Chennai:
Madras High Court took suo motto cognizance of a
complaint by a senior advocate and convenvor of Courts Dignity Protection Group
G Rajagopalan to the Registrar General seeking clamp on all kinds of meeting or
demonstrations within the High Court premises.
The first bench comprising acting chief justice Satish K
Agnihotri and justice M M Sundresh took suo motto complaint of Rajagopalan and
also a writ petition filed by Traffic Ramaswamy seeking action against
advocates who laid siege to the Chief Justice’s court hall and disrupted court
proceedings on March 20, 2014 while demanding Tamil be made the official
language of the court.
The judges ordered three week notices to all bar
associations, advocate general, home secretary and registrar general of High
court besides appointing Dr R Krishnamurti as amicus curiae and requested him
to assist the court in the matter.
G Rajagopalan in his complaint to registrar general questioned
a proposed meeting by a group of advocates near Ambedkar statue in High Court
premises to discuss the issue relating to Tamil as official language.
“The High court premises is under the control of High
court and no meeting or agitation can take place without permission from the
registry,” he observed.
He also urged the registrar general to prohibit all kinds
of meeting or demonstration within High court premises forthwith. The High
Court took suo motto cognizance of the letter along with the petition by
Traffic Ramaswamy, who sought direction from the court to the registrar
general, home secretary, Bar Council of India and Tamil Nadu, director general
of police, Chennai police commissioner and additional superintendent of police,
Tamil Nadu Uniformed Services Recruitment Board, High court to initiate action
against the erring lawyers for Contempt of Court.
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