PRAYAGRAJ, June 11 -- The Allahabad high court has ordered a judicial inquiry, to be conducted by retired judge Arun Tandon, into the death of woman lawyer Jagriti Shukla, who allegedly died due to medical negligence.

Hearing two public interest litigation (PILs) petitions alleging medical negligence leading to Shukla's death, the court directed the lawyers not to stage road blockades and also instructed doctors not to go on a strike.

The bench comprising Justice Salil Kumar Rai and Justice Swarupama Chaturvedi passed the order on June 10 in the PILs filed by Amit Kumar Singh aka Sonu and Mamta Singh, related to the death of the advocate who had sustained serious injuries in a road accident and was admitted to Swaroop Rani Nehru Hospita...