mumbai it is black sheep like you that tarnish the legal profession said justice s j kathawalla of the bombay high court on wednesday to advocate rajiv bhatia who had jumped bail and absconded since december 2014 in a cheating case filed by a mumbai business woman pooja bhatia he had allegedly cheated her of rs 50 lakha special team of the mumbai police had nabbed the lawyer in jalandar and produced him before justice kathawalla who had issued nonbailable warrant against him last december the court was hearing a suit filed by brij estate agency against a builder when allegations against the lawyer came to the fore agencys lawyer sushma singh pointed out that bhatia the earlier lawyer for the agency had misled the court on several occasions caused dismissal of a suit by not paying court fees he had collected from the clients for three yearsa couple from breach candy anchal and akshay seth intervened through their lawyer prateek kothari to say how bhatia had cheated them too of rs 82 lakh in a real estate deal in vikroli the seths filed a cheque bouncing case against bhatia and also a complaint with the state bar council thehc ordered bar council to forthwith issue him a notice bhatia will be produced before a bandra court on thursday pooja bhatia appearing in person said the lawyer had assured her profits in a real estate deal and had taken rs 50 lakh from her ailing 80year old uncle too by asking them to open escrow accounts never to return she had registered an fir in 2014 with the khar police which led to bhatias arrest but a subsequent bail saw him jump and flee to punjab the accused lawyer said that murmured that he intends to return all the money and had even sold his house surrender your sanad we dont want advocates like youthis is shameful said justice kathawalla