Justice Muhamed Mustaque passed the direction after the Registrar (District Judiciary) informed the Court that security arrangements have not been made for a majority of courts in the State.
“We direct the additional respondents 5 and 6 to immediately provide adequate police protection in all the court premises in the State of Kerala and to the officers of the District Judiciary,” the Court directed.
The Registrar’s report based on the information received from the District Courts was in contrast to the Police claim that adequate security was being deployed in the court premises during working hours.
Observing that sporadic untoward incidents have been witnessed in different courts in the State, the Court said it cannot remain in a slumber till such incident occurs again.
“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. The State is obliged to keep up with its undertaking before the Honourable Supreme Court that it will maintain law and order in all the court premises and provide adequate police protection to the Officers of the District Judiciary,” the Court observed.
Source: Barandbench
