A writ petition has been filed before the Supreme Court challenging the election notice issued by the Election Committee 2026 and the non-response to the representation submitted for inclusion of newly registered Advocates-on-Record (AORs) in the voter list for the upcoming Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association (SCAORA) elections scheduled on April 29, 2026.

The petition, filed by Advocate-on-Record Ritu Rajkumari, contends that despite fulfilling all eligibility criteria and paying membership dues before the prescribed deadline, newly inducted AORs were denied voting rights solely due to the non-allotment of AOR codes by the cut-off date.

According to the plea, this exclusion is arbitrary and violates principles of equality, as existing members were granted an extended deadline to clear dues, while similar relief was not extended to newly registered AORs. The petitioner argues that the denial of voting rights on “hyper-technical ground” creates an unreasonable classification within the same category of members.

The Election Committee had decided that only those advocates possessing AOR codes as of April 14, 2026, would be eligible for inclusion in the voter list, thereby excluding recently registered AORs whose formal recognition came shortly thereafter.

The petition seeks directions to include the names of such newly inducted AORs in the voter list and to declare their exclusion as arbitrary and illegal.