Hyderabad: In a significant development, Union Law Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda met Chief Justice of India T.S. Thakur in New Delhi on Wednesday.
It is believed he discussed the Hyderabad High Court bifurcation issue, suspension of 11 judges, TS objections to posting of Andhra judges in Telangana and the ongoing advocates’ strike.
Pressure is mounting on Centre to take steps for early bifurcation of the High Court and related issues in view of T-advocates’ stir. Sources in the government say that some developments are expected on the matter in the next few days.
Mr Gowda had on Tuesday claimed that the Centre has no role and the matter was under the purview of Hyderabad High Court and the AP CM. However, he told a delegation of Congress MPs, led by Palvai Govardhan Reddy, on Wednesday that he asked Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan to intervene.
Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, who was briefing TRS legislators on the proposed 14 new districts in the state at HICC, rushed to the Raj Bhavan after Union home minister Rajnath Singh and Mr Gowda called Mr Narasimhan and sought his intervention in the matter besides taking up the issue with the CMs of both AP and TS.
Mr Rao reportedly requested the Governor to take steps to bifurcate the High Court before judges are posted to the respective states as per their nativity.
Saying that TS has got a raw deal, Mr Rao sought lifting of the suspension of 11 judges and posting of Telangana native judges in the state.
The CM also apprised Mr Narasimhan of the proposed 14 new districts and 74 mandals, Mallannasagar issue and construction of other projects. Earlier, Mr Govardhan Reddy, his party colleagues Rapolu Anand Bhaskar, Mohd. Ali Shabbir and Gudur
Narayana Reddy had met Mr Gowda and requested him to resolve the issue.
“Gowda’s stance is correct. KCR should not blame other parties and behave like Hitler,” Mr Govardhan Reddy later said.
Telangana advocates target Law minister
T-Advocates JAC on Wednesday lodged a complaint against Union Law minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda, accusing him of making a false promise for political gains that the High Court would be bifurcated in three months during the recent MLC elections.
The complaint also said that Mr Gowda was delaying the process as the elections were completed. Advocates represented by JAC co-convener K. Govardhan Reddy lodged a complaint with the Saroornagar police, alleging that Mr Gowda, during a meeting with advocates at LB Nagar, assured them of that the HC would be bifurcated within three months and a new High Court will be set up in TS, if they voted for BJP candidate N. Ramchander Rao.
The JAC said that this led to many advocates voting for Mr Rao and he won the election. “Over a year has passed after the Law minister’s promise, and nothing has been done,” the complaint said.
The JAC accused the Centre of willfully delaying the process and paving the way for the AP-native judges to take charge, affecting the interests of the judges and the TS as a whole. Saroornagar police made a General Diary entry of the complaint.
