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Congress appoints Aljo K. Joseph convenor of Supreme Court Legal Cell
The Congress party has reconstituted its Supreme Court Legal Cell, appointing Malayali lawyer Aljo K. Joseph as its convenor. Joseph is an Advocate-on-Record at the Supreme Court and currently serves as Standing…
The Congress party has reconstituted its Supreme Court Legal Cell, appointing Malayali lawyer Aljo K. Joseph as its convenor. Joseph is an Advocate-on-Record at the Supreme Court and currently serves as Standing Counsel for the Kerala government, where the Congress-led UDF is in power. He is also treasurer of the Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association (SCAORA).
The reorganisation, announced by Senior Advocate Dr Anoop George Chaudhari Firoz, also appoints Aditya Ranjan as secretary, Varun K. Chopra and Ankit Acharya as additional secretaries, and Dushyant Parashar as joint secretary. The party aims to bring younger lawyers into key positions and strengthen its legal presence. Dr Chaudhari called on cell members to support the new office-bearers.
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The Congress legal cell handles the party's litigation in the Supreme Court, including election petitions, defamation cases and challenges to central government laws. The party has struggled to match the BJP's well-funded legal machinery, which often deploys senior counsel across multiple high-profile cases. Appointing an Advocate-on-Record as convener signals intent to build in-house expertise: only AORs can file and argue cases directly in the Supreme Court. Joseph's dual role as standing counsel for the Kerala government also gives the party a direct link to state-level legal strategy. The next test will be how quickly the reconstituted cell takes on pending election petitions and defamation suits ahead of the 2027 assembly elections in several states.
Source: english.mathrubhumi.com
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