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Tamil Nadu courts asked to take up cases from March 16



K.T. Sangameswaran







CHENNAI: In view of the advocates’ strike in Tamil Nadu, the Presiding Officers of all courts and tribunals will take up cases for hearing and decide on merits from March 16, the Madras High Court said on Friday.

The court asked the Principal District Judges to put up the message in the courts’ notice boards.

The communication should say that in criminal matters, in the event of non-availability of advocates, either the lawyers in the panel of amicus curiae or those in the panel of the Legal Services Committee would be requested to appear for the accused; or notice will be sent to the accused, who are either on bail or in jail, that they should make alternative arrangements to represent them in their cases.