Want best men to guard High Court: Chief Justice

As per the new plan,all pedestrians carrying a bag or a briefcase heading towards the High Court will be checked by police deployed along the boundary walls of the complex.

Also,pickets would be set up at 14 places around the High Court,as per the plan submitted to the Registrar General of the High Court on Saturday.

“This deployment is made to prevent a recurrence of the terrorist incident of May 25 and September 7, and stop unchecked vehicles and pedestrians approaching the complex,” it read.

The role of the picket personnel would be to check pedestrians approaching the High Court with bags and allow only labelled vehicles to approach the temporary parking areas in the vicinity of the High Court after checking.

“The NDMC shall be requested to erect a fence along both the footpaths of Sher Shah Suri Marg so that pedestrians can be checked and channelised,” the plan,issued from the office of the Joint Commissioner of Police,New Delhi range,stated.

The NDMC will also be asked to erect necessary number of gates in Bapa Nagar Colony,lanes of which opens into the service lane behind the court complex. The police,which will also guard the entry pass section now onwards,has further planned for extending the said area between Gate No.4 and 5 by at least 30 feet to create a holding area for about 250 people.

The police have also detailed the new traffic flow plan and stated that only vehicles having 2011 stickers of the Delhi High Court will be allowed to move along Sher Shah Suri Marg and can enter the court complex,only from Gate No.7.

“Let the work be completed within the time limit and in a proper manner. Finances and other things should not come in the way,” Justice Misra is learnt to have said.