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Lawyers boycott court proceedings

MADURAI BUREAU

TUTICORIN, June 19, 2010

: Lawyers of the Tuticorin Bar Association boycotted court proceedings and staged a demonstration in front of the court premises on Friday, urging the Government to implement Tamil as the official language of the court in the Madras High Court and its Bench in Madurai.

T.M. Prabu, secretary, Tuticorin Bar Association, led the agitation. U.S. Sekar, district secretary of Advocates Wingand others took part.

Nagercoil

Around 2,000 lawyers belonging to Nagercoil, Boothapandi, Eraniel, Padmanabhapuram and Kuzuthurai boycotted the court proceedings.

Lawyers attached to Tamil Nadu Pondicherry Lawyers' Federation from Nagercoil also staged a demonstration in front of the Nagercoil court. President of Lawyers FederationVettrivel led the agitation. Bala Janathipathi, vice-president, and others participated in the agitation.

Advocates boycott court

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

CHENNAI, June 19, 2010

Advocates boycotted courts on Friday in response to a call by the Madras High Court Advocates Association in support of the demand to make Tamil the language of the High Court.

The indefinite fast by a group of advocates in the High Court building to press the demand entered the second day on Friday. However, some advocates attended to court work.

Leaders of various political parties met the fasting advocates and expressed their solidarity with them.

Restriction on entry into High Court

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

CHENNAI, June 20, 2010

The gates of the Madras High Court here were closed on Saturday as a section of lawyers continued with their agitation demanding that Tamil be made the language in the High Court.

Only the staff of a bank, post office, the press and telephones office located on the High Court premises were allowed entry.

A notice put up by the Registrar-General at the gates said that in view of the prevailing situation, all the gates of the High Court would remain closed on Saturday and Sunday. The gates would be kept open on June 21 (the next court working day.) The closure of the gates was done as a precautionary measure.

On Friday, seven advocates who were continuing their fast in the High Court building for the second day in support of the demand were arrested and remanded to custody.

In Madurai, the main gate was closed and lawyers and court staff were allowed only after verification.

4 more advocates held

Meanwhile, four advocates were arrested on Saturday after they attempted to go on a fast. According to police, the advocates tried to undertake a fast near the High Court gate on the NSC Bose Road, George Town. They were remanded to custody.

The lawyers arrested in Madurai on Friday continued their fast in the hospital on Saturday.

In a statement here, the president of the Tamil Nadu unit of BJP, Pon. Radhakrishnan, urged the State and Central governments to expedite action on the lawyers' demand. To begin with, Tamil could be introduced in Family Courts and Motor Accidents Claims Tribunals.

MDMK general secretary Vaiko said the Tamil Nadu government was trying to suppress the advocates' agitation for a genuine demand. He condemned the arrest of advocates. Cases against them should be withdrawn immediately, he said.

High Court lawyers argue cases in Tamil

Tamil Nadu Bureau June 23, 2010

MADURAI/CHENNAI: An oral statement made by the First Bench of the Madras High Court on Monday that it was not opposed to advocates arguing in Tamil prompted lawyers to use Tamil in the principal seat and at the Madurai Bench.

In Madurai, a large number of lawyers continued court boycott for the ninth day on Tuesday in support of the six lawyers, who were arrested on June 18 after they went on a fast demanding the use of Tamil in the High Court.

Only a small group of lawyers attended the court proceedings besides the government counsel. A.K. Ramasamy, secretary of Madurai Bar Association, appeared in plainclothes as a party-in-person to argue a public interest litigation petition filed by him to provide adequate medical treatment for the six lawyers. Initially, he pleaded in Tamil before a Division Bench, comprising Justice K. Suguna and Justice C.S. Karnan, seeking permission to move the PIL on the same day considering the urgency in the matter. The judges, who also spoke in Tamil, conceded his request and said the matter would be heard by the Bench comprising Justice M. Chockalingam and Justice M. Duraiswamy.

When the matter came up before the other Bench, Mr. Ramasamy argued the case entirely in Tamil but for two English words: ‘prayer' and ‘para' (paragraph). However, Mr. Justice Chockalingam stuck to English. When the lawyer thanked the Bench at the end of the arguments, the judge, in a lighter vein, asked: “What for ‘nandri' (thanks)? You are doing your duty and we are doing our duty.”

P. Rajendran, a government advocate, too began his arguments in Tamil before Justice R. Mala, who was hearing bail and anticipatory bail petitions. However, he switched over to English later.

In Chennai, a lawyer's request to the first Bench of the Madras High Court on Tuesday to speak in Tamil was given a patient hearing by the Judges.

Advocate Ramesh, whose case was listed to be taken up on Tuesday, appealed that his petition be speeded up. He had challenged a State government order, which said that MA degree obtained from an open university would not be considered for appointment to government service.

After the advocate sought permission from the Bench comprising Chief Justice M.Y.Eqbal and Justice D.Murugesan, he presented the facts of the case in Tamil. The second Judge on the Bench translated the advocate's request for the benefit of Justice Eqbal.

The Bench then said that the petition would be taken up next week.