Hyderabad High Court bars outsiders from entering Hyderabad University
Hyderabad: Justice Challa Kodandaram of Hyderabad High Court on Tuesday granted an interim order directing the authorities and the Cyberabad police commissioner not to allow outsiders to meddle in the affairs of the University of Hyderabad and disturb the academic atmosphere there.
The judge granted the interim direction while dealing with a petition by Professor Gali Vinod Kumar, seeking a direction to the varsity to restore peace and academic atmosphere on the campus.
Prof. Kumar urged the court to direct the Vice-Chancellor and the police commissioner to take steps and ensure outsiders and political leaders were not allowed into the campus and deliver provocative speeches. This he said, was spoiling the educational career and academic atmosphere in the campus.
Nazeer Khan, counsel for the petitioner, while narrating the recent developments on the campus after suicide of research scholar Rohith Vemula, urged the court to direct the authorities to prevent the entry of outsiders into the varsity. The judge said that he was granting the interim order keeping in view the ensuing examinations.
Maoists death: Experts refuse to form opinion
Forensic experts of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, on Tuesday informed the Hyderabad High Court that it would difficult for them to express their opinion based on the video footage with regard to post-mortem of two Maoists killed in an encounter in Warangal in 2015.
A division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Dilip B. Bhosale and Justice P. Naveen Rao was hearing a PIL by Chilaka Chandrasekhar, civil liberties activist, seeking a CBI probe into the deaths of Maoists Shruti and Vidyasagar near Tadwai mandal of Warangal district.
The petitioner alleged that the police killed the alleged Maoists after brutal torture and family members of the deceased noticed injuries caused by torture on the bodies.
The bench earlier sought expert opinion from the AIIMS by sending the video footage recorded while conducting the post-mortem of the bodies.
The forensic experts wrote that without examining the post-mortem report, it would be difficult for them to reach a conclusion.
While considering the letter, the bench asked S. Sharath Kumar, TS special counsel, to furnish the post-mortem report and other documents as sought by the forensic experts and also furnish the mobile numbers of doctors who conducted the post-mortem. If necessary, video conference should be arranged for the forensic experts to contact the Warangal doctors, the court said.
Asking the forensic experts to submit their opinion by June 15, the bench asked Mr Kumar to coordinate with the police, doctors and the experts and see that the task work was completed by June 15.
Plea against election of Vidyasagar dismissed
The Hyderabad High Court on Tuesday dismissed an election petition by K. Naresh Kumar challenging the election of K. Vidyasagar Rao from Korutla Assembly constituency in Karimnagar district.
Mr Kumar, who lost against Mr Rao of the TRS in the 2014 elections, moved the petition stating that though he had contested on Shiva Sena ticket, the returning officer failed to allot the correct party symbol resulting in confusion among the voters and in the victory of the TRS candidate.
He urged the court to declare the election void and it set aside. Justice M.S. Ramachandra Rao dismissed the plea on the ground that it was devoid of merit.
