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Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu

AIADMK advocates express support to judiciary

Special Correspondent

Judges were pleasantly surprised to see the corridors leading to their chambers covered with flowers

VOCIFEROUS: Lawyers staging a demonstration on the premises of the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Friday. — Photo: G. Moorthy

CHENNAI: AIADMK advocates, protesting Electricity Minister Arcot N. Veerasamy's reported remarks against judges, expressed their support to the judiciary with flowers.

Judges were pleasantly surprised to see the corridors leading to their chambers covered with flowers on Friday. However, disapproving of the advocates' plan to shed blood in front of Justice Muthuswamy Iyer statue as a mark of protest, the Chief Justice called N.G.R. Prasad, T.V. Ramanujun, N. Jothi and P.H. Manoj Pandian and urged them to call off the programme.

Later, as soon as the First Bench comprising Chief Justice A.P. Shah and Justice K. Chandru sat for the day, advocate K. Muthuramalingam referred to the "flower show" and the effigy-burning incident on Wednesday and sought to know as to what action had been initiated against persons responsible for the incidents. The Bench said the issue was being discussed with advocates concerned.

Commissioner of Police Letika Saran met officials of the Registry as well as the Chief Justice and discussed the campus unrest with them.

Another advocate, G. Senthil Kumar, has given a representation to the Registrar-General, seeking contempt action against the advocates who had disrupted court proceedings on Wednesday.

Proceedings hit

Staff Reporter from Madurai writes:

Proceedings of the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court came to a halt on Friday after lawyers, responding to a one-day token boycott call, suspended work demanding that Electricity Minister Arcot N. Veerasamy withdraw his `remarks' against the judiciary.

Mr. Veerasamy reportedly made the statement at a private function in Chennai on February 4. As the day began, lawyers led by M. Ajmal Khan, president, Madurai Bench High Court Advocates Association (MBHAA) and K. Vellaisamy, former president of the Madurai Bar Association (MBA), gathered on the premises and raised slogans in support of the judges.

Wears deserted look

Almost all cases were adjourned and the judges retired to their chambers where they remained till 4.30 pm. The court registry wore a deserted look with not even a single lawyer's clerk turning up to file any case.

Earlier in the day, a few lawyers attached to the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam advocates wing staged a separate demonstration demanding the resignation of Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi.

Copies burnt

They also burnt copies of news reports, published in Tamil dailies, containing the remarks. The police intervened and snatched the copies.

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