By S A Ishaqui
Hyderabad,May 21: A division Bench comprising Justices A. Gopal Reddy and P. Durga Prasad of the AP High Court has turned down the state government’s plea by ruling that the Co-operative Tenant Farming Society, Malkapur Limited was the absolute owner of 432 acres situated in Malapur village in Choutuppal mandal of Nalgonda district.
According to the society, the members of the society were occupants of 432 acres land as they had become pattedars after the abolition of jagirs in 1949. The revenue authorities, however, had been claiming that it was an evacuee property and they had issued proceedings under Section 19 of the Displaced Persons (Compensation and Rehabilitation) Act, 1954. Aggrieved by the action of the revenue authorities, the society had approached the High Court in 1998 and a single judge had granted an order in favour of the society in 2000 by quashing the proceedings of the joint collector-cum-deputy custodian of the evacuee property. The joint collector had then filed an appeal against the order. The revenue authorities claimed that the land was an evacuee property as its original owner, Jagirdar Mirza Maqsood Ahmed Khan, had migrated to Pakistan.
However, the members of their predecessors-in-title had acquired titles to the property on abolition of jagirs. They contended that Mirza Maqsood Khan was not a jagirdar but a contractor in the erstwhile Nizam’s state and had left the country during partition. The authorities further contended that the society claimed that its members were the tenants of the original jagirdar even before the land in question being declared an evacuee property.
The revenue authorities argued that the members of the society had accepted it through their petition, dated July 14, 1960, that Mirza Maqsood Ahmed Khan was a pattedar and not a jagirdar and in the absence of any records to show that he was a jagirdar, they could not claim any tenancy rights. The authorities pointed out that none of the names of the members of the society were recorded as protected tenants or ordinary tenants in the records prepared under the Tenancy Act. The society, on the other hand, contended that they had bought the land through open auction conducted by the government by paying Rs 17,312 and produced the receipts of challans.
They said that the land was originally transferred to Tahelmal and Radha Bai on January 1, 1950 by the Regional Settlement Commissioner. After hearing the elaborate arguments of both sides, the Bench observed that “Once the property has ceased to be evacuee property it cannot be dealt with under the Central Act No. XXXI of 1950. The property, once it became part of the compensation pool after notification, would be dealt with under the provisions of the Act and any variation of any lease or allotment thereafter could only be made under Section 19 of the Act.”
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Hasan, Ahsan reveal Swiss connection
By S A Ishaqui
Hyderabad, May 7:Does Mr Ahsan Ali Syed, a Hyderabadi who bought the Racing Santander football club in Spain have close links with Mr Hasan Ali Khan who is in custody for stashing away large sums of money in Swiss banks?
According to the Australian media, Mr Syed and Mr Khan have the backing of the same Swiss bank.
Mr Khan has an account in the Union Bank of Switzerland which also funded Mr Syed’s buy over of the football club.
Mr Khan has told the ED that he has accounts in both Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS) and Credit Suisse and the Indian heads of both banks have been questioned by the ED.
According to reports in the Australian media, Credit Suisse has paid the victims of a Ponzi scheme that was floated by the Mr Khan.
A Ponzi scheme is a fraudulent investment operation that pays returns to separate investors, not from any actual profit earned by the organisation, but from their own money or money paid by subsequent investors.
Apart from the bank accounts, Mr Khan also confessed his contacts with Saudi arms dealer, Mr Adnan Khashoggi, and Mr Syed is also said to have met Mr Khashoggi in 2000.
Hyderabad, May 7:Does Mr Ahsan Ali Syed, a Hyderabadi who bought the Racing Santander football club in Spain have close links with Mr Hasan Ali Khan who is in custody for stashing away large sums of money in Swiss banks?
According to the Australian media, Mr Syed and Mr Khan have the backing of the same Swiss bank.
Mr Khan has an account in the Union Bank of Switzerland which also funded Mr Syed’s buy over of the football club.
Mr Khan has told the ED that he has accounts in both Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS) and Credit Suisse and the Indian heads of both banks have been questioned by the ED.
According to reports in the Australian media, Credit Suisse has paid the victims of a Ponzi scheme that was floated by the Mr Khan.
A Ponzi scheme is a fraudulent investment operation that pays returns to separate investors, not from any actual profit earned by the organisation, but from their own money or money paid by subsequent investors.
Apart from the bank accounts, Mr Khan also confessed his contacts with Saudi arms dealer, Mr Adnan Khashoggi, and Mr Syed is also said to have met Mr Khashoggi in 2000.
Saturday, April 30, 2011
AP High Court says no to Maytas’ plea, flat owners happy
By S A Ishaqui
Hyderabad, April 29: The Andhra Pradesh High Court has struck a blow to Maytas Properties Ltd by turning down its plea to appoint an arbitrator to resolve the dispute between the company and its customers pertaining to Maytas Hill County.
The division bench of Justice Ghulam Mohammed and Justice K.G. Shankar, while dismissing a batch of writ petitions of the company, said the cases can be decided under the Consumer Protection Act.
Several customers who have purchased flats in the Maytas Hill County project approached the State Consumer Redressal Forum after the company failed to deliver possession of the flats as per the purchase agreement and got orders in their favour.
The company challenged the orders of the commission before the High Court contending that the commission has no jurisdiction to entertain complaints of the customers regarding non-delivery of flats in view of the Arbitration Clause in the construction agreement. According to the audit report submitted before the High Court, Maytas stopped construction activity in December 2008.
More than 550 flats were sold by the company.
Hyderabad, April 29: The Andhra Pradesh High Court has struck a blow to Maytas Properties Ltd by turning down its plea to appoint an arbitrator to resolve the dispute between the company and its customers pertaining to Maytas Hill County.
The division bench of Justice Ghulam Mohammed and Justice K.G. Shankar, while dismissing a batch of writ petitions of the company, said the cases can be decided under the Consumer Protection Act.
Several customers who have purchased flats in the Maytas Hill County project approached the State Consumer Redressal Forum after the company failed to deliver possession of the flats as per the purchase agreement and got orders in their favour.
The company challenged the orders of the commission before the High Court contending that the commission has no jurisdiction to entertain complaints of the customers regarding non-delivery of flats in view of the Arbitration Clause in the construction agreement. According to the audit report submitted before the High Court, Maytas stopped construction activity in December 2008.
More than 550 flats were sold by the company.
14 lawyers to be elevated as judges
By S A Ishaqui
Hyderabad,April 30: First the time in the history of the AP High Court, the Collegium has decided to elevate 14 advocates of the Bar to be the judges of the High Court. So far, the Collegium has recommended 13 advocates of the Bar to become judges in 1999 when the TD was in power and the Centre had cleared 11 names out of it.
The Collegium consisting Chief Justice Nisar Ahmad Kakru, Justice B. Prakash Rao and Justice Ghulam Mohammed which had met at the Chief Justice Secretariat prepared a panel consisting 14 names to be sent to the Centre and to the Supreme Court to be appointed as judges.
Sources in the judiciary said that Mr A. Sudarshan Reddy, advocate-general, Mr K.G. Krishna Murthy, additional advocate-general, Mr Vinod Kumar Deshpande, public prosecutor, and advocates Mr C. Praveen Kumar Reddy, Mr M.S. Ramachandra Rao, Mr L. Prabhakar Reddy , Mr Fazal Yusufuddin, Mr Jalli Kankaiah, Mr Jonnalgadda Sudheer, Mr Posani Venkateswarlu, Mr Y. Ashok Raj, Mr Katikaneni Ramesh, Mr Vinod and Mr Venkat Rama Rao were selected to be elevated as judges.
Hyderabad,April 30: First the time in the history of the AP High Court, the Collegium has decided to elevate 14 advocates of the Bar to be the judges of the High Court. So far, the Collegium has recommended 13 advocates of the Bar to become judges in 1999 when the TD was in power and the Centre had cleared 11 names out of it.
The Collegium consisting Chief Justice Nisar Ahmad Kakru, Justice B. Prakash Rao and Justice Ghulam Mohammed which had met at the Chief Justice Secretariat prepared a panel consisting 14 names to be sent to the Centre and to the Supreme Court to be appointed as judges.
Sources in the judiciary said that Mr A. Sudarshan Reddy, advocate-general, Mr K.G. Krishna Murthy, additional advocate-general, Mr Vinod Kumar Deshpande, public prosecutor, and advocates Mr C. Praveen Kumar Reddy, Mr M.S. Ramachandra Rao, Mr L. Prabhakar Reddy , Mr Fazal Yusufuddin, Mr Jalli Kankaiah, Mr Jonnalgadda Sudheer, Mr Posani Venkateswarlu, Mr Y. Ashok Raj, Mr Katikaneni Ramesh, Mr Vinod and Mr Venkat Rama Rao were selected to be elevated as judges.
Friday, April 29, 2011
MLCs seek CBI probe on Jagan
By S A Ishaqui
Hyderabad,April 28: The Congress MLCs, Mr K.R. Amos and Mr K. Yadav Reddy on Thursday approached the AP High Court seeking a direction to conduct a CBI probe against the former MP, Mr Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, and his associates and associate companies.
The MLCs urged the court to investigate the colossal corruption coupled with abuse of power during the rule of the late chief minister Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy by his own son, Mr Jagan Mohan Reddy and others who allegedly amassed assets worth thousands of crores of rupees and expanded their business by not just defrauding the government, but also diluting the institution as a whole by flouting laws.
They also sought a probe against the Rajya Sabha MP, Mr K.V.P. Ramachandra Rao, and his relatives Raghuraj, Krishna Mohan and Mr N. Sunil Reddy, a close relative of Mr Jagan. The petitioners told the court that Mr Srinivasulu Naidu, founder of the Indira television, Mr Sajjala Diwakar Reddy, MD of the R.R. Global and his younger brother, Mr S. Ramakrishna Reddy and one Mr Muralidhar Reddy of Chennai were instrumental in causing a huge loss to the exchequer.
They prayed the court to conduct an investigation so that their role in the fraud could be established. They said that a small and defunct power company owned by YSR family attracted foreign investments, contrary to the laws applicable at that time, after he assumed charge as the Chief Minister of the state from tax heaven countries at a premium to promote four companies with this money. They told the court that the details of the modus operandi adopted by Mr Jagan are explained in the writ affidavit.
Hyderabad,April 28: The Congress MLCs, Mr K.R. Amos and Mr K. Yadav Reddy on Thursday approached the AP High Court seeking a direction to conduct a CBI probe against the former MP, Mr Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, and his associates and associate companies.
The MLCs urged the court to investigate the colossal corruption coupled with abuse of power during the rule of the late chief minister Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy by his own son, Mr Jagan Mohan Reddy and others who allegedly amassed assets worth thousands of crores of rupees and expanded their business by not just defrauding the government, but also diluting the institution as a whole by flouting laws.
They also sought a probe against the Rajya Sabha MP, Mr K.V.P. Ramachandra Rao, and his relatives Raghuraj, Krishna Mohan and Mr N. Sunil Reddy, a close relative of Mr Jagan. The petitioners told the court that Mr Srinivasulu Naidu, founder of the Indira television, Mr Sajjala Diwakar Reddy, MD of the R.R. Global and his younger brother, Mr S. Ramakrishna Reddy and one Mr Muralidhar Reddy of Chennai were instrumental in causing a huge loss to the exchequer.
They prayed the court to conduct an investigation so that their role in the fraud could be established. They said that a small and defunct power company owned by YSR family attracted foreign investments, contrary to the laws applicable at that time, after he assumed charge as the Chief Minister of the state from tax heaven countries at a premium to promote four companies with this money. They told the court that the details of the modus operandi adopted by Mr Jagan are explained in the writ affidavit.
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