Mangalore: City Advocate Ravindranath Rai Elected to State Bar Council

Media Release

Mangalore, Jul 8: Eminent criminal advocate B B Ravindranath Rai has been elected to the Karnataka State Bar Council, the apex body of the lawyers in the state.

He stood seventh among the 96 candidates in the fray from all over the state. In the preferential voting system, 25 candidates were elected to the Bar Council for a period of five years. Rai, who is a member of Mangalore Bar Association contested the elections for the first time.

It is also for the first time that a candidate from Mangalore has been elected to such standing. Ravindranath Rai joins the league of advocates from different parts of the state of the likes of Sadashiv Reddy, Boje Gowda, Vijaykumar Patil, Malleshappa, Harish and Shivaram in the top standings.

With a humble beginning, Rai entered the profession of legal practice in 1987 in Mangalore and presently has his offices in Karangalpady in Mangalore and at M G Road in Bangalore. He was the general secretary of Mangalore Bar Association during the period 1992-99.

A keen sports enthusiast, Rai is also the president of Karnataka Association of Body Builders and vice-president of Indian Body Builders and Fitness Federation, Aurangabad.

Thanking the members of the legal fraternity for supporting him to serve them at the apex body, Ravindranath Rai assured that he would do his best to fulfil the objectives of the Bar Council of Karnataka to provide opportunities to advocates to express their views and suggestions regarding all issues concerning the profession welfare of its members, encourage junior advocates, represent women advocates and safeguard the dignity of the legal profession.