Lucknow: Senior advocate Prashant Singh Atal has been declared elected as a member of the Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh.Returning officer Justice Arvind Kumar Tripathi announced his election on Wednesday in the presence of and with the concurrence of observer Justice Surendra Singh. Atal has previously served as chairman of the Bar Council and has also been member of the body.According to an official press release, Atal secured the prescribed quota of 7,088 votes required for election. The returning officer’s statement said that after attaining the stipulated quota, Atal was declared an elected member of the Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh.The Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh holds elections every five years, in which 25 members are elected from across the state. The elected members choose one among themselves as chairman every year.With the counting of votes still underway, two candidates have so far been declared elected. Before Atal, Anurag Pandey of Kanpur was declared elected. Counting for the remaining 23 seats is continuing.
