The Madras High Court has given the Tamil Nadu government four weeks to come up with a proposal to install CCTV cameras in courts across the state..A bench of Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and R Mahadevan J on Monday issued notice to the state in a PIL filed by advocate S Kasiramalingam. The state is now required to submit a proposal for installation of the cameras inside the courts and in the corridors, as well as outside the courts..An earlier order in this matter reveals that the High Court had in July of last year, submitted a proposal to the state government for installing CCTV cameras, metal door detectors, and hand-held metal detectors in courts of the state. Apparently, funds for the same have been released by the state only with respect to the High Court and district courts in Chennai..As revealed in the latest order, the High Court has asked for a similar proposal to be made, concerning all courts in the state. The financial proposals for the same will be segregated into two parts: one for the inner court and corridors and the other for the outer space. The order states,.“This is only to facilitate the State Government in spreading finances over time, as the first appears to be more urgent for each Court.”.Counsel appearing for the Registrar General assured the court that the proposal would be made after consultation with the state government and sent within four weeks. The matter was then posted for October 17..This initiative will play an important role in checking the conduct of advocates of the state, who have not exactly bathed themselves in glory over the past few years. Until very recently, members of the Bar had been indulging in widespread boycotts in protest of the High Court’s amendments to the Advocates Act..Things hit rock bottom last year, when hordes of lawyers from Madurai turned up at the High Court campus, raising slogans in the court corridors. A chain of unseemly events led Chief Justice Kaul to ask for CISF security on the campus, which is currently being implemented..Read the order dated August 22:
The Madras High Court has given the Tamil Nadu government four weeks to come up with a proposal to install CCTV cameras in courts across the state..A bench of Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and R Mahadevan J on Monday issued notice to the state in a PIL filed by advocate S Kasiramalingam. The state is now required to submit a proposal for installation of the cameras inside the courts and in the corridors, as well as outside the courts..An earlier order in this matter reveals that the High Court had in July of last year, submitted a proposal to the state government for installing CCTV cameras, metal door detectors, and hand-held metal detectors in courts of the state. Apparently, funds for the same have been released by the state only with respect to the High Court and district courts in Chennai..As revealed in the latest order, the High Court has asked for a similar proposal to be made, concerning all courts in the state. The financial proposals for the same will be segregated into two parts: one for the inner court and corridors and the other for the outer space. The order states,.“This is only to facilitate the State Government in spreading finances over time, as the first appears to be more urgent for each Court.”.Counsel appearing for the Registrar General assured the court that the proposal would be made after consultation with the state government and sent within four weeks. The matter was then posted for October 17..This initiative will play an important role in checking the conduct of advocates of the state, who have not exactly bathed themselves in glory over the past few years. Until very recently, members of the Bar had been indulging in widespread boycotts in protest of the High Court’s amendments to the Advocates Act..Things hit rock bottom last year, when hordes of lawyers from Madurai turned up at the High Court campus, raising slogans in the court corridors. A chain of unseemly events led Chief Justice Kaul to ask for CISF security on the campus, which is currently being implemented..Read the order dated August 22: