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The Delhi High Court on Monday asked the Delhi Police to submit a new case report on strengthening and increasing safety and security in the court complexes in the national capital.
A circuit panel consisting of Chief Justice Satish Chandra and Judge Sanjeev Narula took note of a report submitted by the Office of the Public Prosecutor, Security and Courts, noting that a joint meeting was held in this regard between various stakeholders including members of the bar associations of all courts and senior police officials of the security and movement Passing through the area on May 6th.
On April 26, noting the incident at Saket Court where a woman was shot in the courthouse, the court asked members of the bar associations and police officials of the respective districts to meet within two weeks to “discuss the steps required to be taken to ensure security and safety.” suitable for court complexes, lawyers, litigants and other persons.
During Monday’s hearing, the court noted that some decisions had been taken at the May 6 meeting and “the Chief Bar of the Delhi High Court was informed of the measures to be taken to enhance security measures in the High Court.”
The report also mentioned that regular meetings are held with the Building Maintenance Committee and the security cell of the concerned courts and other stakeholders to discuss issues related to the implementation of directives by the court in this regard.
The matter will now be heard in October, after the court asked the police to file a new case report. The High Commissioner has been hearing a range of cases seeking measures to increase safety and security in the lower courts, including a case of its own initiated by the Supreme Court in 2021 after a shooting incident in the Rohini courts.
During Monday’s hearing, the court also inquired about The July 5 Tess Hazare shooting incident When two or three lawyers pulled their guns and shot each other after an argument over a parking space. It was reported by The Indian Express that for at least 20 minutes prior to this, they had been brandishing sticks and clubs and throwing bottles and stones at each other.
The Supreme Court had, in 2021, learned on its own of the Rohini court case, in which, in September of that year, two armed men, posing as lawyers, killed gangster Jitender Maan alias Joji inside a courtroom before being shot by police personnel. At the time, the Delhi Police had stated, in one of the hearings, that 85 door frame metal detectors and 125 hand held metal detectors had been installed in various local courts and supplied as part of measures to enhance security there.
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