Bar association revokes suspension of two BMW case lawyers

New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) The Supreme Court Bar Association Tuesday said it has restored its membership of criminal lawyers I.U. Khan and R.K. Anand, which was suspended after an expose by a TV channel purportedly showed them attempting to bribe a witness.

According to NDTV's investigative report last month, public prosecutor Khan and defence counsel Anand had joined hands to shield former navy chief Admiral S.M. Nanda's grandson Sanjeev Nanda from the clutches of the law in the BMW hit-and-run case of 1999.

Six people had died due to alleged drunken driving in the heart of Delhi.

Apex court bar association president P.S. Parekh told IANS, "The membership of the two lawyers has been restored following a majority decision of the executive committee of the association."

Anand said that the probe committee of the bar association did not find anything against him.

Parekh, however, clarified that the two lawyers "have not been given any clean chit by the bar association committee".

"As the Delhi High Court has initiated the probe into their alleged conduct, we decided to drop our investigation on the same issue," said Parekh.