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Construction of new court complex nearing completion

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Better facilities: The new court complex under construction on the premises of the District Court at Vanchiyoor –

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Wok on the court complex on the District Court premises at Vanchiyoor has entered the final stages. The inauguration is scheduled for January.

Though a date for the opening ceremony is yet to be finalised, District Judge K. Ramakrishnan, who heads a committee that monitors the work carried out by the Kerala State Construction Corporation, has asked the corporation to complete work by the first week of January. Painting, plumbing and electrical works are going on now.

The three-storied 5,600 sq m building complex, constructed at an estimated cost of Rs.4 crore, will house 12 courts, including those that are now functioning in rented buildings in various parts of the city like the Family Court at Sreekaryam, Vigilance Court at Pattoor and Co-operative Tribunal at Sreekanteswaram.

The complex will also include a CBI court, a first in the city. Some of the other courts proposed to be shifted to the new building are the court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Judicial First Class Magistrate Court, Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Court and Motor Accident Claims Tribunal.

The building, located in front of the Fast Track Court building, will also have provisions for library, record and exhibit rooms, car parking and a waiting area for litigants.

Setting up of an additional court complex has been one of the long-pending demands of the Trivandrum Bar Association. According to it, some of the existing courts are congested and ill-equipped to accommodate the increasing number of litigants. A 90-year-old building, which houses the mark-list court, was even certified unsafe by the Public Works Department eight years ago.

It is estimated that on an average, nearly 5,000 cases come up before the courts at Vanchiyoor every day. An almost equal number of litigants and others who are related to the cases also frequent the court premises.

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