Chandigarh, March 1 -- Advocate Sartej Singh Narula was on Friday elected as the president of the Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association in a tight election that saw outgoing president Vikas Malik finishing third.

Practising law since 1989, Narula clinched 1,781 votes, defeating his nearest rival Ravinder Singh Randhawa by 377 votes. Incumbent president Vikas Malik trailed at the third position with 816 votes behind Randhawa's 1,404.

Advocate Nilesh Bhardawaj won the post of vice-president while advocate Gagandeep Jammu secured the post of secretary. Advocate Bhagyshiri Setia and advocate Harvinder Singh Mann bagged the posts of joint secretary and treasurer in the executive body of the HC Bar, respectively.

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