Atul Pande is new President & Amul Jaltare is Secretary of Nagpur High Court Bar Association
Nagpur: Adv Atul Pandey has emerged as new President of the High Court Bar Association (HCBA) while Adv Amul Jaltare was elected at Secretary, in the committee election organised on Saturday.
Along with Pande and Jaltare, Pankaj Tidke and Sharad Bhattad were elected as vice-presidents, while PS Chawhan was elected joint secretary. Gaurav Lakhe won the fight for treasurer while VS Oberoi was elected as library in-charge.
Of the 1,512 votes polled, 11 were found to be invalid. This time a completely new team of office-bearers would take up the HCBA’s mantle for the next three years.
Pande’s victory was a surprise for those hailing from the powerful groups, including those backed by Manohar family and Shreerang Bhandarkar. Earlier, it was expected that there would be a tough fight between Sameer Sohoni and Shridhar Purohit, but Pande scraped through by 78 votes surprising the biggies.
