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Telangana, Andhra Pradesh get notice on student suicides

Petitioner seeks HC's direction to file cases against colleges.

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad High Court on Tuesday said parents were mounting pressure on their children to study hard and fulfill their aspiration, and children were unable to bear the pressure.

A division bench comprising acting Chief Justice Ramesh Rangana-than and Justice M. Ganga Rao while dealing with a taken-up PIL expressed concern at student suicides in corporate colleges of TS and AP.

The bench issued notic-es to the two state governments and the managements of Narayana and Sri Chaitanya groups.

The bench had taken up the case based on a letter by Mr Dasari Emmanuel from Prakasam to the Chief Justice. He had urged the court to intervene as several students had committed suicides in private colleges.

He said most private colleges belonged to a cabinet minister of AP. He said the AP government had stated that it had for-med a committee to look into the issue of student suicides, but there was no evidence to show that it had submitted its report.

He sought the court’s direction for registering cases against the managements of the colleges where students had committed suicide.

Notices against Prasad IMAX
The Hyderabad High Court issued notices to the TS government, Hyderabad police commissioner, fire services officials and management of Prasad Multiplex on a PIL that alleged that the multiplex was not following fire safety norms.

A division bench of acting Chief Justice Ramesh Ranganathan and Justice M. Ganga Rao was dealing with a taken-up case based on a letter by city resident Vijay Gopal.

He told the court that the IMAX theatre had 635 seats spread across 14 columns and 47 seats in a single row. It did not have a passage or gangway for patrons to exit in an emergency, and this was not in accordance with the Cinema Regulations Act, 1955.

He said he had complained to the police and fire service authorities but they had not taken action.

TS gets time in irrigation case
The Hyderabad High Court on Tuesday granted the Telangana State government and BHEL three to file counter affidavits on a PIL seeking a CBI probe into alleged irregularities in revising the cost estimates to purchase electro-mechanical equipment for the Palamuru Ranga Reddy Lift Irrigation Scheme.

A division bench comprising acting Chief Justice Ramesh Ranganathan and Justice M. Ganga Rao was dealing with a public interest litigation (PIL) by BJP leader Dr Nagam Janardhan Reddy as party in person.

Dr Reddy said the revision of estimates of Packages 1, 5, 8 and 16 would cause a loss of '2,428 crore to the public exchequer and give scope for corruption.

He told the court that the authorities have fixed price to purchase the equipment based on the advice of the adviser to irrigation department and ignoring the prices quoted by the Engineering Staff College of India.

( Source : Deccan Chronicle. )
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