Justice G.R. Swaminathan of the Madras High Court (Madurai Bench) has directed the Centre to create a comprehensive and feasible policy framework to provide legal aid to its citizens not only within the Indian territory but also outside. The court was hearing a petition filed by A. Malarvizhi alias Kottaithai of Virudhunagar district, whose husband Ayyappan Marimuthu, employed in Cameroon in Central Africa, died in 2021.