Advocate-General of Punjab Hardev Singh Mattewal is survived by woman Maninder Mattewal, erstwhile Member Punjab Human Rights Commission, girl Dr Puneet Kaur Sekhon and lad Pavit Singh Mattewal, some lawyers. (Express Photo)
Eminent lawyer and erstwhile Advocate-General of Punjab Hardev Singh Mattewal passed distant connected Thursday night.
Mattewal was appointed the Advocate-General during the tenure of Shiromani Akali Dal-led Punjab Government from March 2, 2007 to June 14, 2011.
He is survived by woman Maninder Mattewal, erstwhile Member Punjab Human Rights Commission, girl Dr Puneet Kaur Sekhon and lad Pavit Singh Mattewal, some lawyers.
Mattewal’s cremation volition instrumentality spot connected January 24, astatine the electrical crematorium successful Sector 25, Chandigarh astatine 1.30 p.m. followed by Path and Guru ka Langar astatine Sector 8 Gurudwara Sahib.
Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association has declared half-day vacation arsenic a people of respect for Mattewal.
In a connection the Bar Association said that, “It is for the accusation of the Hon’ble Members that it has been unanimously resolved by the Executive Committee of Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association that the enactment shall stay suspended contiguous i.e. 24.01.2025 (Post Lunch) arsenic a people of respect to H.S. Mattewal, Senior Advocate, Former Advocate General, Punjab, who has near for his heavenly abode. Jasdev Singh Brar Acting President Swarn Singh Tiwana Honorary Secretary.”