The Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana’s Privilege Committee has given a clean chit to 17 lawyers and M3M directors in the alleged bench hunting case before the High Court, citing no evidence of wrongdoing. The committee said media reports misrepresented the court proceedings and found “no mala fide intent” among those involved.
Today(on 31st July), The Madras High Court has reinstated breach of privilege proceedings against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin and 17 DMK MLAs for their 2017 Assembly protest involving banned gutkha. The court overturned a prior stay, emphasizing that the issues cannot be ignored due to a change in government.
