The Madras High Court yesterday revealed its plan of implementing CISF security across all courts in Tamil Nadu, reports ET..The First Bench of the High Court had taken up a suo motu writ petition for hearing in September last year, highlighting the need for CISF security on the campus after repeated instances of indiscipline by lawyers..Subsequently, the state government relented and the High Court building came to be under the aegis of the CISF from November 16 of last year. As of now, the building that houses the High Court halls is separated from the rest of the campus, and is the only area covered by CISF security. Sources reveal that CISF protection would be implemented in the Madurai Bench of the High Court as well by the third week of January..Yesterday, a bench of Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Pushpa Sathyanarayana J. took up the matter for hearing again, seeking information on the functioning of the new security system. The lawyers appearing for the concerned parties reportedly said that although the system was going on smoothly, some fine tuning would be required..Advocate Haja Mohideen Gishti, appearing for the Registrar General, submitted that all advocates would be given ID cards by the end of the month. In response, Chief Justice Kaul reportedly said that all the courts in Tamil Nadu would be extended CISF security in a phased manner..Additional Solicitor General G Rajagopalan appeared on behalf of the Centre. Also present during the hearing were Advocate Kasi Ramalingam, and Madras High Court Advocates Association President Paul Kanagaraj..Ramalingam suggested that the security be extended to the entire campus. However, Kanagaraj argued otherwise, saying that it should be exclusively for the High Court because additional vehicle checks would cause problems..During the course of the hearing, Kanagaraj also brought up the issue of disciplinary hearings against 8 advocates due to take place before the Karnataka State Bar Council. Speaking to Bar & Bench, he said,.“I requested the Court that it was a trivial issue and should be dropped. The Bar Council said they would consider it if the Chief Justice agreed, but now the Chief Justice has refused to intervene.”.The matter will come up for hearing again on March 8.
The Madras High Court yesterday revealed its plan of implementing CISF security across all courts in Tamil Nadu, reports ET..The First Bench of the High Court had taken up a suo motu writ petition for hearing in September last year, highlighting the need for CISF security on the campus after repeated instances of indiscipline by lawyers..Subsequently, the state government relented and the High Court building came to be under the aegis of the CISF from November 16 of last year. As of now, the building that houses the High Court halls is separated from the rest of the campus, and is the only area covered by CISF security. Sources reveal that CISF protection would be implemented in the Madurai Bench of the High Court as well by the third week of January..Yesterday, a bench of Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Pushpa Sathyanarayana J. took up the matter for hearing again, seeking information on the functioning of the new security system. The lawyers appearing for the concerned parties reportedly said that although the system was going on smoothly, some fine tuning would be required..Advocate Haja Mohideen Gishti, appearing for the Registrar General, submitted that all advocates would be given ID cards by the end of the month. In response, Chief Justice Kaul reportedly said that all the courts in Tamil Nadu would be extended CISF security in a phased manner..Additional Solicitor General G Rajagopalan appeared on behalf of the Centre. Also present during the hearing were Advocate Kasi Ramalingam, and Madras High Court Advocates Association President Paul Kanagaraj..Ramalingam suggested that the security be extended to the entire campus. However, Kanagaraj argued otherwise, saying that it should be exclusively for the High Court because additional vehicle checks would cause problems..During the course of the hearing, Kanagaraj also brought up the issue of disciplinary hearings against 8 advocates due to take place before the Karnataka State Bar Council. Speaking to Bar & Bench, he said,.“I requested the Court that it was a trivial issue and should be dropped. The Bar Council said they would consider it if the Chief Justice agreed, but now the Chief Justice has refused to intervene.”.The matter will come up for hearing again on March 8.
