Telangana advocate general

Senior counsel Vedula Venkataramana and Telangana Advocate General B.S. Prasad invited the wrath of High Court on Tuesday over the contentions they made in a writ petition challenging State government’s order on use of Krishna water for hydel power generation. A bench of Chief Justice Hima Kohli and Justice B. Vijaysen Reddy found fault with senior counsel appearing for the petitioners and the AG representing Telangana government before declaring that it would hear the petition and fix the date. Two farmers from Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh moved the House Motion two days ago by filing a writ petition which questioned the GO 34 issued by State government for withdrawal of Krishna water for irrigation or hydel power generation needs. The HC did not permit the House Motion. Mr. Vedula Venkataramana made a mention of the plea before a division bench of Justices M.S. Ramachandra Rao and T. Vinod Kumar on Monday. This second division bench of the HC took up hearing of the matter brushing aside objections raised by the AG who said it should be taken up by the First Court (a bench headed by the CJ) as per the roster. The bench posted the matter to Tuesday, instructing counsel to study the Supreme Court verdict on inter-State water disputes to take a call on the petition’s maintainability. Before the second bench began hearing the petition (which was listed as second item for Tuesday), the AG made a mention about the plea before the First Court headed by the CJ and requested...

HYDERABAD: All Common Entrance Examinations which were scheduled to be held from July 1 to July 17 in Telangana have been postponed. Telangana Advocate General B.S Prasad on Tuesday informed the High Court to this effect. The State government has informed the High Court about its decision to postpone all the Common Entrance Tests EAMCET, LAWCET, POLYCET, ECET, PGECET, and others. The government conveyed its intention when the High Court sought clarity on the re-imposition of lockdown within the GHMC area. The high court sought clarity as the entrance examinations in the state are scheduled to be held from July to July 17. Telangana Advocate General B.S. Prasad also told High Court that State Cabinet is likely to meet in a day or two to decide on the re-imposition lockdown in Hyderabad against the backdrop of rising COVID19 cases.

The Advocate General clarified that Amritpal Singh was not arrested and the police was trying its best to arrest him. “Punjab is passing through a sensitive stage and national security is involved. As such, the arguments addressed should be limited to the contentions raised in the habeas corpus petition,” he said. After hearing counsel for both the parties, Justice N.S. Shekhawat asked the petitioner’s counsel to show evidence that Amritpal Singh was in illegal custody of the police. He said the state’s categorical stand was that Amritpal Singh had not been arrested. Amritpal Singh has been evading arrest, changing his location and looks multiple times, since March 18 when the police launched a massive crackdown to arrest him. A new video of Amritpal Singh with his aide Papalpreet Singh has surfaced, purportedly showing Amritpal Singh walking in a street in

Telangana HC Advocates Association welcomes SC Advocates Bar A ssociation president Dr Adish Aggarwal on Saturday Speaking at a press conference held at the Telangana High Court Bar Association in the presence of HC Bar Association president Palle Nageswara Rao and Advocate-General BS Prasad, Dr Aggarwal said that 100 judges from across the globe and another 100 judges from India will take part in the conference to be held on September 16 and 17. The conference will witness the gathering of representatives from State Bar Associations and Bar Councils, creating a platform for international legal discourse. Several States, including Rajasthan and Karnataka, have already enacted protective measures to safeguard the interests of their legal practitioners. Dr Aggarwal expressed the hope that Telangana would follow suit by passing the Advocates Protection Act that provides security to lawyers in the State. “The primary objective of the ICJ is to foster a sense of camaraderie among jurists and judges worldwide, enabling them to extend support to one another,” he said. Assuring full logistical support for the conference, BS Prasad said it would be an honour for Telangana to host such a significant event. The term “jurists” encompasses legal professionals, including judges, attorneys, lawmakers, law professors, and legal reporters. Dr Aggarwal pointed out that even Chartered Accountants were included in the roster of jurists during the 2012 ICJ meeting held in London. He said that ...

An advocate in Telangana was waylaid, dragged out of his car and stabbed to death Monday evening in Mulugu district. The incident took place around 6.30 pm when Malla Reddy, an advocate practising in Warangal, was returning to his residence at Hanamkonda in his Toyota Innova car from Mulugu, police said. The Telangana High Court Advocates Association condemned the murder and called for a general body meeting to discuss the matter Tuesday afternoon. The Bar Associations of other courts across the state have called for abstaining from work. Malla Reddy’s driver told the police that the assailants, wearing clinical masks, dragged the lawyer to the bushes by the roadside. The driver could not recognise them. The assailants wore clinical masks and seemed unfamiliar to me, the driver said. Sangram Singh G Patil, Superintendent of Police, Mulugu district, said that it was too early to pinpoint the reason behind the murder as police have initiated an investigation into all possible leads. Advocate Malla Reddy owned a petrol pump and was also into the mining business. There are at least 10 cases registered against him in Mulugu district and most of them are land disputes. “There are a lot of speculations, cannot pin down the exact reason for the murder. Even the driver does not know what exactly transpired, as the victim was dragged away into the bushes. We came to know that there are 10 cases, mostly land disputes, registered against Reddy in the district,” said the SP, while addi...

Hyderabad: The The Division Bench comprising Justice Abhinand Kumar Shavili and Justice Namavarapu Rajeshwar Rao refused to interfere with the order of the single-judge bench, which was not inclined to order a stay. The court was dealing with a writ appeal filed by Murlidhar Reddy, a Group-1 aspirant. However, the court informed the The court considered the fact that more than three lakh applicants are appearing for the examination and if the exam is stalled, it will cause severe setbacks to the applicants. Harender Pershad, Special GP attached to the office of Advocate General, appeared for the State and submitted his arguments on behalf of the TSPSC. Advocate Sudheer, who appeared for the petitioner, argued for the court’s interference with the previous order on the grounds that the investigation of the TSPSC paper leak case by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) was yet to be completed. Since the TSPSC employees were arrested for their alleged involvement in the paper leak, the credibility of the TSPSC was in doubt now, and the same TSPSC was conducting fresh Group-1 preliminary exams hurriedly, the petitioner argued. Therefore, the exam should be stayed and conducted by any other agency such as the UPSC, Sudheer said. The Division Bench, while dismissing the writ appeal, said that stalling the exams was not the solution. It recalled the case of the 2008 DSC discrepancies which went to the The High Court heard the petitions filed by candidates N Suresh, D Ramesh Kumar,...