LUCKNOW, Aug. 30 -- The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court has directed the Sultanpur Bar Association to implement 30% reservation for women advocates in its executive committee and governing council. The court ordered that key posts be reserved for women candidates on a rotational basis in successive elections.

A division bench of Justice Rajan Roy and Justice Manjive Shukla passed the order on August 25 on a public interest litigation (PIL) concerning compliance with the Supreme Court's recent directions in the 'Deeksha N. Amruthesh v. State of Karnataka' case regarding representation of women advocates in bar associations.

The high court noted that the Supreme Court had directed that 30% of posts in bar associations, whether i...