Senior Advocate Dharanidhar Nayak has been elected as the new President of the Orissa High Court Bar Association. polling for which was held on Saturday between 8.00 am and 3.00 pm.
Similarly, Bidyadhar Pradhan was elected as the Vice President while Chitta Ranjan Swain elected as the Secretary. Also, Debashis Nanda elected as the joint secretary, Debashis Swain elected the Assistant Secretary and Janaki Mahapatra was elected as the Library secretary of the HC Bar Association.
Voting for office bearers of 153 bar associations was conducted between 8 am and 3 pm on Saturday during which 3,055 of 4,297 registered members cast their votes.
In Cuttack, 4297 lawyers were expected to vote for various posts at 37 booths. The entire process was video recorded and provision was also made for live streaming of the polling exercise. Members aged above 90 have been allowed to vote from home, sources said.
