A sub-judge in Tamil Nadu has been dragged to Madras High Court by the local bar for allegedly directing removal of a portrait of B R Ambedkar from his court.
When the petition seeking action against sub-judge of Tindivanam came up for hearing, Justice G Chokkalingam issued notices to the Director General of Police and the Superintendent of Police, Villupuram.
Tindivanam Advocates Association President K G Subbiayya in his petition submitted that normally portraits of Mahathma Gandhi, Ambedkar and Tamil saint-poet Tiruvalluvar were put up in courts in Tamil Nadu.
He alleged that on May 5 when the Court assembled for the day, the Sub-Judge asked his office Assistant to remove the Portrait of Ambedkar alone.
The act of the Presiding Officer "is discriminatory and an affront to the reputation" of the Constitution's architect, Ambedkar, he contended and sought legal action against the Judge.
The petitioner further claimed that as the Presiding Officer belonged to a dominant caste, his continuance in the post would create no confidence in the minds of litigant public and sought for a direction from the high court for legal action.
