Advocate K Nirmal Kotwal has been elected as the President of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association, Jammu (JKHBAJ)..The election for the Executive Committee of the JKHBAJ was held on December 7.Kotwal secured 1,031 votes to defeat his nearest rival Abhinav Sharma, who got 446 votes. Besides Kotwal and Sharma, advocates Rohit Sharma, Pawan Kundal and Bhavishya Sudan contested for the post of the President..The number of votes secured by each candidate are as underK Nirmal Kotwal - 1031Abhinav Sharma - 446Rohit Sharma - 318Pawan K Kundal - 61Bhavishya Sudan - 38.Advocate Baldev Singh was elected Vice President. He secured 990 votes to defeat his nearest rival Deepika Mahajan, who secured 548 votes.Advocate Pardeep Majotra was elected General Secretary and advocate Anshu Mahajan was elected Joint Secretary..Advocate Rahul Aggarwal was elected the new treasurer. He secured 1,170 votes, the highest among all elected candidates in the JKHBAJ election.