Chandigarh, Sept. 17 -- Chandigarh The Punjab and Haryana high court has questioned HC Bar body over initiating action against a lawyer, who filed a public interest litigation (PIL) highlighting the issue of unauthorised construction and encroachment by dhabas and kiosks at the high court complex.

"..Where is the misconduct? This (disciplinary action) is interference in the process of justice. This virtually amounts to interference," the bench of chief justice Sheel Nagu and justice Sanjiv Berry orally observed while dealing with an application filed by the lawyer, Prithvi Yadav.

Yadav's PIL in 2023 had prompted the administration to initiate the process to remove the encroachment etc.

However, the same was stayed by the high court in ...