Telangana HC Issues Notices To EC, CEO, Govt Regarding Graduates Electoral Rolls Jan 02, 2021, 12:03 IST
HYDERABAD: In response to a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed for seeking direction to the Chief Electoral Officer not to finalise the electoral rolls for Graduates’ constituencies for the State Legislative Council,the Telangana High Court sought clarity from the Election Commission and the Telangana government over this issue on Thursday.
In its orders the court issued notices to the Election Commission of India, State Chief Electoral Officer and the Principal Secretary to General Administration Department to file counter affidavits in the petition seeking clarification regarding submission of Form-18 or the relevant form regarding voting rights of graduates from foreign universities for Graduates’ constituencies, who are residents of Telangana. The matter was adjourned to January 7 for further hearing.
HC pulls up Telangana government over nod for New Year revelry
Updated Jan 1, 2021, 4:42 am IST
The bench directed government to consider the possibility of imposing Section 144 CrPC in the state as a new virus strain has reached here
Shopkeepers keep highlighting the numbers of 2021 welcoming new year in Secunderabad. (DC Image)
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Thursday strongly criticised the decision of the state government to allow New Year celebrations till late at night even as there existed a fresh Covid-19 threat.
A division bench of Chief Justice Raghavendra Singh Chauhan and Justice B. Vijaysen Reddy asked Advocate-General B.S. Prasad to urge the government for a reconsideration of the decision. The bench directed the government to consider the possibility of imposing Section 144 CrPC on the state as a new strain of Coronavirus has reached here from the UK.
Inspect illegal structures, HC tells official
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The Telangana High Court on Thursday directed Shamshabad Municipal Commissioner to inspect the alleged illegal structures in a land spread over five acres and 12 guntas under survey no. 203 of Shamshabad revenue village.
A bench of Chief Justice Raghvendra Singh Chauhan and Justice B. Vijaysen Reddy passed this order while hearing a PIL petition over inaction of authorities despite illegal constructions in the said land. The bench instructed the Municipal Commissioner to inspect the area and find out if any illegal constructions were going in the lad.
The Commissioner should file a report on the matter and furnish the same to the HC by January 4, 2021, the bench said. The plea was filed by India Fellowship Inc, a registered society, against illegal construction activity by two persons Lionel J Kurut and M. Purushotham.
High Court issues notices to OU and KU
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Action sought for granting fellowships to ineligible students
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Action sought for granting fellowships to ineligible students
Telangana High Court on Thursday issued notices to the Centre, University Grants Commission, Osmania University and Kakatiya university over a PIL petition seeking action against university officials responsible for granting research fellowships to ineligible students.
A bench of Chief Justice Raghvendra Singh Chauhan and Justice B. Vijaysen Reddy directed them to file counter affidavits on the matter.
The CBI, which was made one of the respondents, was also given notice.
A student K. Srinivas, who filed the plea, requested the HC to order for an investigation by the CBI into the allegations that students who did not register with the universities for the programmes of M.Phil and Ph.D. were given fellowships.
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Telangana High Court on Wednesday issued notices to State government in a writ petition seeking to quash the nomination of Goreti Venkanna, Baswaraju Saraiah and Boggarapu Dayanand as MLCs under Governor quota.
A division bench of Chief Justice Raghvendra Singh Chauhan and Justice B. Vijaysen Reddy passed order to serve notices to Chief Secretary along with the three MLCs. The petitioner T. Dhangopal Rao, a social activist, also requested the HC to instruct the three MLCs not to hold the office till it adjudicated the plea.
Mr. Rao wanted the court to declare action of the Governor and Chief Secretary in nominating the three MLCs as amounting to violation of fundamental rights guaranteed under Articles 14, 16 and 21 of the Constitution. The petitioner, who filed an application to the Governor requesting for his nomination as MLC, appealed to the HC to set aside the ‘non-speaking and unreasoned order’ of the Governor with regard to his application