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Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana chairman felicitated
The CAT Bar Association organised a function to felicitate Minderjeet Yadav, chairman, Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana
The CAT Bar Association organised a function to felicitate Minderjeet Yadav, chairman, Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana.
Association president Rohit Seth said Yadav has worked tirelessly for the welfare of legal fraternity and implemented various schemes and disbursed grants of more than ₹5 crores.
These grants have been disbursed to advocates and families of deceased lawyers during the Covid-19 pandemic. The Bar Council chairman gave a grant of ₹1 lakh to the association.
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