India, Aug. 19 -- Senior advocate Pradeep Rai was on Tuesday elected as the new president of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA).

The results, announced late Tuesday night, saw Rai secure 822 votes with senior advocate Anupam Lal Dass getting 451 votes. There were five other contenders including senior advocate Siddharth Mridul, who returned to practice after superannuating as chief justice of Manipur high court. Mridul secured 217 votes, while others included senior advocate Adish Agarwalla who got 412 votes, followed by senior advocate and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia (370), senior advocate Sukumar Pattjoshi (269) and senior advocate Mahalakshmi Pavani (128).

Elections were also concluded to the other p...