Stir against common High Court gains momentum

Hyderabad: The demand for a separate High Court for newly formed Telangana state has been snowballing in the capital city of Hyderabad.

Advocates in Telangana, who have been opposing the concept of notifying the existing AP High Court as the common High Court for both states till the notification of a separate High Court for the residuary state, have begun their direct action.

They are staging protests and conducting relay hunger strikes in subordinate courts as well as the High Court in the city.

Advocates practicing in lower courts of the city organised a relay hunger strike at lower courts on Tuesday.

High Court advocates also organised a relay hunger strike in front of the High Court on Tuesday, demanding separate High Courts for the two states.

Purushotham Reddy and Badrinath, leaders of the Telangana High Court Employees Association, expressed their solidarity with advocates of Telangana carrying out their struggle for a separate High Court.

Bar associations across Telangana also decided to participate in the struggle for bifurcation of the High Court and formation of separate High Court in Telangana.

Office bearers of the High Court Advocates Association — Pasham Krishna Reddy, Jalakam Sampath Kumar, B. Yuvraj, Bargav, A. Giridhar Rao, K. Venu Madhav, D.L. Pandu, S.V. Bharatha Lakshmi, Sarasani Satyam Reddy senior advocate and JAC chairman M. Rajender Reddy —  participated in the relay hunger strike.

Mr Satyam Reddy said they will intensify their struggle in the coming days to achieve their legitimate demand of having a separate High Court guaranteed under the Constitution for every state.