The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) has toughened its stand on bifurcation of the common High Court by stating that the people of the State have lost faith in it and the cases involving Telangana should be transferred to other High Courts, if necessary.
The serious remarks were made by TRS MP in Rajya Sabha K. Keshava Rao after a delegation of TRS MPs that called on Union Minister for Law and Justice D.V. Sadananda Gowda in Delhi on Friday.
The team comprising A.P. Jithender Reddy, B. Vinod Kumar, A. Seetaram Naik, K. Kavitha, K. Vishweshwar Reddy, B. Suman, G. Nagesh, K. Prabhakar Reddy, B.B. Patil and B. Narsaiah Goud participated in the meeting convened by Mr. Gowda as per promise made by him on the floor of the House.
Mr. Gowda gave an assurance to TRS MPs earlier this week that he would convene a meeting with them on the issue but would not make any statement on the bifurcation of the common High Court since a public interest litigation was pending and the matter was sub judice.
‘Clear provision’
Mr. Keshava Rao stated that the issue of bifurcation of the High Court and setting up new High Court for residuary Andhra Pradesh was clearly dealt with in Section 31 and 32 of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act.
With such clear provision, the High Court should be divided as early as possible. He claimed that the Union Minister had responded positively to their demand for bifurcating the High Court in 15 days.
“The process could be set-off with the Union Ministry for Law and Justice writing to the AP Government on the issue but insisting upon a recommendation from Andhra Pradesh will be a difficult task for reasons known to all,” the senior MP said.
The MPs urged the Union Minister that the Centre could take up the process on its own by send the proposal after getting the Cabinet approval to enable the President to notify bifurcation of the common High Court.
Pendency of cases
Mr. Jithender Reddy and Mr. Vinod Kumar contended that there only 6 judges from Telangana out of the existing strength of 29 and the pendency of cases belonging to Telangana is increasing sharply due to discrimination in hearing them.
