HC a sitting duck to all and sundry?

BANGALORE: The September 7 bomb blasts in the Delhi High Court premises, it seems, has not resulted in any improvement in security in the High Court.Nothing exemplifies this better than the hand-held weapon detectors at the HC, which do not work at all. Despite the incident of assault on an advocate inside the court hall on July 8, 2010, some advocates still carry loaded revolvers inside.President of Karnataka High Court Bar Association Subba Reddy said, “As the court is adjacent to the Cubbon Park, anybody can enter it by climbing the grills. Even the city civil court has no gates and street lights and has only minimal police security. All this for a premises which witnesses a daily footfall of 12,000 advocates and nearly 20,000 persons. Police must do something before anything goes wrong.”ACP Ramesh Babu, who is in-charge of security in the High Court, said, “We have taken necessary security measures, which I cannot disclose; the security in the court is adequate.”