Chandigarh, Aug. 27 -- The privilege committee of the Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana (BCPH) has cleared names of two senior advocates of the high court in alleged episode of bench hunting attempts at HC to obtain a favourable order in an alleged case of corruption involving a Gurugram-based realtor and a former special CBI court judge in Haryana.

In its proceedings on August 21, after considering replies from them, the committee cleared names of senior advocates Puneet Bali and Rakesh Nehra, who were among 16 lawyers served notices on August 7. The names of their associates - Sauhard Singh, Rupender Singh, Bindu Tanwar, Ankit Yadav, Anmol Chandan, Gagandeep Singh and Aakash Sharma - have also been cleared.

"Upon perusal of the record...