Hyderabad: It is learnt that Chief Justice of India Justice T.S. Thakur on Saturday took stock of the situation during his meeting with Acting Chief Justice Dilip B. Bhosale of the Hyderabad High Court vis-a-vis the agitation by advocates and subordinate judicial officers of Telangana.
Telangana advocates started their agitation on June 6 demanding bifurcation of the High Court at Hyderabad between the states of AP and Telangana and also the recall of the list of provisional allocation of subordinate judicial officers between both states published by the HC on May 3. The subordinate judicial officers joined in the stir by taking out a silent rally last Sunday.
CJI takes stock, will meet advocates today
The advocates and subordinate judicial officers of TS have also decided to go on mass leave following the suspension of 11 of their colleagues; they will be on leave till the suspensions are revoked and the provisional allocation list is recalled.
The CJI is said to have asked the ACJ to meet him in Delhi to review the situation and take steps to resolve it. Sources close to the intelligence department revealed that Justice Bhosale, after apprising the CJI of the situation in the state as well as at the High Court, left for Mumbai.
After his meeting with the CJI, Justice Bhosale also met Supreme Court Justices J.S. Khehar, Anil R Dave and Ashok Bhushan, intelligence sources said.
The CJI will meet the delegation of the Telangana High Court Advocates Association on Sunday at his residence in Delhi as the CJI's Secretariat had already given the appointment to the delegation.
