Security tightened at High Court after threats to attack judges

Chandigarh SSP (security and traffic) Maneesh Chaudhry said that around 500 police personnel were deployed in uniform as well as civil dress. On Thursday, checks were carried out by the dog squad as well as bomb squad on the high court premises. Also, metal detector doors were put at the entry points of the High Court, including at the entry points from the High Court Museum side.

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Deployment of CRPF personnel has been made to have a strict vigil on any doubtful activities and movements in and around the high court. Police personnel were seen frisking and checking the identity proofs of every person entering the high court premises. However, due to barricading at various places, there was a traffic jam in the morning hours. Since the police personnel had not allowed any vehicle to park by the side of roads leading to the High Court, the parking in front of the High Court museum on forest land was full to its capacity.

President of the Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association Harpreet Singh Brar said that the Bar Association had requested all its member advocates to co-operate with the police personnel in ensuring security of the High Court premises so as to avoid any unfortunate incident. He said that advocates had been requested to start early from their houses to the high court on Friday morning so that they did not face any trouble due to traffic jams in reaching the courts in time.

Brar also said the Bar Association had requested Acting Chief Justice Shiavax Jal Vazifdar for installation of latest radio frequency identification machines at the entry points of the High Court which could also display the photographs of the advocates. He said the existing machines in the High Court did not meet the standards to tackle the problem of identification in an effective manner.