Compensation: High Court questions government inaction

Hyderabad: Justice K Lakshman of Telangana High Court on Friday expressed displeasure at the State government for not paying compensation to the people in land acquisition matters. The judge said he will issue contempt notice to the Chief Secretary, if the compensation amounts are not paid to the petitioners by February 25. Shivaji and others […]

Hyderabad: Justice K Lakshman of Telangana High Court on Friday expressed displeasure at the State government for not paying compensation to the people in land acquisition matters. The judge said he will issue contempt notice to the Chief Secretary, if the compensation amounts are not paid to the petitioners by February 25. Shivaji and others filed the contempt case complaining about the inaction of authorities in depositing compensation amounts as directed by the High Court. The judge pointed out that many similar matters were pending before the court and the court has taken serious note of it. The case was adjourned to February 25 for further hearing.

Anticipatory bail granted

Justice K Lakshman of Telangana High Court on Friday, granted anticipatory bail to Satha Sunil Kumar. Petitioner is admin of WhatsApp group ‘Telangana Rashtra Mudiraj Sangam. P Byri Dasharatham filed a complaint before police alleging that videos of his family members were portrayed in a obscene way by one Bandi Sadanandam of BJP. He said he has rented his property to the TRS party office. The circulation of videos were done in various platforms including Telangana Rashtra Mudiraj Sangam WhatsApp group and Raj News. Petitioner said he is the admin of said group and denied the circulation of any videos relating to petitioner by him or others in the Sangam group.

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Judge expresses dissatisfaction

Justice B Vijaysen Reddy of Telangana High Court on Friday, commenting about the attitude of the police officers, expressed serious dissatisfaction for not following provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC). Bandari Laxman Yadav filed a writ petition challenging the action of the police authorities in interfering with civil disputes and harassing the petitioners. The judge said, orders of the courts are not implemented by government authorities. He reminded, pointing out to Advocate General of Telangana, how all the Section 41, CrPC violations are contempt of court for violating Supreme Court directions in Arnesh Kumar judgement. If the officers are not showing any change, the courts will come with remedies such as directing compensation to people from officers’ pockets. The judge ordered notice to the Alwal Police and adjourned the case to January 13 for further hearing.

Civil Court order suspended

Justice T Vinod Kumar of the Telangana High Court on Friday suspended an order of the Civil Court, Khammam, requiring the presence of Chairman and Managing Director, Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), before the court. The order is made in a revision filed by Indian Oil Corporation challenging the order of the Principal District and Sessions Judge, Khammam. The court below recorded in its order of November 15 that one Bandi Venkateswar Rao had instituted a civil suit against the Corporation and therefore, he is required to be present in person in court on December 28. The petitioner would contend that there was no cause to summon the Chairman and Managing Director directly in the dispute and the court failed to see that the Chairman was deliberately made a party to the proceedings. He would also point out that the subject matter of the suit was earlier subject matter of a writ petition where the Chairman is not a party. The matter has been adjourned to January 28 for further hearing.

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