Court seeks more info on TRS land
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The High Court on Monday directed a petitioner to file an additional affidavit, explaining whether the TRS had a registered title deed over the land in which the TRS party office in the city was situated.
The bench was dealing with a plea by T. Umesh Rao, nephew of TRS chief K. Chandrasekhar Rao, seeking a direction to cancel the allotment of land as the party was using the land for commercial purposes.
No stay on court appointments
A Division Bench comprising acting Chief Justice V. Eswaraiah and Justice Vilas Afzalpurkar on Monday refused to grant stay on the appointment of members from the revenue department to the Special Land Grabbing Court. K. Vivek Reddy, counsel for the petitioner, told the court that the AP Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act enabled the appointment of a sitting or retired High Court judge as chairman to the special court and four members, including two from the judiciary and two from the Revenue department. The latter two, even though lacking in judicial knowledge, had the power to conduct trial of ownership cases and to conduct criminal trials, which may cause prejudice, he said.
Pre-natal tests: Hospitals get time
The High Court on Monday granted two weeks more to the Centre and several private hospitals in the state to file their counter affidavits on seeking a direction for strict implementation of the Pre-natal Diagnostics Techniques (Regulation and Prevention of Misuse) Act. The court was dealing with a plea by one Amrita Ahluwalia. The state government submitted that the State Advisory Committee met on May 11 to prepare a plan for implementation of the Act.
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