Hyderabad High Court says it can transfer cases

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad High Court has ruled that the Court of the IV Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge, Hyderabad, and the Court of the V Additional District and Sessions Judge at LB Nagar are Special Courts having jurisdiction to try cases under the National Investigation Agency Act throughout the state. The High Court held that since both the Special Courts now fall within the state of Telangana, the High Court, undoubtedly, has the power to transfer the special cases.

A division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Ramesh Ranganathan and Justice U. Durga Prasad Rao was dismissing a petition by Asadullah Akhtar and four others accused in Dilsukhnagar bomb blast case challenging the High Court transferring two cases against them from the first additional metropolitan sessions court at Hyderabad to V additional district and session judge court at LB Nagar.

Earlier, counsel for the petitioners submitted that the I Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court at Hyderabad was notified under the NIA Act in 2013 as a special court to try cases under the NIA Act and it had jurisdiction throughout AP. Consequently, transfer of special cases from the composite state of AP to the present state of Telangana would be an inter-state transfer.

He contended that the power to transfer cases from one state to another vested with the Supreme Court under Section 13(2) of the NIA Act. Counsel urged the court to transfer the case back to the Court of the IV Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge and also set aside the notification issued by the Centre notifying the court at LB Nagar as special court for NIA cases.

Hyderabad HC told Medical college to return fees
The Hyderabad High Court has directed the Mohammadiya Educational Society of Kadapa which runs the Fatima Institute of Medical Sciences to refund the entire amount collected from students admitted for the academic year 2015-16 towards fee and other expenses.

A division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Ramesh Ranganathan and Justice P. Naveen Rao was dismissing a review petition moved by the Society seeking review of an order granted in April this year while allowing an appeal by the MCI.

While allowing the appeal by the MCI, the bench noted that the students were not allotted to the college by the MCI or the NTR University of Health Sciences.
 though the management admitted them based on an interim order granted by the court.

In its earlier order, the bench found fault with the Society for moving the Hyderabad High Court as well as Delhi High Court seeking interim order against rejection of recognition to the college for admissions for the academic year 2015-16.

The bench made it clear that the order was well reasoned and the petitioners made admission without recognition of the MCI hence they were liable to refund the fee to the students.