The Madras High Court on January 21 held a special sitting to hear an urgent PIL filed against the decision to close Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER) in Puducherry for half a day due to Ram Lalla Pran Pratishtha (temple consecration) at Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh on Monday.
The court recorded the submission of JIPMER stating that no elective/planned surgeries were scheduled in the forenoon session of Monday. The institute will be closed until 2:30 p.m. due to the Ram temple consecration.