Advocate Harpreet Singh Brar was re-elected as the president of the Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association on Friday with a thumping victory. He defeated his nearest rival by a difference of more than 1000 votes. Brar got 1883 votes and was followed by senior advocate Virender Kumar Jain with 710 votes. The other candidates, Tahar Singh and Nirbhaya Garg got 638 and 447 votes respectively.
Jagjot Singh lalli too defeated his nearest rival by about 600 votes to bag the vice-president’s post. The election committee chairperson-cum-senior advocate Roshan lal Batta said that for the post of vice-president, Jagjot Singh lalli bagged 1877 votes, followed by Puneeta Sethi with 1216 votes and Anter Singh Brar with 401 votes. The secretary’s post went to SPS Tinna with 2117 votes, while Manish Kumar Singla was polled 1422 votes.
Deepshikha Arora bagged the post of joint secretary with 1536 votes, followed by Neetu Singh with 1222 votes and Neelam Devi Choudhary with 874 votes. For treasurer’s post, Bhupinder Bir Singh Randhawa got 2478 votes, followed by Shivoy Dhir with 1198 votes.