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Coimbatore: The Government has issued a clarification on its G.O. regarding the revision of fee for State brief defence counsel in the Coimbatore serial blasts case, making it clear there will be no recovery of the fee paid earlier. The advocates are likely to appear for arguments during the pronouncement of the verdict in the case, which is slated to begin on August 1. The serial blasts on February 14, 1998, left 50 persons dead and more than 200 injured. The prosecuting agency arrested 166 persons. The State Government, through the State Legal Services Authority, appointed State brief defence counsel for the undefended accused. The Government (GO (2D) No 361 dated December 24, 2001) fixed remuneration for State brief defence advocates at Rs.1,500 for those from Coimbatore and Rs.2,500 for those outside the city. Recently, some State brief counsel moved a petition seeking fee for juniors and associate advocates. The Government then issued the G.O. revising the fee and introducing a slab system for advocates, based on their seniority. Retrospective effect
This led to resentment among the advocates, who said the fee had gone down for most of them with lesser experience. The G.O. was with retrospective effect from June 3, 2003. The Special Court for Bomb Blast Cases sent memo to the advocates asking them to return the excess fee paid. The advocates registered their protest on July 20 in the court when the Criminal Miscellaneous Petitions were taken up for hearing. They had also planned a boycott on July 27 when Judge K. Uthirapathy discussed the modalities for the verdict. According to S.K. Raghavan, a defence counsel who had represented to the Government regarding the G.O., the Home Secretary issued a letter on July 27 clarifying that the G.O. was effective only from the date of issue, i.e., April 19, 2007. It would be effective from June 3, 2003, only for the junior and associate advocates. It also clarified that the question of recovery did not arise since there were no such directions in the G.O.
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