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The Madras High Court has issued statutory announcement to Greater Chennai Corporation erstwhile Commissioner J. Kumaragurubaran, present serving arsenic Commercial Taxes, Registration and Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Secretary, successful a contempt of tribunal petition filed against him.
First Division Bench of Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G. Arul Murugan directed the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) serviceman to respond to the contempt plea by July 2, 2026. They, however, dispensed with his idiosyncratic quality earlier the tribunal for now.
Bhavana Botta, a disablement rights activistic from Chennai, had filed the contempt of tribunal petition complaining astir non-compliance of an bid passed by the tribunal connected September 12, 2023 with respect to bollards, erected connected galore pavements crossed Chennai city, hindering escaped question of wheelchairs.
The contiguous contempt petitioner had primitively filed a nationalist involvement litigation (PIL) petition successful 2023. Then, she brought to the announcement of the tribunal that the bollards erected connected respective roads and pavements successful the metropolis were not successful compliance with the Harmonized Guidelines and Standards for Universal Accessibility successful India, 2021 issued by the Centre.
A Bench comprising the past Chief Justice Sanjay V. Gangapurwala and Justice P.D. Audikesavalu had disposed of the PIL petition aft signaling the submissions made by the past Advocate General R. Shunmugasundaram that the bollards, causing hindrance to the disabled, would beryllium modified.
“Learned Advocate General submits that helium has instructed the authorities to instrumentality suitable enactment against the bollards constructed, causing hindrance to the differently-abled persons. Necessary rectification would beryllium undertaken and the aforesaid would beryllium complied with arsenic per the Guidelines and Standards for Universal Accessibility successful India, 2021,” the tribunal bid read.
It besides stated that “the said enactment would beryllium undertaken by each the authorities, arsenic indispensable instructions person besides been fixed to the authorities concerned. In presumption of the connection made by learned Advocate General, the petition stands disposed of”.
However, Ms. Botta had approached the High Court with the contiguous contempt plea contending determination had been wilful disobedience and non compliance of the bid passed by the tribunal connected her PIL petition. She lamented the rectification works had not been undertaken till date.
