Anna library issue: HC asks advocates panel to inspect

Madras High Court today directed a two-member Commission of advocates to visit the Anna Centenary Library to verify the factual position with regard to alleged deficiencies in implementation of suggestions made by the panel for upkeep of the facility.
A bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice M M Sundreh gave the direction when a petition of non-compliance of its earlier order came up for hearing.
After hearing the submissions made by the counsel for the petitioner of the PIL, over which the court had earlier set up the panel to look into the state of affairs of the library, the Bench directed it to verify the discrepancies and file a status report on April 15.

The PIL was filed challenging the AIADMK Government's proposal to convert the library, built by the previous DMK regime, into a Super Specialty Hospital for Children.
The court had earlier directed the government to implement the suggestions made by the commission.