SC nod to raze T’gana secretariat in Hyderabad

The SC that is sitting over petitions to stop development of the central vista demolishing some of the heritage buildings around the Parliament House on Friday gave a nod to demolish the Telangana government’s secretariat building in Hyderabad as it noted the State High Court has already given its okay for the construction of a new secretariat on June 29 by demolishing the existing building.

Declining the plea to stop demolition of the building, Justice Ashok Bhushan, heading a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court, also comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and M.R. Shah said, “The High Court has already rejected your prayers and already decided this issue on merits. We are not entertaining this issue.” Though the HC had given its nod for the demolition of existing structure to pave way for the construction of a new secretariat building, it (the HC) had stayed the demolition on July 10.

Taking serious note of non-implementation of its order reinstating Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar as State Election Commissioner, the Andhra Pradesh HC asked him to meet the Governor. The court gave the direction on a contempt of court plea by Ramesh Kumar who was reinstated as SEC by the HC on May 29. Observing the Governor has the power to appoint the SEC as per its order, the court asked Ramesh Kumar to meet him and submit a memorandum.

SC extends tenure of TDSAT chairperson

The Supreme Court Friday extended by three months the tenure of the chairperson and members of the Telecom Disputes Settlement and

Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) and expressed displeasure over the delay in appointments in tribunals in the country. "This is the position in almost all the tribunals in the country. You see NGT (National Green Tribunal), you do not have requisite expert members and judicial members there. This is a problem," a bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan observed. BJP MLA death: Wife alleges murder, moves Cal HC KOLKATA: The wife of BJP MLA Debendra Nath Roy filed a petition before the Calcutta High Court on Friday, seeking a CBI investigation into his death, alleging that her husband was murdered. The Hemtabad MLA, who the West Bengal Police claim had died by suicide, was found hanging from a bamboo pole of a shop about a km from his home at Bindal village in North Dinajpur on Monday. Chandima alleged her husband's killing was a case of preplanned murder and prayed for an probe by the CBI.