Chandigarh, Aug. 27 -- The privilege committee of the Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana (BCPH) has cleared names of two senior advocates, Rakesh Nehra and Puneet Bali, in connection with its ongoing probe into allegations of "bench hunting" at the high court.

The committee, formed on August 4 by BCPH chairman Rakesh Gupta, had on August 7 summoned 16 lawyers, including Nehra and Bali, over allegations of manipulating bench assignment in a high-profile corruption case involving a Gurugram-based realtor and a former judge in Haryana.

In its proceedings on August 21, the committee gave clean chit to Bali and Nehra, along with their associates. ".No material has surfaced against them. On the contrary, both have extended full cooperation thr...