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Renewed effort for HC Bench

By Our Staff Reporter

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM Aug. 11. In a renewed effort to get a High Court Bench set up in the State capital, the Action Council for High Court Bench in the State capital has sought the intervention of the President, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, in the matter.

In a memorandum submitted to Dr.Kalam, the Council said a State capital without the State's highest judicial institution was a serious disadvantage. In fact, there existed a Bench of the High Court with filing powers in the State capital 45 years ago and unfortunately it has now become defunct. The lawyers pointed out that the demand for a Bench of the High Court with filing powers had assumed greater significance in view of the fact that the Union Law Minister had told the local MP, V. S. Sivakumar, that the Centre had no objection to granting a High Court Bench in the State capital. Of all the 28 States, Kerala alone did not have a High Court or at least a High Court Bench in the capital city, it pointed out. This was at a time when Kerala ranked second in the country as far as the number of pending cases in High Courts was concerned. The setting up of a Bench of the High Court in the State capital would considerably reduce the pendency.

The memorandum pointed out that the former Chief Justice of Kerala, U. P. Singh, has stated that the demand for a Bench of the High Court in the city was "just and genuine''. Mr. Singh had expressed the wish to see the Bench start functioning during his tenure, but had completed his term without being able to fulfil the promise.

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