Chandigarh, Nov. 14 -- The privilege committee of the Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana (BCPH) has found no evidence of alleged attempts of "bench hunting" to secure a favourable order in an alleged corruption case, involving a Gurugram-based realtor and former special CBI court judge in Haryana.

The BCPH had initiated proceedings in August and issued notices to 16 lawyers, including two senior advocates. Initially, the Council had questioned the role of some lawyers and suggested that prime facie evidence existed against certain individuals. However, the BCPH has now said that the privilege committee, which investigated the matter "found no credible evidence of any coordinated effort or manipulation aimed at securing a favourable order ...