Hyderabad: Justice S. Nanda of the Telangana High Court reserved her order on a battle of wits between Indian Oil (IOCL) and Bharat Petroleum (BPCL). The judge was hearing a writ petition filed by Bhommak Chandrashekar who was allotted a retail outlet at Boduppal, Medchal district, by IOCL. While IOCL send the intimation in February 2020, it issued the letter of intent (LoI) two years later. In the meanwhile, BPCL issued a LoI to a person 55 metres away. Chandrashekar was denied a licence on the ground that the proximity of petrol bunks was contrary to the regulations of the Indian Roads Congress (IRC). Challenging this, Chandrashekar filed the petition. The oil companies claimed parallel rights to have a retail centre as allotted by them. The BPCL allotee is a widow who was offered a one-time transfer from her original place of licence in Gujarat. IOCL contended that the rules made by the IRC were directory and not mandatory. It also contended that the area was allotted to the company in 2018, and it could not be faulted.
Cancellation of polyclinic licensee challenged
Justice Chillakur Sumalatha of Telangana High Court granted time to a private citizen to engage counsel in a case where the cancellation of the licence of a polyclinic in Wanaparthy is under challenge. The cancellation of the licence was the outcome of a marital dispute between Dr Laxmi Kumari who along with her husband Dr Pramod Kumar runs Sri Balaji Polyclinic at Wanaparthy. She complained that the district medical and health officer (DMHO) had cancelled the licence on the ground that a complaint had been made by Dr Kumar, her estranged husband. She complained that she was running the polyclinic, the notice ought to have been given to her. Dr Kumar appeared before the court on Thursday.
Police told to produce kid in court
A two-judge bench of the Telangana High Court on Wednesday directed the police to secure custody of a seven-year-old and produce her in court on September 5. The bench of Justice K. Lakshman and Justice K. Sujana was hearing a habeas corpus petition filed by the mother. Petitioner’s counsel T. Swetcha said the couple was married in 2014 and had two children, one of them seven years old and the other two years old. Differences cropped up between the couple and that the husband forcibly sent his wife out of the matrimonial house and deprived her of the custody of her minor children. On the persistent request of the elders, the husband gave the custody of the two-year-old male infant to the mother. Another meeting was to be held but the husband blocked the contact number, changed his residential address and absconded with the seven-year-old daughter. The petitioner approached the Malkajgiri police and registered a case of domestic violence against the husband and his family members. She approached the Lalaguda police to trace her missing daughter. The petitioner used to wait at her daughter’s school but the husband on coming to know of this changed the school. Swetcha stated that the child needed care and affection of the mother and asked that she be produced before the court.
HC direction on stray dog manace
A two-judge bench of the Telangana High Court on Thursday directed the GHMC to take measures to vaccinate stray dogs, and file a report by October 5. The bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice T. Vinod Kumar was hearing a public interest litigation filed by Vikramaditya, a student from Vanasthalipuram, who alleged that the GHMC was not taking measures to vaccinate street dogs and was not providing the strays sufficient food for survival. GHMC counsel said that of the 2.18 lakh stray dogs, 50,000 had been vaccinated and sterilised. It said measures were in progress with the help of five animal welfare organisations and dog care centres.
