High Court pulls up State Govt.
The Hindu
It says ‘nothing’ done on judicial complex construction in Idukki
The Kerala High Court on Thursday pulled up the State Government for doing “nothing” with regard to construction of a judicial complex in Idukki despite passage of 25 years since the project was first proposed.
The High Court was also displeased with the Government’s stand that the allocation, back in 1997, could not have been done by a local self-government institution as the land in question was vested with the Revenue Department.
“You (State) are waking up to this 25 years after the proposal? This is a sad day as far as the judiciary is concerned,” Justice P.V. Kunhikrishnan said during hearing of a plea moved by the Bar Association of Idukki challenging an order cancelling allotment of two acres earmarked for construction of the judicial complex.