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Supreme Court to take up anti-T petitions today
Supreme Court to take up anti-T petitions today, N Kiran Kumar Reddy, anti-Telangana petitions. A strong advocate of united Andhra Pradesh, Kiran Reddy, besides stepping down from the Chief Minister's post, also resigned from the membership of the Congress and the Andhra Pradesh Assembly.
New Delhi: N Kiran Kumar Reddy has moved the Supreme Court, challenging the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh. Perhaps, he is the first high-ranking leader to challenge the creation of Telangana in the Court.
The apex court is expected to take up the petition of Kiran Kumar Reddy on Friday. It may be recalled that in the past,
Kiran Kumar Reddy, who resigned from the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister's post on February 19 in protest against the Centre's decision to push through the Bill creating Telangana as India's 29th state in Parliament, has moved the Supreme Court against the move.
A strong advocate of united Andhra Pradesh, Kiran Reddy, besides stepping down from the Chief Minister's post, also resigned from the membership of the Congress and the Andhra Pradesh Assembly.
This was in protest against the passage of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act by Parliament in the just-concluded Parliament Session. He had warned that the bifurcation plan did not portend well for the Congress and the country.
A related case filed by Adusumilli Jayaprakash and K Raghu Rama Krishna Raju, challenging Andhra Pradesh State Reorganization Act, 2014, was also posted for Friday, before Justice H L Dattu and Justice S A Bobde, Respondents named in the petition are the Union of India through Home Secretary and Secretary in PMO and Andhra Pradesh Home Secretary.
The petition prayed for issue of a direction to call for the record with respect to the entire proceedings pertaining to the Andhra Pradesh State Reorganization Act 2014 and subject the same communication to judicial review, on the basis of law settled by the Supreme Court in S R Bommai case. It sought issue of a writ of mandamus directing to grant adequate opportunity to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council for expressing views, as called for by the President with respect to Andhra Pradesh State Reorganization Act, 2014. Besides it sought issue of a writ of mandamus to satisfy the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council with respect to the defective nature of the Andhra Pradesh State Reorganization Bill that was referred to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly for views of the Assembly and the Council without assigning the object and reasons.
It also sought issue of a direction to call for the records of the Cabinet pertaining to the advice tendered by the Cabinet in briefing the President under Article 3 with respect to State formation through the Draft Telangana Bill 2013 and to quash the same as mala-fide and violative of the law laid down by the Apex Court with respect to federalism as the Basic Structure of the Constitution. It urged the Apex Court to pass such order or orders as it may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case.
