Court bars outsiders from entering UoH
Orders to officials, cops interim Maoists death: Experts refuse to form opinion
Justice Challa Kodandaram of Hyderabad High Court on Tuesday granted an interim order directing the authorities and the Cyberabad police commissioner not to allow outsiders to meddle in the affairs of the University of Hyderabad and disturb the academic atmosphere there.
The judge granted the interim direction while dealing with a petition by Professor Gali Vinod Kumar, seeking a direction to the varsity to restore peace and academic atmosphere on the campus.
Prof. Kumar urged the court to direct the Vice-Chancellor and the police commissioner to take steps and ensure outsiders and political leaders were not allowed into the campus and deliver provocative speeches. This he said, was spoiling the educational career and academic atmosphere in the campus.
Nazeer Khan, counsel for the petitioner, while narrating the recent developments on the campus after suicide of research scholar Rohith Vemula, urged the court to direct the authorities to prevent the entry of outsiders into the varsity.
The judge said that he was granting the interim order keeping in view the ensuing examinations. Forensic experts of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, on Tuesday informed the Hyderabad High Court that it would difficult for them to express their opinion based on the video footage with regard to post-mortem of two Maoists killed in an encounter in Warangal in 2015.
A division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Dilip B. Bhosale and Justice P. Naveen Rao was hearing a PIL by Chilaka Chandrasekhar, civil liberties activist, seeking a CBI probe into the deaths of Maoists Shruti and Vidyasagar near Tadwai mandal of Warangal district.
The petitioner alleged that the police killed the alleged Maoists after brutal torture and family members of the deceased noticed injuries caused by torture on the bodies.
The bench earlier sought expert opinion from the AIIMS by sending the video footage recorded while conducting the post-mortem of the bodies.
The forensic experts wrote that without examining the post-mortem report, it would be difficult for them to reach a conclusion.
While considering the letter, the bench asked S. Sharath Kumar, TS special counsel, to furnish the post-mortem report and other documents as sought by the forensic experts and also furnish the mobile numbers of doctors who conducted the post-mortem. If necessary, video conference should be arranged for the forensic experts to contact the Warangal doctors, the court said.
Asking the forensic experts to submit their opinion by June 15, the bench asked Mr Kumar to coordinate with the police, doctors and the experts and see that the task work was completed by June 15.