Decks cleared for relocation of two British-era tombs from HC premises

THE Madras High Court cleared the legal hurdles in relocating two British-era tombs located at the old Madras Law College (Dr Ambedkar Law College) adjacent to the high court premises, by dismissing two appeal petitions filed against a single judge's order in this regard on Wednesday.

- R SIVAKUMAR @ Chennai

A division bench of justices M Sundar and N Sathish Kumar dismissed the appeals filed by the Union Ministry of Culture and a third party appeal by senior counsel T Mohan challenging the single judge's order dated June 27, 2023.

However, the bench allowed the writ petition filed by Mohan, seeking a direction to prepare a master plan by the court's administration before going ahead with future constructions, in order to preserve the heritage and environment of the court premises.