Nine judges suspended in Telangana

Work in the high court here and almost all subordinate courts in Telangana, including criminal courts,  came to a grinding halt on Tuesday with judges and advocates of Telangana origin protesting against the suspension of judges who took part in Chalo Raj Bhavan rally.

The Telangana judiciary is opposing the provisional allocation of judges of Andhra Pradesh origin to different courts of Telangana state.

With the High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad, which suspended two judges on disciplinary grounds on Monday, extending the suspension to nine more judges on Tuesday, including Industrial Tribunal Chairman Muralidhar, the Telangana advocates boycotted work and organised protests in all the 10 districts of Telangana. Telangana judges decided to go on mass leave for 15 days and organise a “Chalo Hyderabad” rally



on Wednesday. They are also planning to submit a memorandum to state Governor E S L Narasimhan.

Addressing media here, Nizamabad MP K Kavitha alleged that a “conspiracy” has been hatched by the Andhra Pradesh government to perpetuate its presence by giving options to AP judges to stay back in Telangana. She said that her father and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao is planning to stage a dharna at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on  July 2 demanding bifurcation of high court.

“Chief Minister KCR is deeply hurt by the insensitivity of the central government. Our protest in Delhi is to highlight the injustice meted out towards Telangana judges. But we never wanted the situation to escalate. We appeal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene and bifurcate the high court,” Kavitha said.