Telangana HC judge repeats ‘bench hunting’ remark on Advocate General
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A division bench of Justices M.S. Ramachandra Rao and T. Vinod Kumar of Telangana High Court on Tuesday stated the writ petition referring to utilization of Krishna river water can be heard after lunch break.
As the Bench assembled at 10.30 a.m., Advocate General B.S. Prasad sought a while to current his contentions. He knowledgeable the bench that he had made a point out of the matter earlier than a division bench headed by Chief Justice Hima Kohli. The AG stated that he requested the bench led by the CJ to listen to the writ petition on Krishna river water utilization as per the roster.
“The CJ told me to inform the the petitioners’ counsel Vedula Venkataramana about this,” the AG informed Justice M.S. Ramachandra Rao. The judge stated that he had no message or info from the First Court (a division bench headed by CJ) on the purpose raised by the AG.
The judge stated the bench comprising him and Justice T. Vinod Kumar had already partly heard the petition the day before today and there was no motive to defer the listening to with none motive. Meanwhile, senior counsel Vedula Venkataramana showing for the petitioners knowledgeable Justice M.S. Ramachandra Rao that he was served a duplicate of interlocutory software filed by Telangana authorities requesting the First Court to listen to the matter.
According to Mr. Vedula Venkataramana the State authorities talked about that since Justice M.S. Ramachadnra Rao hailed from Andhra Pradesh and therefore wouldn’t choose the matter to be heard by him. It was acknowledged that the bench comprising Justices M.S. Ramachandra Rao and T. Vinod Kumar “might not hear the petition”, the senior counsel stated.
Justice M.S. Ramachanra Rao stated it was unbecoming on the a part of Telangana Advocate General’s workplace to make such request. “This amounts to bench hunting”, the judge stated. The judge made comparable remark the day before today when the AG requested the judge to recuse himself from listening to the matter.
The bench, nonetheless, posted the matter to post-lunch session because the AG caught to his request of in search of time to current his contentions.
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