Hyderabad: Justice T. Vinod Kumar of the Telangana High Court directed the GHMC and government authorities to take up works of modernisation and upgrading of the slaughterhouse at Jiyaguda in Hyderabad. The judge made the order in a writ petition filed by the Katika Mondedar Association challenging the inaction of the GHMC. This court previously, in a batch of matters filed between 1989 and 2008, had directed the authorities to allow the existing slaughterhouses in the twin cities at Gowlipura, Ramanathapur, Amberpet, Jiyaguda, and New Bhoiguda to operate subject to modernisation and all other steps to be taken in accordance with the provisions of law. It also ordered that the monitoring of slaughterhouses should be done periodically by the pollution control board, GHMC and the municipal administration department. However, despite the said order, no steps to modernise or upgrade the slaughterhouse of the petitioner at Jiyaguda had taken place thereby depriving the right to carry on any occupation, trade or business, therefore, the court passed the present order.
HC: Respond to disqualification pleas
Justice B. Vijaysen Reddy of the Telangana High Court required the state to respond in a writ petition on the disqualification of three MLAs. BRS legislators Kuna Pandu Vivekanand and Padi Kaushik Reddy jad moved the writ petition complaining that though the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly had acknowledged the receipt of disqualification petitions against three MLAs, no steps were taken to disqualify Venkata Rao Tellam, Kadiam Srihari and Danam Nagender, who had contested the elections on a BRS ticket but had later joined the Congress.
HC suspends jail term for contempt
The High Court, under normal circumstances, should refrain from imposing imprisonment as a punishment in a case of civil contempt, senior counsel A. Venkatesh told the High Court. Counsel was appearing for G. Sandeep and Nikhil Reddy on instructions. The panel, comprising Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice J. Anil Kumar, accordingly took on file a batch of two statutory contempt appeals. The complaint of contempt before the single judge related to ‘plucking of mangoes’ contrary to directions given by the single judge. A single judge had observed that “respondents were very much aware of the directions of this court and only in order to circumvent the order and appropriate the crop before they receive the copy of the order, it is clear that they have proceeded to take away the mango crop” and committed wilful disobedience. It was argued before the panel on Monday by senior counsel A. Venkatesh that only a fine should be imposed and that the apex court had ruled that imprisonment is not the preferred punishment to such offences. The panel suspended the sentence subject to the appellants depositing the fine that was imposed.
Report on govt hostels sought by June 18
A two-judge panel of the Telangana High Court enlarged the time for the state government to file its compliance report on all shortcomings with regard to facilities for children residing in government hostels. Additional advocate general Imran Khan took strong objection to messages in social media groups distorting the earlier order of the court and said that there was a very clear distortion of the direction with a slant. The panel chose to ignore the episode and granted time till June 18 to the state government to file its report.
