Manmohan Lal Sarin is a Senior Advocate practicing at the Punjab and Haryana High Court at Chandigarh. He joined the Bar on July 1, 1971 and was designated as a Senior Advocate in March 1987. He was the Advocate General of Punjab from October, 1991 to March 10, 1992 and again from September 19, 1995 to November 26, 1996. He was also the Advocate General of Haryana from November 20, 1999 to July 7, 2000. He is also the Founder Secretary of the Sarin Memorial Legal Aid Foundation, Chandigarh, which was set up in 1995 for spreading legal literacy and providing legal aid for protection of the environment and for helping special children. He has been the President of Alliance Francaise Le Corbusier de Chandigarh since 1990 and is also the Founder President of the St.John’s Old Boys Association. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Blood Bank Society, Chandigarh and also a life member of the Indian Society of Blood Trausfusion & Immunohaematology (ISBTI).

He has attended international conventions and read papers at various conferences in different parts of the world. He has co-authored and revised various law books like Rent Restrictions in Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Himachal Pradesh by Sarins; Company Law Digest by A.Ramaiya; Commentary on Hindu Marriage Act; Encyclopaedia of Petroleum Laws; and Compulsory Acquisition of Land in India. He is also the Editor of a number of law journals like All India Rent Control Journal; Revenue Law Reporter; Current Law Journal; Service Law Journal; Current Civil Cases; Accident and Compensation Cases; The Punjab Law Reporter; All India Prevention of Food Adultration Journal; Divorce and Matrimonial Cases; and Supreme Today.