Tamil as official language of high court: Advocates’ hunger strike enters third day

MADURAI: A group of four advocates continued their hunger strike for the third consecutive day on Wednesday to press for their demand to make Tamil the official language of the Madras high court even as police detained 50 students of the Government Law College here when they tried to enter the court premises to extent their support to the advocates.

Advocates C Ezhilarasu, Surya Bagvan Doss, Vinoth and Thisai Indhiran began their strike on Monday along with a woman advocate, Thayammal. However, Thayammal called off the strike as her father was not well.

The police prevented the law students and resorted to a mild lathicharge to disperse them. They detained 50 students and took them to a marriage hall situated near the Mariamman Koil.

Meanwhile, doctor V Uma Maheswari, who was appointed by the high court to monitor the health condition of the advocates, advised advocate Vinoth to take medicine since he was diagnosed with gastritis. However, he refused to do so.

The high court registry beefed up the security arrangements on the court campus. Based on the directions of the court, the cops prevented newspersons who came to cover the strike. However, many reporters managed to enter the campus with the help of advocates.

It may be noted that the high courts in Patna, Allahabad, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan have been permitted by the central government to have proceedings in Hindi under Article 348 (2) of the Indian Constitution and Section 7 of the Official Languages Act. A similar notification by central government is required to make Tamil the official language of the Madras high court.

On December 6, 2006, the then DMK government adopted a resolution in the assembly and forwarded the same to the Centre to get the President's nod to bring the notification. However, the efforts went in vain after a full bench of the Supreme Court turned down the state's resolution.

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