New Delhi, Feb. 10 -- The Delhi high court on Monday ordered the principal district and sessions judge of the Tis Hazari courts to submit a report on the alleged attack on a lawyer and his clients inside a courtroom and directed the Delhi Police to provide round-the-clock protection to the lawyer.

The alleged attack on the lawyer, in his late 30s (between 38 and 40 years), on February 7 was reportedly orchestrated by the complainant's counsel and his goons before the court of additional district judge Harjit Singh Pal.

The directions on Monday were issued by a bench comprising chief justice DK Upadhyaya and justices V Kameshwar Rao and Nitin Sambre after the court took suo motu cognisance of the incident.

This followed the lawyer's ear...