The Tamil Nadu Government has informed the Madras High Court that a comprehensive security system (CSS) for the court will be provided during the Dussehra holidays (October 1 to 9), and implementation of the first phase would be done from the date of reopening of the court.
This is contained in the counter filed by the State Home Secretary, Rameshram Mishra, to a petition by R.Karthikeyan, an advocate, seeking a direction to the authorities to take immediate and appropriate steps to implement security, traffic and parking arrangements inside the High Court campus.
On September 14, the Advocate-General, A.Navaneethakrishnan, submitted that the government was committed to implementing the CSS that was evolved in 2008. The government would provide necessary electronic gadgets. The First Bench comprising Chief Justice M.Y.Eqbal and Justice T.S.Sivagnanam had directed the AG to seek instructions and file a detailed affidavit.
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The counter stated that the CSS could not be implemented in full owing to certain unforeseen events and inevitable circumstances that happened in the High Court. Now in the wake of the blast in front of the Delhi High court, it had been decided to implement the CSS.
The official said that the sanction for the required financial assistance for providing the security system would be obtained from the government.