Chandigarh, Jan. 24 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court on Friday took suo motu note of murder of a lawyer's wife in Mohali in December.

The high court bench of chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Sanjiv Berry sought a status report on the probe from the Punjab government. Besides, the court also sought status reports on two other crime incidents involving lawyers.

It was on Thursday the general house of Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association (PHHCBA) met and passed a resolution and gave a representation to the chief justice seeking his intervention. The house complained that there was an apparent lack of effective and timely investigation by the concerned police authorities.

The wife of lawyer KK Goyal was murdered on the int...