High Court refuses to release T-activists

By S A Ishaqui

Hyderabad, June 15: The AP High Court on Friday said it will not pass any orders for the release of persons arrested by police as a preventive measure in view of Chalo Assembly agitation by Telangana Political Joint Action Committee. A division bench comprising Justice K.C. Bhanu and Justice Challa Kodandaram was dealing with a plea by Telangana Advocates JAC represented by co-convener J. Lingaiah, seeking release of persons detained across the Telangana district.

The bench directed the counsel for the home department Janakiram Reddy to instruct  police authorities to strictly adhere to guidelines set by the Supreme Court in  the D.K. Basu case and the procedure contemplated in CrPC in arresting and detaining the persons. It said it will not pass a sweeping order to release the arrested  without a counter affidavit from the police, and directed the home department to file a counter affidavit before  Tuesday giving details of  the arrests made by the police in the last two days.

Order reserved on Gali bail plea

Justice K.G. Shankar on Friday has reserved orders on bail applications by former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhan Reddy and his brother-in-law B.V. Srinivas Reddy, both accused in the OMC illegal mining case. The duo moved the HC by filing separate applications after rejection of their bail petitions by the Special CBI Court.

HC refers a plea to full bench

A division bench comprising Chief Justice Kalyan Jyoti Sengupta and Justice N.V. Ramana on Friday referred a petition to a three-member bench to decide if the Lokayukta has authority to pass orders in a case  of domestic violence.

The bench was dealing with a petition challenging an order passed by Lokayukta with regard to protection for a woman from domestic violence. The petitioner contended that Lokayukta has no jurisdiction to entertain a matrimonial dispute.

Court to hear pg medicos’ plea

The High Court asked counsel for the Medical Council of India on Friday to get instructions on a plea challenging the decision of government in making service in rural areas compulsory for one year for postgraduate medical students.

Justice Noushad Ali was dealing with the plea by K. Manasa and K. Siva Satya Prasun, postgraduate medical students, seeking an interim direction to stay counselling for postgraduate (degree and diploma) medical students for compulsory government/ rural service under the Tribal Rural Rejuvenation Implementation Project (TRRIP) for 2013.