Justices R Suresh Kumar and N Senthilkumar were hearing a plea filed by advocate R K Kalpana, seeking directions to the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry to include her name in the final voters’ list for the 2026 Bar Council elections and permit her to contest and vote in it. Justices R Suresh Kumar and N Senthilkumar directed the Bar Council to consider advocate R K Kalpana’s request.

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NewsLegal2026 poll race heats up: Madras High Court orders TN Bar Council to urgently decide on advocate’s plea to contest election
2026 poll race heats up: Madras High Court orders TN Bar Council to urgently decide on advocate’s plea to contest election
The Madras High Court has directed the Bar Council to decide a woman advocate’s request to resume practice and include her in the 2026 Bar Council election voters’ list ahead of the March 30 polls.
Written by: Richa Sahay
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New Delhi
Mar 11, 2026 03:52 PM IST

The election of members to the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry is to be conducted on March 30, the Madras High Court noted. (Image generated using AI)
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Madras High Court news: The Madras High Court directed the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry to immediately decide the request of a woman advocate seeking resumption of her practice and inclusion in the voters’ list for the upcoming 2026 Bar Council elections, after she was relieved from her role as law consultant to the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board.

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Justices R Suresh Kumar and N Senthilkumar were hearing a plea filed by advocate R K Kalpana, seeking directions to the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry to include her name in the final voters’ list for the 2026 Bar Council elections and permit her to contest and vote in it.

Justices R Suresh Kumar and N Senthilkumar directed the Bar Council to consider advocate R K Kalpana’s request.
“This court is inclined to dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the respondent Bar Council to consider the request made by the petitioner dated 27.02.2026 and pass orders thereon, on merits and in accordance with law, by today itself, that is by 09.03.2026,” the high court said in its March 9 order.

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The election of members to the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry is to be conducted on March 30 between 10 am and 5 pm by a High-Powered Election Committee appointed by the Supreme Court in November 2025.

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‘Law consultant to contesting polls’
The petitioner, R K Kalpana, was working as the counsel for the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, and hence she sought suspension from her practice by making a request on February 11.
Following the same, the petitioner’s practice was suspended by the said Bar Council. Subsequently, by the order of February 25, the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board accepted her resignation and relieved her from duty as law consultant from the board.
Advocate Kalpana once again made a request on February 27 to the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry to resume her practice since she has been relieved as law consultant from the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board.
The petitioner claimed that the request is still pending with the said Bar Council, and the authority concerned has not passed any orders.
The petitioner also stated that she has already filed a nomination to contest in the upcoming Tamil Nadu and Puducherry Bar Council Election.
She pointed out that she rushed to the court because of the upcoming Bar elections in 2026.
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‘Request to be taken up immediatel
[11/03, 19:49] Meta AI: Madras HC (Justices R Suresh Kumar & N Senthilkumar) ordered the Tamil Nadu & Puducherry Bar Council to decide advocate R.K. Kalpana’s request—resume practice and include her in the March 30, 2026, Bar Council voters’ list—immediately (by March 9), after she resigned as law consultant to the Pollution Control Board.
[11/03, 19:49] sekarreporter1: [11/03, 19:46] sekarreporter1: “2026 poll race heats up: Madras High Court orders TN Bar Council to urgently decide on advocate’s plea to contest election
The Madras High Court has directed the Bar Council to decide a woman advocate’s request to resume practice and include her in the 2026 Bar Council election voters’ list ahead of the March 30 polls.
Written by: Richa Sahay”
https://indianexpress.com/article/legal-news/2026-poll-race-heats-up-madras-high-court-orders-tn-bar-council-to-urgently-decide-on-advocates-plea-to-contest-election-10576432/#:~:text=to%20contest%20election-,2026%20poll%20race%20heats%20up%3A%20Madras%20High%20Court%20orders%20TN%20Bar,Written%20by%3A%20Richa%20Sahay,-4%20min%20read
[11/03, 19:48] sekarreporter1: “Justices R Suresh Kumar and N Senthilkumar were hearing a plea filed by advocate R K Kalpana, seeking directions to the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry to include her name in the final voters’ list for the 2026 Bar Council elections and permit her to contest and vote in it.”
https://indianexpress.com/article/legal-news/2026-poll-race-heats-up-madras-high-court-orders-tn-bar-council-to-urgently-decide-on-advocates-plea-to-contest-election-10576432/#:~:text=Justices%20R%20Suresh%20Kumar%20and%20N%20Senthilkumar%20were%20hearing%20a%20plea%20filed%20by%20advocate%20R%20K%20Kalpana%2C%20seeking%20directions%20to%20the%20Bar%20Council%20of%20Tamil%20Nadu%20and%20Puducherry%20to%20include%20her%20name%20in%20the%20final%20voters%E2%80%99%20list%20for%20the%202026%20Bar%20Council%20elections%20and%20permit%20her%20to%20contest%20and%20vote%20in%20it.
[11/03, 19:49] Meta AI: Same case—Madras HC told the TN & Puducherry Bar Council to promptly decide Kalpana’s request to resume practice and put her on the March 30, 2026, voters’ list so she can contest.