The British era court inside the spacious Combined Court Complex in Cheyyar town in Tiruvannamalai was restored to function as a sub-court.
Accompanied by Collector D. Bhaskara Pandian, District Judge P. Mathusuthanan inaugurated the renovated heritage court building on Friday. “It was the earliest court in the North Arcot region, covering most of the districts in northern Tamil Nadu during British times. Since then, new courts were formed in the same premises,” said T.P. Saravanan, president, Cheyyar Bar Association.
Originally formed as a sub-divisional court in 1914 on a four-acre mango grove, the court was functioning from a Madras roofed small building for many years before Judicial Magistrate court was started in 1951. Two decades later, an additional munsif court was added to the cramped building. Formation of the sub-court in 1999 was the last major court to come up in the heritage structure.
