A Bench of the Hyderabad High Court made it clear that the petitioner, who is a vehicle owner, is at liberty to pay quarterly tax in any of the two States till March 2015, and the officers of the other State cannot insist for payment again.
The Bench comprising Chief Justice Kalyan Jyothi Sengupta and Justice M.S Rama Chandra Rao on Thursday passed interim orders regarding payment of motor vehicle tax, especially commercial vehicles, in the two States of Telangana and AP. The writ petitioner K. Srinivas, a transport operator, challenged proceedings issued by the Transport Department of Telangana in July last week directing owners of the vehicles to pay quarterly tax to the Transport Department of Telanaga irrespective of payments made to AP.
Anticipatory bailJustice Shiva Sankar Rao of Hyderabad High court on Thursday granted conditional anticipatory bail to Ravi Prakash, CEO of TV9. The judge was allowing the petition filed by Ravi Prakash in a case alleging derogatory remarks in a programme against newly elected MLAs.