Punjab & Haryana HC Imposes 50K Cost On Lawyer Accused Of Hurting Religious Sentiments In WhatsApp Message, Asks Bar Council To Keep Vigil On His Conduct

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has directed the Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana to "ensure to keep a vigil on the act and conduct" of a lawyer who was accused in an FIR of posting an objectionable message against Hindu deities on a WhatsApp group.While quashing the FIR on the basis of the compromise deed, Justice Kuldeep Tiwari said, "a copy of this order be also forthwith forwarded to...