Date:30/07/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/07/30/stories/2007073059360900.htm

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Be more concerned about litigant public: Chief Justice

Staff Reporter

Inaugurates new court complex in Puducherry

— Photo: T. Singaravelou

new opening: Justice P.D. Dinakaran of the Madras High Court welcoming Chief Justice of the Supreme Court K.G. Balakrishnan into the new court building in Puducherry on Sunday. Chief Justice of the Madras High Court A.P. Shah and Chief Minister N. Rangasamy are in the picture.

PUDUCHERRY: Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Justice K.G. Balakrishnan has appealed to lawyers to be more concerned about the litigant public.

Speaking after inaugurating a new court building and laying the foundation stone for additional court blocks in Puducherry on Sunday, Mr. Justice Balakrishnan said that personal difficulties such as these involved in shifting from one place to another should not stand in the way of creating better facilities for the public.

In his presidential address, Chief Justice of the Madras High Court, Justice A.P. Shah said there were 12 courts in Puducherry, three in Karaikal and one each in Mahe and Yanam. Chief Minister N. Rangasamy said that within a year’s time the criminal court building would be completed. He urged the judiciary to take steps for speedy disposal of cases.