The Indian Express   03.08.2012

Shivajinagar court plan: PBA to get vision document ready

With Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) city improvement committee all set to allot 2.5 floor space index (FSI) for the district and sessions court in Shivajinagar, the Pune Bar Association (PBA) has decided to prepare a vision document for infrastructure upgradation for the next 50 years.

“We are planning a meeting with representatives of the Maharshtra state litigants’ association and the court staff association to understand their requirements before preparing this document,” said advocate Shivraj Kadam, vice-president of the Pune Bar Association. (PBA). Additional courtrooms, waiting room for litigants, modern lifts, electronic surveillance and mechanised parking are the need of the hour in the court, he added.

The said proposal of increased FSI will be tabled in the PMC’s standing committee and the general body. After approval, the decision will be forwarded to the state urban development ministry. “Once it is approved by the urban development ministry, it will be applicable to all court buildings in the state,” Kadam said.

Additional FSI will be used for constructing new buildings in place of existing barracks, the Shivajinagar godown that is likely to be handed over to the court and the under-construction building of the family court.

The judicial staff led by principal district and sessions judge Anant Badar and the PBA was following up with the PMC to get the 2.5 FSI and a fresh letter was sent by the PBA to the city improvement committee on July 20.