New Delhi, Sept. 2 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will take up the reconstitution of the Bar Council of India after the newly elected State Bar Councils complete the statutory process for constituting the BCI, while hearing pleas challenging the continued occupation of the BCI chairperson's post by Senior Advocate Manan Kumar Mishra and the purported extension of his tenure till 2030.

A bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V. Mohana directed the Chief Justices of the jurisdictional High Courts to complete the pending co-option of women members to the State Bar Councils within two weeks. The Councils will then have one week to notify their final composition and two weeks thereaft...