Chandigarh, Sept. 19 -- The Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association (PHHCBA) called off their strike on Thursday evening after a meeting with chief justice Sheel Nagu and registration of a criminal case against two lawyers- Ravneet Kaur and Simranjit Singh Blassi.

Late Wednesday night police had arrested Blassi, 39, a lawyer from Ferozepur who was caught on video brandishing a sword and allegedly attacking fellow advocates inside the high court.

The lawyers had announced their strike on Wednesday evening over the chief justice's decision to allow a plea by Kaur, who had earlier been barred by the association. Their contention was that she cannot make the Bar body president and secretary as parties by name in her plea.

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