Ludhiana: Woman lawyer lands in jail, loses licence to practice

Legal Correspondent

Ludhiana, August 17

Rachna Dev, a woman lawyer facing accusations of blackmailing and presently behind bars in a case registered on the complaint of the District Bar Association, has received a major setback with the Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana removing her name from the rolls with immediate effect, thus taking away her licence to practice.

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.

Divulging the details, DBA president Gurkirpal Singh Gill, secretary Gagandeep Saini and vice-president Parvinder Singh Pari said the Division Number 5 police had registered an extortion case against the lawyer on a complaint of the District Bar Association (DBA).

She was arrested and remained in police custody for three days. 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.

On August 10, the DBA executive was holding a meeting, when she entered the room and asked for transfer of a lawyer chamber in her name. The DBA president asked her to deposit a fee of Rs 20,000. She refused to deposit the fee and uploaded a video on social media blaming the DBA office-bearers of demanding Rs 50,000 bribe and also threatened to commit suicide.

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