Chandigarh, Aug. 6 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court on Tuesday asked district judges to provide status of criminal cases pending involving MPs and MLAs in the two states and Chandigarh. A special bench presided over by chief justice Sheel Nagu and justice Yashvir Singh Rathod has sought the details by August 25. Detailed order of the proceedings is awaited. The court was hearing a suo motu 2021 public interest litigation in which the high court is monitoring probes into criminal cases against MPs and MLAs in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh upon directions in this regard from the apex court. During the hearing the Haryana government counsel had told the court that a total of 13 cases are pending trial against MPs and MLAs in the state. He further informed that a probe is pending in 11 cases. During the hearing Punjab and Chandigarh did not file an affidavit and were granted opportunity to file the same.As of May the pendency in Punjab stands at 28 criminal cases. htc...