Chennai, Mar 3 : Protesting Tamil Nadu lawyers observed day-long hunger strike outside the High Court premises here on Tuesday.

The lawyers have been demanding immediate action against police officials who baton charged lawyers in the Madras High Court premises on February 19.

One of the strikers in the morning claimed that they would not change their mind until sufficient action was taken against the police.

Shares of e-learning services provider Edserv Softsystems had a strong debut on the stock exchanges on Monday.

The company’s scrip got listed on Monday at Rs 55, down 8.33 per cent from its issue price of Rs 60 on the Bombay Stock Exchange, but later settled the day with whopping premium at Rs 137.55, up Rs 78 or 129 per cent.

During trading session, the scrip touched an intraday high of Rs 147 and intraday low of Rs 55 on BSE. The total traded quantity was 3,41,04,135 shares.

Chennai, Mar. 2 : Activists fighting for Tamil victims of the Sri Lanka''s offensive against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, tried to attack the office of the Sri Lanka Deputy High Commissioner in Chennai on Monday.

Shouting slogans against the Indian and Sri Lankan Governments, around 200 activists of the Tamil Eelam Freedom Federation rushed towards the Sri Lankan Deputy High Commissioner''s office in Chennai.

Chennai, Mar 2 : Protesting Tamil Nadu lawyers are continuing with their boycott of the Madras High Court. Monday marked the eighth of their strike.

Several advocates are on hunger strike outside the high court premises here.

The lawyers are demanding immediate action against police officials who baton charged lawyers in the Madras High Court premises on February 19.

Chennai, Mar 1: Justice B. N. Srikrishna, named by the Supreme Court to probe the February 19 lawyers-police clash at the Madras High Court, continued his inquiry for the second day on Sunday.

Earlier, the President of the Madras High Court Advocates Association, R. C. Paul Kanakaraj said that the request of Justice Srikrishna to resume work would be placed before the General Body of the Association tomorrow.

He said the lawyers were prepared to work on Saturdays and Sundays to compensate the days lost due to the protest.

Chennai, Feb 28 : Two office bearers of various lawyers association met Justice B. N. Srikrishna at the judicial academy here today.

Justice Srikrishna is here to inquire about the February 19 incident, when a number of lawyers and reporters were injured during the police baton charge after a police post and a number of vehicles were set on fire allegedly by lawyers and turned the court premises into a battleground.

Justice Srikrishna is also scheduled to visit the Chennai High Court premises to review the damage caused by the violence.