Sunday, January 30, 2011

HC: Can SKC give secret file?

By S A Ishaqui

Hyderabad, Jan. 29: The AP High Court on Saturday asked the attorney-general, Goolam E. Vahanvati, to be present before the court on Wednesday to assist it in deciding whether Justice Srikrishna Committee was right in submitting a sealed cover report separately on law and order situation.

Justice L. Narasimha Reddy, while dealing with a petition filed by M. Narayana Reddy, a former MP from Nizamabad, told the counsel representing the Centre to inform the AG to appear before the court.

Mr Gandra Mohana Rao, counsel for the petitioner, found fault with the committee for submitting a report on law and order in the region to the Centre.

He added that the suggestion about the problem of Naxalism growing in Telangana was an insult on four crore people of the region. “The committee is supposed to consult people, make suggestions and keep them available to all so that all stakeholders will play their roles,” he said. He told the court that the petitioner had given a representation to furnish a copy of the sealed report, but authorities did not comply.

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