Chandigarh, March 18 -- The Punjab government on Tuesday sought closure of suo motu proceedings initiated by the high court in 2023, following the interviews of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi that were aired by a private channel.

The case was being heard by a bench presided over by justice Anupinder Singh Grewal, who retired earlier this month and was listed for hearing before the bench presided over by the chief justice on Tuesday.

"This cannot be an open-ended case continuing forever. the purpose of this PIL as it had started is absolutely over," senior advocate Puneet Bali, appearing for the Punjab government, said while listing out the steps taken by the Punjab government against glorification of gangster culture and strengthening jail i...