Heated exchange of words among ministers, first over the adverse campaign against former chief minister, Dr Y.S.

Realising that the Telangana Bill was not going to be a reality in the upcoming Budget Session of Parliament, Congress Legislators and MPs from Telangana have decided to put pressure on the Union government to make a statement reiterating its commitment to implement its December 9, 2009 announcement.

After a practice lasting seven-and-a-half decades, 100-year-old lawyer Y.G. Krishna Murthy is contemplating hanging up his boots this summer.
Meet Yellamraju Gopala Krishna Murthy, who created a record of sorts by arguing a case in the high court here in January as he turned a hundred years old.
But the Hyderabad-based lawyer does not want to continue the practice beyond this summer.
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Attorney-General G.E. Vahanvati on Wednesday categorically stated that the Justice Srikrishna Committee report was not amenable to judicial review.
The country’s top law officer told Justice L. Narasimha Reddy that the committee was not constituted under the Commission of Inquiries Act, and there was no scope to seek judicial review of its report. He said that the formation of a new state is a political decision and “it is not in the purview of the court”.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday fired a shot across the bow of the judiciary, warning that the power of judicial review should be used to enforce accountability and not to erode the legitimate roles of other branches of the government.

Instead of floating his own party, former Kadapa MP Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy might join the YSR Congress Party and gradually take it over.

Income Tax Department officials on Friday conducted searches in the office and residence of TDP MP Nama Nageswara Rao.

The Centre will be placing the confidential Justice Srikrishna Committee Report on the law and order situation in the state before the Andhra Pradesh high court.

Union defence minister A.K.

A day after asking Congress MLAs who have been openly siding with former MP Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy to resign from their posts, Andhra Pradesh chief minister N.