Ludhiana Woman lawyer lands in jail loses licence to practice

Ludhiana | Wednesday | 18th August, 2021

Summary:

The decision was taken by the disciplinary committee of the Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana in a pending inquiry proceeding against her following the complaint of a city lawyer. Today she was remanded in judicial custody for 14 days by the Court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Harsimranjit Singh. The DBA office-bearers said the accused had been filing false complaints against lawyers and police officials. The DBA president asked her to deposit a fee of Rs 20000. She refused to deposit the fee and uploaded a video on social media blaming the DBA office-bearers of demanding Rs 50000 bribe and also threatened to commit suicide..