Chandigarh, Feb. 21 -- The Supreme Court has stayed the observations made by the Punjab and Haryana high court (HC) with regard to a senior law officer of the Haryana government.

The HC bench of justice Manjari Nehru Kaul in its January 31 order had taken a stern view of the "misleading submissions" made by Haryana additional advocate general (AAG) Deepak Sabharwal, the state's counsel in a bail matter. The accused, Subhash Chander Dutt, had petitioned the HC seeking regular bail or alternatively an interim bail on medical grounds. Dutt passed away at PGIMER, Chandigarh, on January 31.

The state government had petitioned the Supreme Court seeking an expunction of observations made by the HC against the AAG. An apex court bench headed by...