AP High Court reserves decision on judges assets plea

By S A Ishaqui
Hyderabad,July 28: The AP High Court on Wednesday reserved its decision to Monday to decide whether a petition seeking declaration of the assets of the High Court judges can be taken up for hearing. Mr Thalluri Kumar Babu, a practising advocate of the High Court, filed a writ petition contending that non-disclosure of the assets by judges infringes on his fundamental rights guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution.

He filed the petition on April 12 and the registry returned the petition on April 19, raising certain objection over the maintainability of the writ and also questioning the locus of the petitioner in filing the writ.

The registry also asked the petitioner to clarify as to the maintainability of the petition as framed by the High Court and also to clarify if the plea could be entertained just by making the Chief Justice and all other judges except one judge as respondents in the petition.

CBI asks for time on Raju’s bail plea

The CBI officials on Wednesday urged Justice Raja Elango of the AP High Court to adjourn the hearing of a bail petition filed by B. Ramalinga Raju, the prime accused in multi crore Satyam scam to August 5.

Mr T. Niranajan Reddy, special public prosecutor of the CBI, asked for a week to submit their response on the petition. The judge agreed and posted the matter to August 5 to facilitate the CBI to submit its version.