ALL LEGAL STALWARTS VIE FOR POSTS AT BAR

Several stalwarts, including the present chairman and almost all the existing members of the AP Bar Council, are contesting in the elections to the Bar Councils of AP and Telangana state.

Advocates who had taken an active part in the agitation for a separate Telangana and a separate HC for AP and separate Bar Councils for Telangana and AP will be trying their fortunes in the ensuing elections.

Bar Council members Harinath, Sunil Goud, Ananthasen Reddy and K. Lakshman Kumar are contesting for the Telangana Bar Council and Mr A. Narasimha Reddy who held the post of chairman of AP Bar Council two terms is contesting from Telangana state.

Mr Lakshman Kumar had resigned in protest against not constituting a separate council for Telangana state.

Mr Gandra Mohan Rao, one of the leaders of the Telangana Advocates Joint Action Committee (TAJAC) and also former president of the Telangana High Courts Advocates Association and another leader of the TAJAC, Mr Puligori Goverdhan Reddy, are also in the fray.

The existing members in the Bar Council from Andhra Pradesh — Mr K. Chidambaram, Mr N. Dwarakanath Reddy, Mr Ram Reddy and Mr B.V. Murthy also testing their fortunes from Andhra. Mr C. Nageswara Rao, former public prosecutor and two-time president of AP HC Advocates Association is also in the race.