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The Registrar-General of the High Court has given directions to the Principal District Judge, Kancheepuram.
The Madras High Court has issued a circular. It said that the photographs of Mahatma Gandhi and Tamil poet-saint Thiruvalluvar would be installed in the courts of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.
The Registrar General of the High Court has also directed the Principal District Judge, Kanchipuram. He has said that BR Ambedkar’s picture in the new joint court set up in Alandur Bar Association should be removed.
Several senior lawyers had sought permission to inaugurate the Ambedkar statues, which was rejected by the High Court on 11 April. The court also mentioned in the circular about incidents in which statues of national leaders were vandalized and which led to controversy.
Photograph of Tamil poet-saint Thiruvalluvar.
refer to old decisions
The Madras High Court said that on March 11, 2010, it had decided that there would be no statue of anyone other than Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi and Tamil saint Thiruvalluvar in the court.
Similarly, on April 27, 2013, the Chief District Judge of Kanchipuram was directed to remove Ambedkar’s portrait from the Alandur Court. The District Chief Judge had also rejected the appeal of the Cuddalore Bar Association to install photographs in the newly created special courts.
On 11 April 2023, the court again considered this subject. It was then decided that no statue of anyone other than Gandhi and Thiruvalluvar would be installed in the court premises. The Registrar-General directed that Bar Council of Tamil Nadu would take appropriate action in case of dispute.
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