The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Thursday ordered notice to the Centre and the State government on a public interest litigation petition that sought the direction to classify the Sarasvati Mahal Library in Thanjavur as a Model Library under the National Mission on Libraries.
A Division Bench of Justices S.M. Subramaniam and A.D. Maria Clete ordered notice to the authorities concerned while hearing the petition filed by B. Prabhakaran of Chennai. He said that the 500-year-old library holds immense historical, socio-cultural, and academic significance.
