Chandigarh, May 17 -- Advocate Rohit Sud was elected the president of the Punjab and Haryana high court Bar association on Friday night. He defeated his rival Parminder Singh Sekhon by 96 votes.

Nearly 4,250 advocates cast their votes between 9.30am and 4pm, while counting began later in the evening.

A third-generation lawyer, 43-year-old Sud is the nephew of retired justice NK Sood and hails from Jalandhar, where his father works as a chartered accountant. His grandfather, DD Sud, was also a lawyer.

Sud served as the Bar secretary in 2019-20 and as an executive member in 2008-09.

Among the other office-bearers, Ashish Bishnoi was elected vice-president after defeating Sunil Agnihotri by 510 votes. Parampreet Singh Bajwa won the secre...