Chandigarh, Dec. 18 -- Protesting against the alleged assault on a lawyer in Nayagaon, the Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana has announced to continue with their strike on Thursday even as Punjab Police told the high court (HC) that a criminal case has been registered in the matter. The strike started on December 15 at noon.

In a hearing on suo motu petition initiated by the HC in view of the strike, the Punjab government counsel informed the bench of chief justice Sheel Nagu and justice Sanjiv Berry that a criminal case has been registered at Nayagaon police station against unknown persons on the complaint of the lawyer concerned and a show-cause notice has been issued to the station house officer (SHO), asking why he did not act on the...