Ramaswami: National Conference of All India Lawyers Union - The conference elected 167 members to the national council (NC) leaving four seats vacant. The NC immediately after its election held its first meeting to elect 81 members of the national executive committee from amongst its members. The NC elected Justice V Gopala Gowda, a former supreme court judge as its patron, Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharyya as president, P V Surendranath, as general secretary and Anil K Chauhan as the treasurer. Besides, the NC elected 14 vice- presidents, nine joint secretaries and eight assistant secretaries.