District Bar Association poll: 27 file nominations in Ludhiana

Legal Correspondent

Ludhiana, December 1

The District Bar Association (DBA), Ludhiana, is all set to hold its annual elections this month with 3,064 voters. A total of 27 contestants have filed nomination papers for different posts of the association. The elections were scheduled to be held on December 17.

Showing strength, all contestants filed nominations along with their supporters. The contestants and their supporters were seen distributing sweets after nominations.

Returning officers KR Sikri, JS Parmar and Kamal Jyoti apprised that it was the last day of filing nominations. The scrutiny of nomination papers would be held on December 2 and any contestant may withdraw nomination papers till December 3. Thereafter, the final list of contestants will be displayed.

For the prestigious post of president, Harjot Singh Harikay (ex-DBA vice-president), Naval Kishore Chhibber (ex-DBA president), Gurkirpal Singh Gill (sitting president) and Vipin Saggar (ex-DBA vice- president) have filed the nomination papers.

Whereas for the post of Secretary, Vikas Gupta, Mandeep Singh Sidhu and Charanjit Singh Channa have staked their claims.

For the post of vice-president Gurbakshish Singh Bedi and Gurmeet Singh Anand have jumped into the election fray. For the post of Finance Secretary, Jatinder Pal Singh Jetty, Jagjeet Singh and Gurpal Singh have filed nomination papers. Whereas, for the post of Joint Secretary, Sahil Sharma, Harjinder Singh and Uttamjit Kaur filed nominations.

For the six posts of executive body, 12 lawyers, including Sahil Setia, Anita, Amit Singh, Pratibha Sonam, Lovedeep Singh, Anshul Sharma, Harjeet Singh, Mohd Intzar, Deepak Kumar, Bobby and Damanpreet, have submitted their papers with returning officers.