Supreme Court reserves order on JOs

Hyderabad: The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its orders on a petition by the Telangana Judicial Officers Association, seeking direction for bifurcation of the subordinate judiciary.

Representing the Telangana Judicial Officers Association, its president Mr Varaprasad had moved the Supreme Court, challenging the guidelines prepared by the High Court for the allocation of subordinate judicial officers among both states of AP and Telangana.

A two-member bench headed by Justice A.K. Sikri, after hearing the Centre, the state governments of AP and Telangana and petitioners, reserved the orders.