Court lauds TN's plan to pass laws to protect sportswomen

THE Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court appreciated the state government's plan to introduce a suitable legislation for the protection of women and girls taking part in sports, and expected that the government would enact the legislation as early as possible.

- EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @ Madurai

CONFRONTED frequently with petitions challenging the orders of the special court at Poonamallee dealing with bomb blast cases and cases filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), the Madras High Court, in a recent order, criticised the court for being "insensitive" while dealing with petitions seeking to dispense with appearance of the accused during the trials and those for recalling non-bailable warrants (NBWs).

It further issued orders to the special court on how to deal with such petitions as per settled propositions of law.

A division bench of justices M S Ramesh and N Senthilkumar recently passed the orders on a criminal appeal petition filed by Mohammed Faruk, an accused in an NIA case, praying for setting aside the orders of the special court dismissing his plea filed under 317 of CrPC seeking dispensing with appearance of the accused and Section 70 (2) of CrPC for recalling the NBW issued against him.