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Bar association seeks High Court Bench

By Our Staff Reporter

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, JAN. 30. The Trivandrum Bar Association (TBA) has submitted a representation before the Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court demanding the constitution of a Bench of the High Court in the city that can admit representations from the litigants in the State.

Demand

The constitution of a High Court Bench has been a long-standing demand of the members of the bar association here.

They point out that a Bench, either single or division, can save the State exchequer up to Rs. 30 crores by cutting down the travel expenses and prevent any communication gap in conveying information about the day-to-day proceedings at the High Court.

The members point out that as per the States Reorganisation Act of 1956, the President may, after consultation with the Governor of a new State and the Chief Justice of the High Court, provide for the establishment of a permanent Bench or Benches of the High Court.

Reorganisation

The State Legislature has also unanimously accepted the need for constituting a High Court Bench here, they said. Almost all the State capitals in the country have a High Court.

Thiruvananthapuram had been the seat of the erstwhile Travancore High Court, but after the reorganisation of the States, it was shifted to Ernakulam.

The association president, Konchira Neelakantan Nair, said that though a Bench was retained here at that time, it was not functioning now.

The members were demanding that this Bench be restored.

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