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Combined Court Complex to be ready in 11 months

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Government spends Rs.306 crore for judiciary: Law Minister

— Photo: M. Moorthy

new facility: Chief Justice of Madras High Court Hemant Laxman Gokhale (left), laying the foundation stone for the Combined Court Complex building and Judicial Officers’ quarters in Tiruvarur on Saturday. (From left) Judge K. Ravirajapandian, Law Minister Durai Murugan and Dairy Development Minister U. Mathivanan are also seen.

TIRUVARUR: The Combined Court Complex for Tiruvarur district would be completed within 11 months, said Durai Murugan, Minister for Law, here on Saturday.

The project envisages a built up area of 4,805 square metre for the Combined Court Complex and 744 square metre for Judicial Officers’ Quarters.

Speaking at the foundation-stone laying ceremony for the complex and Judicial Officers’ Quarters here, he said the government had so far spent over Rs.306 crore for the judiciary.

The expenditure included construction of sub courts, creation of subordinate posts and Combined Court Complex projects in various stages at Thiruvaiyaru, Kumbakonam and Vedaranyam. Additionally, over 1,423 persons were appointed for newly created subordinate posts.

H. L. Gokhale, Chief Justice, Madras High Court, who laid the foundation stone for the complex, said that judges of subordinate courts were adequately looked after now in pursuance of Shetty Committee recommendations.

He praised the law minister’s efforts towards providing good infrastructure for the functioning of judiciary.

The combined court building would include a District Court, Chief Judicial Magistrate Court, Sub Court, District Munsif Court, Judicial Magistrate Court and quarters for the District Judge, CJM and Sub Judge. The project envisages an estimate cost of Rs.10.85 crore.

K. Ravirajapandian, Judge, Madras High Court, said the foundation for justice resided in the subordinate courts. He requested the legal fraternity to avoid affiliation as it amounts to travesty of justice.

Calling for cooperation between bar and bench to ensure speedy disposal of justice, Mr. Ravirajapandian reiterated that the strength of the judiciary was founded on the faith of the people.

The combined court complex was meant for better service to litigants and an opportunity to the bar to uplift itself, said C. T. Selvam, Judge, Madras High Court.

Raja Elango, Judge, High Court, pointed out that Manuneedhi Chozhan and Justice Muthusamy Iyer, whose statues were in the High Court, hailed from the Tiruvarur district.

F. M. Ibrahim Kalifulla, Judge, High Court, said frequent boycott of courts by lawyers would affect the system.

Collector M. Chandrasekaran said that the Combined Court Complex was a milestone of sorts for Tiruvarur. U. Mathivaanan, Minister for Dairy Development, lauded the efforts of the Chief Minister and assured the judiciary of government’s support at every stage.

Mohammad Ali Jinnah, Rajya Sabha member, contributed Rs.15 lakh towards construction of judicial quarters as lawyers from Tiruvarur did not resort to court boycott.

S. Chandrasekaran, District and Sessions Judge, spoke.

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