Madurai bench premise all set to get CISF security cover from Monday

Madurai: The Madras high court Madurai bench building, that could be easily accessed by litigants, advocates, law officers, government officials and the common man for 12 years, will be fully brought under central industrial security force (CISF) cover on Monday.
The administrative judge of the Madurai bench Nooty Ramamohana Rao will inaugurate the security cover.
The high court started functioning on July 24, 2004. It has jurisdiction over 13 districts - Madurai, Kanyakumari, Tirunelveli, Tuticorin, Dindigul, Ramanathapuram, Virudhunagar, Sivaganga, Theni, Pudukottai, Trichy, Karur and Thanjavur. On an average, 2,000 stake holders are accessing the court daily.
Both the Madras high court principal seat in Chennai and its bench in madurai witnessed bitter experiences during the protest of the advocates a few months ago. This led the high court's security committee to review its security aspects. The committee consisted of justice KK Sasidharan, who took over as its chairperson, and justices N Kirubakaran and PN Prakash as its members.
A separate paver block road leading to the advocates' chambers has been laid. Without CISF intervention one could go either to the advocate chambers or the law officers' offices. But to access the court building one has to get a visitor pass counter by producing a photo identity card. To provide passes, 10 counters have been set up for senior citizens/physical handicapped, advocates/students, people who appeared as party in person, government officials, police officials and public on the court campus. The counter will be open from 9 am. A person holding a visitor pass could use either one of the entrances, said the Madras high court bench register (administration) KH Elavazhagan.