served as the chairman of the executive Committee of Legal aid with chief justice Bhagwati who described him as, "as crusader for truth and justice." Bhim Singh in December 2016, was re-elected unopposed as a senior executive member of the Supreme Court Bar Association. Call for Governor's Rule After the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander, Burhan Wani the state of Jammu and Kashmir was engulfed in violent riots leaving over 2,000 injured and the deaths of several civilians and CRPF personnel. In July 2016, Bhim Singh attempted through the judiciary to have the State government dissolved and replaced by Governor's rule. He had attempted to do this by a petition filed on behalf of the Panthers Party calling for gubernatorial rule under section 92 of the Jammu and Kashmir constitution. While the Supreme Court denied Singh's petition after two weeks of curfew in the State, it called for a report by prime minister Modi's government on the matter. T.S. Thakur, the chief justice of India had requested solicitor general Ranjit Kumar present a response to Singh's petition on the "ground realities" in Jammu and Kashmir. On 22 August 2016, the Supreme Court stated that the situation of curfew and unrest in the state of Jammu and Kashmir could not be dealt with by the courts. It however asked Bhim Singh to join a delegation composed of prime minister Narendra Modi and the leader of the opposition former chief minister Omar Abdullah to find a political solution to the issue. The court further requested that solicitor general Ranjit Kumar arrange a meeting between prime minister Modi and Bhim Singh. 2017 Supreme Court case Despite the passing of the Advocates Act, 1961 Jammu and Kashmir remained the only state of India not allowed to elect a bar council. In February 2017, in a historic judgement, the Supreme Court of India ruled in favor of Bhim Singh, allowing the state for the first time to elect its bar council. In the case lawyers for the Union of India, had argued that it was not conducive to hold bar elections in Jammu and Kashmir. However, Bhim Singh challenged the government's logic, arguing that if bar council elections could not be held in the state due to militancy, that it would not have made sense to hold assembly and parliamentary elections either. Attempted party expulsion and presidency Bhim Singh was expelled from the Panthers Party