Court tells TS govt to respond to plea on drug rehab centres

Justice Raja Elango of the High Court at Hyderabad on Friday directed the government of Telangana to respond to a writ petition seeking establishment of drug rehabilitation centres in state. The judge was dealing with a petition filed by Venu Madhav a practising advocate of the city.

He complained that though the government had directed the establishment of such centres, in ground reality, there were none. He pointed out that though the State government had accepted the recommendations of Anti Liquor campaign committee constituted by the government. The bench adjourned the matter by 3 weeks granting time to the government to respond.