Will Consider Setting Up A Bench Of Madras High Court In Puducherry :Law Minister Kiren Rijiju

The Law Minister on Thursday said that the Centre will consider the Union Territory of Puducherry’s demand for setting up a bench of the Madras High Court in Puducherry. The Minister was speaking at an event organized for laying the foundation stone for lawyers' chambers at the Integrated court complex in Puducherry.

The Minister said that the demands will be considered positively and the Judiciary will be consulted on whether to have a full-fledged bench or circuit bench of the High Court. He said that such a bench would help litigants in accessing justice so that people need not travel to Chennai for appeal and litigation purposes.

In his memorandum submitted to the Law Minister, Chief Minister of Puducherry N Rangasamy sought the Minister’s assistance in allocating funds by the Home Ministry or the Ministry of Human Resource Development to establish a National Law School in Puducherry. The Chief Minister also stated that the government had identified the land for setting up a law university and its work will start soon.

Speaking at the event, Lieutenant Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan stressed the need for using native languages in court so that it is more helpful for the poor. She also spoke about building a hospital on the court premises and further upgrading the Judicial department.

Attorney General for India, R Venkataramani, Acting Chief Justice of Madras HC, T Raja, HC Portfolio judges for Puducherry S Vaidyanathan, G K Ilanthiraiyan, Puducherry Chief Justice J Selvanathan, Assembly Speaker R Selvam, Minister K Lakshminarayanan, MP S Selvaganabathy, MLA G Nehru alias Kuppusamy, Chief Secretary Rajeev Verma and officials were present on the occasion.