my opinion instead of deciding stiphe or payment to young lawyers Mr. Tike or Delhi Bar Council should take care of Infrastructure related issues (like Provision of Chambers/ Provision of lawyers housing society etc.)
I whish he will take care of the prime requirement of the young layers who are not pre-belongs to this fertinity.
"In my opinion instead of deciding stiphe or payment to young lawyers Mr. Tike or Delhi Bar Council should take care of Infrastructure related issues (like Provision of Chambers/ Provision of lawyers housing society etc.)"
Don't you mean 'in addition to' instead of 'instead'? It is a really tough slog for young lawyers with no background (or 'godfather' in filmi terms). I think their welfare should be the first priority.
And one way to do that is by stipulating a mandatory minimum wage. Rs. 15,000 is ok, if you ask me.
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