{
  "id": 5153705,
  "title": "SC: Mishra’s BCI chair tenure ends with elections",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/sc-mishras-bci-chair-tenure-ends-with-elections",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-02T18:47:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Economic Times",
    "slug": "the-economic-times",
    "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/sc-questions-manan-mishras-tenure-as-bci-chairman-says-it-ends-with-fresh-elections/articleshow/133718449.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Supreme Court questioned the continued tenure of Bar Council of India (BCI) chairman Manan Kumar Mishra, ruling that his extension in the post cannot be considered a mandate to serve until 2030. The bench, consisting of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana, heard petitions challenging Mishra's prolonged tenure and called for fresh elections to reconstitute the BCI. Mishra, who is also a BJP Rajya Sabha MP, was only a pro tem chairman until the freshly constituted BCI elects its office-bearers. The court emphasized that his tenure was co-terminus with the election of a newly constituted BCI, rather than being democratically elected. The court's intervention came after arguments challenging a 2025 notification extending Mishra's tenure until April 2030, which petitioners argued violated Rule 12(2) of the BCI Rules that prescribes a two-year tenure for the chairman and vice chairman.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}