Chennai: Tamilnadu Chief Minister M K Stalin has announced a solatium of Rs 25 lakh to the family of Tirunelveli Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM), who died after testing positive for Covid-19.
An official release here said, Stalin expressed grief and anguish on hearing about the death of CJM Neesh, who succumbed at the Thoothukudi Government Medical College hospital yesterday while undergoing treatment for Covid infection.
Stalin offered his deepest condolences to the bereaved family members and as a special case announced a financial assistance of Rs 25 lakh to the CJM’s family.
It may be recalled that Madras High Court on Monday ordered that judicial work in all trial courts across Tamilnadu and Puducherry will be suspended till further orders in view of the steady surge in the number of Covid positive cases in the State.
An official memorandum issued by Registrar General P Dhanabal said the trial courts shall not take up any judicial proceedings, except for remand applications and other unavoidable matters, until further orders.
It said litigants and lawyers would be prohibited from entering court complexes across the State and the Union Territory unless such entry was unavoidable and permitted by the judicial officer concerned.