High Court holds detention illegal

Hyderabad: A two-judge panel of Justice A Rajashekar Reddy and Justice Shameem Akthar held detention of Syed Arif, Chowch Ibbu, and Syed Osman as illegal. The panel was dealing with a habeas corpus petition filed by their family members. The petitioners belonging to Nizamabad challenged the illegal detention in the Chanchalguda central prison by the […]

Hyderabad: A two-judge panel of Justice A Rajashekar Reddy and Justice Shameem Akthar held detention of Syed Arif, Chowch Ibbu, and Syed Osman as illegal. The panel was dealing with a habeas corpus petition filed by their family members. The petitioners belonging to Nizamabad challenged the illegal detention in the Chanchalguda central prison by the Commissioner’s order of October 2020. They argued that the three were falsely implicated and their right to freedom of life was infringed. A detailed order is awaited.

Payment case

Justice K Lakshman ensured that persons who failed to make payments in a commercial transaction should not be arrested. The failure is sighted as a consequence of the pandemic. The judge was dealing with a writ petition filed by the representatives of Dynere Engineering Pvt Ltd, Cira Renewable Energy Pvt Ltd, and by one, Truiban Vaddi. They said one Amit Sharma had initiated a criminal proceeding against them for the offence of cheating. The petitioners pointed out that they utilised the services of Amit Sharma for carrying out certain work in the Uttar Pradesh prisons. The petitioners made 75% of the payment and were unable to pay the remaining as they did not receive the amount from UP prisons. The case was adjourned by four weeks.

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Govts told to clear firm’s dues

A panel comprising Justice MS Ramachandra Rao and Justice K Lakshman ensured payment of Rs 40.3 crore to Agni Aviation Consultants Partnership firm due from the government for carrying out rain seeding operations. The petitioners had filed a writ plea making the claims of the said amounts against the erstwhile governments of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. The panel directed D Venkateshwar Rao, Joint Secretary, Telangana, to pay Rs 16.8 crore. A contempt was filed by Agni Aviation previously pleading the court to direct the two State governments to comply with the court’s order. The counsel for the Telangana government informed that the budget release order had been passed, and the Finance Department had approved the same. The counsel sought more time to deposit the amount. Meanwhile, the Government Pleader for AP submitted that they had paid the amount. The panel will hear the matter on April 16.

Report on dumpyard sought

A two-judge panel, comprising Chief Justice Hima Kohli and Justice B Vijaysen Reddy, appointed Senior Counsel S Satyam Reddy as amicus curie to assist the court in a case pertaining to Jiyaguda dumpyard. The panel made it clear to the amicus curie to visit Jiyaguda dumpyard if necessary and file a report regarding the installation of machinery and lifting of the waste. The court was dealing with a letter addressed to it by Pavan Kumar Kasturi as a taken up PIL. He pointed out that the area was being filled with garbage, including human excreta that is cleared from private septic tanks, animal carcasses and litter from various divisions in the city. Pasham Krishna Reddy, standing counsel for the GHMC, reported that modern machinery was installed at the premises and the waste was being transported to other places, and the place was cleaned now. The court adjourned the matter to July 15.

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