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.