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Allahabad HC orders 30% women’s reservation in OBA posts
The Allahabad High Court has ordered that at least seven of the 22 posts in the Oudh Bar Association’s governing and executive council be reserved for women. A bench of Justices Rajan…
The Story in Brief
The Allahabad High Court has ordered that at least seven of the 22 posts in the Oudh Bar Association’s governing and executive council be reserved for women. A bench of Justices Rajan Roy and Manjive Shukla issued the directions while hearing two PIL petitions on representation of women advocates.
Two junior executive, two senior executive and one joint secretary post will be reserved from the 2026 election, along with the treasurer and senior vice-president posts. The general secretary and one vice-president post will be reserved in 2027, while the president’s post will be reserved in 2028 and then rotated. Candidates must also disclose FIRs and criminal cases in nomination papers. False or concealed information can lead to disqualification.
The Indian Opinion
The lazy claim that reservation lowers standards ignores the court’s stated basis: the Supreme Court’s binding 30% representation direction for bar associations. The opposite claim, that a quota alone will fix women’s access to senior legal leadership, is also untested. The practical measure will be whether women actually contest and win the reserved posts, and whether the 2028 presidential rotation is followed.
Sources (2): hindustantimes.com, livelaw.in
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Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources.
