Who needs high court in Trivandrum?
March 30th, 2008
An agitation by advocates in Trivandrum is now in "hot" stage. They are demanding a high court bench in Trivandrum. A lot of unions/organizations have expressed their solidarity with lawyers and is very happy to fuel the agitation. Every one says that "common man" in Trivandrum need a high court. But my question is - who are these "common men" who require a high court?
Any one with an IQ level of a snail knows that going to court should be the last resort to resolve any conflict. Cases in India are notorious for dragging on for years. Importantly high court is not the court where cases start. It is an appellate court. Next appellate court is Supreme court which is in New Delhi.
Hiring a lawyer for high court or supreme court is a costly affair. The fee will run into lakhs of rupees. I don’t know how many of these "common men" can afford high court and supreme court fees! Going from Trivandrum to Cochin will be your least worry if you are to fight a case in high court! Anyway if you there is an appeal, you will have to go to New Delhi! So why don’t we demand a supreme court bench in Trivandrum. Why to limit it to High court?
But then who really wants a high court bench in Trivandrum? Obviously the first category is lawyers. They can quickly get good lucrative cases in Trivandrum high court. So it is no wonder they are trying their best including resorting to violence. It may seem funny that the so called "guardians of law" themselves have committed criminal acts which if Indian penal code is to be strictly interpreted will give them years of imprisonment!
The second group of people who want a bench here are the politicians. Politicians are always breaking the law - by blocking the road, by resorting to violence and engaging in all kinds of criminal activities. Now it will be convenient for politicians to attend the high court if it is in Trivandrum.
Now I find it ok if politicians and lawyers want a high court bench in Trivandrum. After all it offers a lot of benefit to them. BUT WHY THE HELL YOU WANT TO DRAG THE FU***G COMMON MAN INTO ALL THIS?
I am at a loss why there isn’t even a "single intellectual" in Kerala who is courageous enough to point this out?
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March 31st, 2008 at 8:08 pm
Any idea how many govt offices r running over here, wid t main offices at t capital city… ! Any idea how much the govt is spending an year for conducting all t cases related to these offices at t head court @ cochin? T.A for govt officials & t transportation costs alone wud come to a sizable lump, i must say… Wudnt that alone make it an aboslute necessity to hv a bench here @ tvm? I understand when u say t common man might not be visiting t high court daily… but t expense incurred by t gov alone is a reason enuf to hv it here… the savings must be nothing compared to costs incurred for hvng a bench over here at Tvm…
March 31st, 2008 at 8:12 pm
Do u really think so? Personnally.. me feels that its worth to go ahead & hv a bench here.. t savings wud soon outrun t expenses.. And now can anyone please explain y t govt is still finding it difficult to hv a bench over here.. y shud anyone say no to this???
April 1st, 2008 at 12:17 pm
I hope you would get the answers here.
http://tvmrising.blogspot.com/2008/03/join-plea-for-re-establishing-high.html
More than the common man, its the state government that would gain the most from the bench. The above link quantifies the amount that could be saved.
May be dragging common man into this was not so much required, but I dont think that would make the issue less important.
Now, regarding the fees on high court (and of common man). I have a case running in the high court regarding a grant from the government. I havent paid fees in lakhs to the advocate, let alone in thousands. And I think I am a common man
April 22nd, 2008 at 7:19 pm
I am from Western Orissa.When i cameacross this topic i was so much excitingly read this blog and became sad. It is the common man who will get more benefit if a bench of high court would be established at Trivendrum.If anyone oppose to this thought then please ask own heart ,howmany times they have taken shelter before high court? If anyone from Tri’vdom wants to takeshelter before H.C. then obviously might take the help of local lawyers by paying fees and got into a H.C. lawyer.If a bench would be available at the handreach of common people then they shall pay certainly less to have justice.To learn more of exploitation we are suffering at our region, have a click http://wwwhcbench.blogspot.com
May 2nd, 2008 at 6:29 am
This is pure regionalism showing out. If Trivandrum wants a High Court bench, why not Kochiets demand for a Secretariat bench there, let the summer secretariat activities happen in Kochi, the biggest taxpaying city of Kerala. Wouldn’t that be a fair deal? Stop this brag.
June 1st, 2008 at 2:55 pm
Are ou using four letter words to impress others?
June 1st, 2008 at 4:03 pm
Yes
any other question?
June 14th, 2008 at 6:32 pm
Once the Vizhinjam Harbour is established Trivandrum will be the largest revenue generator in Kerala.
After the decentralisation of power by the Panchayathi Raj System the dependence on the Secretariat has reduced considerably.
Once the TVM bench is established, the cases in which government is a party will be fast resolved. Keep it in mind that the opposite party in most cases will be an ordinary citizen. so the ultimate benefit will be to him.
Again, since there will be a jurisidictional division between the HC at EKM and TVM bench, faster disposal of cases will happen at both these places.
See what had happened to the GOLF CLUB case. If the case was at TVM bench the situation would have been different.
So it is not regionalism, but public welfare that has more weigh in the demand for the HC bench at TVM
June 18th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
Ajay statement is unfortunate. There is no known precedent in India of having a secretariat bench within a state.
Whereas it is an established precedent to have more high court benches in a state. Recent examples are inaugaration of Gulbarga and Hubli high court benches in karnataka( one more in Mangalore under sanction) ; high court bench in Madurai in Tamilnadu ( with two more benches in Coimbatore and Trichy under sanction). The trend is to have high court benches in as many cities as possible to speeden up litigations at lower cost to citizens.
It is unfortunate that Ajay has not understood this fact and is using secretariat bench for tit for tat as high court bench.
June 18th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
Very strange that in Kerala so much opposition for a mere high court bench.Opposition for everything and anything has become a trademark of Kerala.
When more and more high court benches are being sanctioned across the country to counter the delays and rising costs people face with courts, in kerala as usual regionalism and spoilsports are back in place. It is a pity that some high court advocates and politicians are against more benches in Kerala fully knowing that neighbouring states are getting new benches every year. These so called lobbyists have only their business and revenue from the existing High court cases in their minds and donot want to give up their lucrative cases to other benches.
Justice delayed is justice denied. What Kerala badly needs is a high court bench in Trivandrum followed by another one at Kozhikode.
June 26th, 2008 at 7:13 pm
As the capital of Kerala,Trivandrum certainly needs a high court bench.In majority of cases govt is a litigant and it definetly saves a lot of tax payers money when you have a bench in Trivandrum.It is the requirement of the govt to have a bench here.And who are these people who are against it.