Hindustan Times ST (Jaipur)

CISF protection for Madras HC extended

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CHENNAI: The Madras high court on Monday extended the CISF protection for it till further orders and sought a comprehens­ive review of security arrangemen­ts at all court complexes in the city to decide whether they should also be brought under the paramilita­ry force’s vigil.

The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) cover to the high court, first ordered by it in October 2015, had been extended for one year since then and is to end by October 31.

When the matter came up before first bench, comprising Acting Chief Justice Vineet Kothari and Justice C Saravanan, Additional Solicitor General G Rajagopala­n, appearing for the Centre, sought a direction regularisi­ng the CISF cover for the high court instead of extending it every year.

The bench in its order said: “We are of the opinion that the period of deployment of CISF deserved to be extended till further orders... Accordingl­y the arrangemen­t shall continue till further orders.” Referring to the October 31, 2018, order in which a request was made to the high court security panel to examine the issue of extending the CISF deployment to the whole of the HC complex, the bench said the report of the panel was not comprehens­ive.

The court requested the security panel to undertake a comprehens­ive review of the security arrangemen­ts through the CISF in all the court complexes in the city and submit a report so that appropriat­e orders can be passed. PTI

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