Punjab lawyers on Saturday criticised the Punjab government for not allowing the advocates to meet Sikh leaders, who have been booked on sedition charges and are currently lodged in various jails in complete violation of their fundamental human rights.

Addressing a press conference here, a group of lawyers, led by Amar Singh Chahal and Harpal Singh Cheema, said the advocates defending people against state repression, wrongful killings and false implications in criminal cases are not being allowed by the Punjab government to meet the accused in jails.