on the following aspects after hearing the views of diverse stakeholders in
the justice delivery system:
(i)
In order to prevent the entry of unauthorized
persons to court premises in the garb of advocates, a roll
of advocates in the District Courts should immediately
be prepared. Advocates must be given Biometric cards;
(ii)
A similar roll of Clerks of Advocates should be
also prepared and they should also be given Biometric
cards. Advocate Clerks shall wear a black coat in the
court campus without which they shall not be allowed to
enter the premises;
(iii)
For the purpose of entry of litigants, on the
letters/identification of Advocates on Roll, appearing in
concerned case, entry passes may be issued;
(iv)
With regard to Government Officials, entry
passes should be issued on similar letters/identification
by Government Counsel practicing in the District
Courts;
(v)
For
Government
Officials/employees
who
regularly come to the Court, monthly passes may be
issued, on the recommendation of the District
Magistrate/Senior Superintendent of Police or the
District Government Counsel, Civil or Criminal, as the
case may be;
(vi)
The employees of Courts should also be issued
Biometric cards;
(vii)
The entry in Court campuses should be regulated
for the litigants, Advocates and others from one or two
gates, under close scrutiny by security officials posted
there, who shall be responsible for checking of
identification cards or entry passes and frisking of
suspicious persons;
(viii) The District Judge should be empowered to take
appropriate
action
against
any
person
who
unauthorizedly enters the premises. He should also be
authorized specifically to check and prevent entry of any
person causing nuisance or disturbance in the courts or
campus;
(ix)
In some district Judgeships, for facilitating
regular functioning of Advocates, canteens/cafeterias,
photostat machine shops etc. have been allowed to
operate. Their employees should also be issued similar
entry passes by District Judges;
(x)
No person, except security personnel deputed for
safety of Court premises/Judicial Officers, should be
allowed to carry any weapon or other dangerous
instrument, which may cause serious harm to anyone
present in the Court campus. This should strictly be
prohibited;
(xi)
Provisions of imposing fine, if anyone violates
regulatory measures, are also required to be made.
District Judges should be authorized to control entry of
anyone in the court campus and to check and restrict
entry of any unwarranted persons or antisocial elements
who are likely to create nuisance in the Court campus,
for such period with certain other conditions as he may
deem fit and proper;
(xii)
In many of the District Courts, boundary walls
are broken or are of inadequate height. Barbed wire
fencing is not installed and in many places boundary
walls are damaged, permitting unauthorized entry. These
boundary walls should immediately be directed to be
repaired/ constructed and barbed wire should also be
placed wherever it is absent;
(xiii) In the campus as also in the corridors of District
Courts, appropriate numbers of CCTV cameras be
installed, under close monitoring by expert police
officials; and
(xiv) Scanners and metal detectors should also be
installed.
ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT
Case :- PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 15895 of 2015
Petitioner :- In Re :
Respondent :- Zila Adhivakta Sangh Allahabad
Counsel for Petitioner :- *
Hon'ble Dr. Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud, Chief Justice
Hon'ble Rakesh Tiwari, J.
Hon'ble Rajes Kumar, J.
Hon'ble V.K. Shukla, J.
Hon'ble Arun Tandon, J.
Hon'ble Tarun Agarwala, J.
Hon'ble Dilip Gupta, J.
Dated;24.3.2015
