Hyderabad: Justice Mummineni Sudheer Kumar of the Telangana High Court directed revenue authorities to pass a supplementary award in a case of land acquisition, and pay compensation in eight weeks. Justice Kumar issued the order on a petition filed by Mohd Shaffiuddin, aggrieved by the non-payment of compensation towards the structural value of his house at Shivarampally, Hyderabad.
Counsel for the petitioner said that the GHMC had acquired the house but failed to pay compensation for the structure. The government pleader said that there was no valuation of the structure.
PIL on finance commission adjourned
The two-judge bench of the Telangana High Court on Thursday deferred to December 7, hearing of a case pertaining to the appointment of the chairman and members of the State Finance Commission. The court was hearing a PIL filed by the Forum for Good Governance challenging the action of the general administration department in not making the appointments. Harendar Prasad, a special government pleader, said the file had been placed before the Governor and sought time.
HC dismisses PIL on temples
The Telangana High Court dismissed a suo motu public interest litigation (PIL) taken up based on a letter sent to the court that temples were being headed by those who had converted to Christianity. The letter had stated that the trust boards had no merit, and this must be taken into consideration. The secretary, endowments department, affirmed that no Christian was heading any Hindu temple through trusts.
HC notice on City Police Act
A two-judge bench of the Telangana High Court ordered notice in a writ plea challenging Section 47 of the Hyderabad City Police Act which provides the police the power to issue warrants and seize property. The bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice N.V. Shravan Kumar was hearing a writ plea filed by Vijay Gopal, complaining that the provision was in contravention of Article 50 of the Constitution as well as the Criminal Procedure Code. Empowering the police with judicial power was contrary to the very philosophy of the Constitution, he said.
