File photo of Madras High Court.
A team of CRPF personnel on Sunday visited the premises of the Madras High Court as part of preparatory measures to take over the security of the inner periphery of the court here.
A seven-member team of CRPF personnel visited the court to plan security as part of their preparatory work for the inner periphery of the High Court, official sources said.
Photographs of court premises were also taken.
However, local police officials were not present during the visit of the CRPF team. The Central police team was assisted by the court administrative officials.
The team had also visited the campus two days ago for similar inspection purposes.
Ten days ago, Madras High Court First Bench, comprising Chief Justice S K Kaul and Justice TS Sivagnanam, directed the central and state governments to make security arrangements by CISF or any other similar independent security agency for the principal bench here and Madurai bench.
The First Bench had said it intended to place in the hands of a central force, the security of the inner periphery of the court for six months while the state police would man the outer periphery. The matter was posted to October 30.
The development followed unsavoury incidents including a protest inside the court hall of Chief Justice Kaul seeking Tamil as court language.