Hyderabad High Court dismissed appeals of Sultan-ul-Uloom colleges function
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad High Court on Tuesday dismissed appeals by Ms Ameena Marzia, daughter of Prince Moazzam Jah Bahadur, and others challenging an order of a single judge who had suspended the orders of the All India Council for Technical Education withdrawing affiliation to professional colleges run by the Sultan-ul-Uloom Education Society.
A division bench comprising V. Ramasubramanian and N. Balayogi pointed out that it was in the interest of the public at large to permit the running of the college. The judges said that the society had been running colleges offering professional courses for 30 years; its closure in a summary manner would not only affect hundreds of employees but also thousands of students.
The appellants claimed to be legal representatives of the Nizam and said they had a claim on a share in the property on which the society runs the professional colleges at Banjara Hills.
They contended that the order of the single judge permitting the society to make admissions for the 2017-18 academic year despite a pending civil suit with regard to title of the property was illegal.
HC slams AP, TS on PVT Buses
The Hyderabad High Court on Tuesday found fault with AP transport and labour departments for giving a clean chit to Diwakar Travels, owned by TD MP J.C. Diwakar Reddy, with regard a bus accident which met with an accident that claimed the lives of 11 persons in February.
A division bench comprising acting Chief Justice Ramesh Ranganathan and Justice T. Rajani while dealing with a PIL filed by city advocate K.V. Subba Reddy said officials in TS and AP were were not aware of the way the Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961 should be implemented.
The petitioner urged the court to direct both governments to frame guidelines for effective implementation of the Motor Vehicles Act 1988, Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961 and AP Motor Transport Workers Rules, 1963.
Mr P.V.A. Padmanabham, counsel for the petitioner, informed the court that AP labour department special chief secretary Neerab Kumar Prasad and transport principal secretary Sumita Dawra in their affidavits had given clean chits to Diwakar Travels and the bus.
He said the TS government had stated that the Diwakar Travels bus was not registered with them under the Act, which was mandatory.
He said the Act envisages an eight-hour work day to each driver and worker, It called for establishing rest rooms for them to get adequate rest.
The bench asked how the authorities could give a clean chit to the bus without even knowing whether it was registered under the Act or not with either of the states. The bench asked about the location of restrooms.
Mr D. Srinivas, advocate-general of AP, said the buses had to be registered with the TS government and sought three weeks.
