Lucknow, May 18 -- The Central Bar Association and Lucknow Bar Association of the Lucknow district court on Sunday condemned the police lathi-charge on lawyers during the demolition of lawyers' chambers near the Old High Court building.

After holding a general meeting,the Central Bar Association has announced a complete strike from May 18 to 20.

An emergency general meeting of the Central Bar Association was held under the chairmanship of its president Akhilesh Jaiswal, and conducted by general secretary Avnish Kumar Dixit. Thousands of advocates were present. The Central Bar Association passed five resolutions.

As per the resolution, in protest against the lathi charge on unarmed advocates by the police administration, all advocates o...