By S A Ishaqui
Hyderabad,Oct. 12: The Andhra Pradesh High Court wanted to know from the Centre and the state government the measures taken so far to provide relief and rehabilitation to flood victims in the five districts of the state.
A division bench comprising Chief Justice Anil R. Dave and Justice C.V. Nagarjuna Reddy was dealing with a public-interest litigation filed by Ms T.H. Soubhagya Lakshimi, a practising advocate, seeking a direction to declare the flood as a national calamity.
The court asked the state and the Centre to post replies with the details on the measures taken in the flood affected districts within 10 days.
The petitioner alleged that the flood affected people were not getting proper assistance and confidence to start their life afresh.
Permission for screening DVDs
A petitioner on Monday urged the AP High Court to permit his counsel to arrange the screening of televised interviews of ministers requesting the Congress high command to make Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy as Chief Minister.
Mr Bezavada Govinda Reddy, a Congress leader from Nellore district had earlier filed a writ of quo warranto against the appointment of Mr K. Rosaiah as Chief Minister of the state. He filed an additional affidavit seeking permission of the court to screen the DVDs of interviews of the ministers.
The petitioner submitted two DVDs containing footage of the interviews of the ministers and a press conference addressed by the Chief Minister. The petitioner told the court that Mr Rosaiah in his press conference told the media that he does not find anything wrong in ministers and MLAs representing to the high command to make Mr Jagan Mohan Reddy as the Chief Minister.
Info sought on Maoist leader
The High Court directed the police to file written instructions by Wednesday on the alleged detention of Maoist leader N. Ravi Sharma and his wife Ms N. Anuradha in Bihar state by the special police officers of the state. A division bench comprising Justice D.S.R. Varma and Justice R. Kantha Rao, while dealing with habeas corpus petition filed by Ms Sulochanamma, mother of Ravi Sharma, asked the assistant government pleader Ms Mohana Reddy to get instructions from the police on the whereabouts of the duo. Later in the evening, she informed the court that there was no information on the arrest of the two Maoists leaders with the state police.
Mr Raghunath, counsel for the petitioner, alleged that the officers of the special investigation wing of the state had arrested the two in broad daylight in Bihar. The court asked Ms Mohana Reddy to submit written instructions on the issue.
GHMC told to stop building
The High Court on Monday directed the GHMC to stop construction at the open space situated at Road No. 82, Phase III of Jubilee Hills area in the city. The court was dealing with a PIL filed by one Mr T. Hanumantha Rao alleging that the GHMC is constructing houses for weaker section in an open space belonging to the Jubilee Hills Co-operative Housing Society. The court directed the GHMC to conduct the land survey to identify and determine the open space.
No comments:
Post a Comment