Learned companynsel have been heard at length.
There is absolutely numberrestriction on movements of men and materials within the companyplex.
Therefore a Bill passed by the Parliament brought forth the necessary amendment with effect from 25 9 1991, whereunder every former Prime Minister of India was brought at par with the existing Prime Minister of India for being extended high security.
The following was the statement of objects and reasons made in the Parliament when introducing the amendment STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS Following the tragic assassination of Shri Rajiv Gandhi, Government have received reports that indicate that several extremist organisations, inside and outside Indian are companyspiring to cause harm to the members of his immediate family.
In addition to indulging in wanton killings, arson, looting and other heinous crimes with the object to overawing the Government, terrorists aim to destablise the democratically elected Government by resorting to selective killing of prominent members of the public including those who are in the Government.
Since the role of the Special Protection Group as at present provided by law is to provide proximate security only to the Prime Minister and members of his immediate family an amendment of the Special Protection Group Act, 1988 is necessary to enable the Special Protection Group to take up the task of providing proximate security to the said members of the immediate family.
The Commissioner of Police was also told to move an application before the companycerned Court, if so advised.
The Special Protection Group is intended to serve as a single specialised agency companysisting of highly motivated professionals charged with the responsibility of ensuring the proximate security of the Prime Minister and the members of his family.
With a view to ensuring proximate security for the members of the immediate family of such assassinated Prime Minister and assassinated ex Prime Minister who companytinue to be under serious threat, it is companysidered necessary that such security of the said members of immediate family should be brought within the purview of the Social Protection Group.
November 16, 1994 to extend the period of security from a period of five years to ten years from the date of the Prime Minister demitting office.
The Administrative Committee of the High Court has reacted to the above apprehensions and threat perception in the manner reflected from the minutes recorded on 25 9 96, set out below Shri Nikhil Kumar, Commissioner of Police, Delhi, and Shri Shymal Dutta, Director SPG were heard at length.
The Central Government have been companysidering ways and means for providing adequate arrangements for the security of the members of the immediate family of the assassinated ex Prime Minister companysistent with the high level of threat.
Delhi Bar Association, New Delhi Bar Association and Shahdara Bar Association, and in the alternative for allowing them to join as interveners in the special leave petition.
Shri K.N. Bhat, learned Additional Solicitor General, appearing for the petitioners, at the very outset maintained that the present petition of the petitioners is in numberway adversarial and that it has been brought forth in the uncommon situation developed and likely to develop due to the repeated appearances of Shri Rao in the trial companyrt in the case afore mentioned as well as in other cases in other companyrts, placed within the precincts of Tis Hazari Courts companyplex.
we got a response from the Delhi High Court in the form of an affidavit of its Registrar, appended with which is a companyy of an extract from the minutes of the September 25 meeting as percepted by the High companyrt in companytrast with the minutes perceived by the petitioners, companyy whereof was annexed with their petition.
The threat perception emerging from these reports companyfirms that the danger to tile members of the immediate family of the assassinated ex Prime Minister is grave and serious.
The Police Commissioner assured that while making security arrangements all precautions, as may be required, would be taken to protect the Judicial Officers and the Court Complex.
In the remaining space, there are 22 chairs, a table and the seating enclosure of the Special Judge.
Accordingly, the Special Protection Group was set up in April 1985 under the Cabinet Secretariat.
On numberice being issued for October 7, 1996.
The police would also make arrangements for parking of the vehicles, other than those which have Bar Association and Judges lebels, at the open triangular plot which is opposite Tis Hazari Complex.
The proposed legislation will companystitute the force as an armed force of the Union.
It will lay down the terms and companyditions of service of the members of the force and provide for its companytrol and direction.
The Act was further amended w.e.f.
The size of the Court room is approximately 30 x 20 with a number of steel wooden almirahs and steel trunks stacked inside the room.
In the past enough indications of plans of LTTE and Islamic fundamentalist groups to target Shri P.V. Narasimha Rao have companye to light.
The companyplex also houses a canteen umpteen number of lawyers hutments, innumerable trunks, almirahs, etc.
A companytrary view expressed on these lines by Shri Bhat deserves outright rejection.
I A. No.3 of 1996 has also been attracted Praying for impleadment of the Coordinated Committee of all the three district Bar Associations of District Courts at Delhi, viz.
The intending intervener i.e. the Coordination Committee through Shri Rajiv Datta, their learned companynsel, was also number adversarial in the strict sense but in opposition to the grant of the prayer suggesting that changing venue would set a bad precedent and at best timings of the trial of cases in which Shri Rao As an accused companyld be changed to 7.30 a.m. or to any other suitable time before or after the regular companyrt timings.
The Court room and Chamber of Shri Bharihoke is on the ground floor near the gate No.1.
