Kadapa: Expressing anguish over decreasing values in judiciary, legal experts on Friday said people are losing faith in the system. "Values in the judiciary, from lower courts to Supreme Court, are sliding and people are losing faith in the system," Kadapa district Justice CV Nagarjuna Reddy said.
Acting Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court Justice NV Ramana said governments in India have failed to provide the judiciary with the required infrastructure to establish courts and deliver speedy justice to litigants.
"Once people lose confidence in the judiciary due to its abnormal delay in delivering justice, the system will collapse," Reddy said.
The legal experts were addressing a 'Mega Lok Adalat' organised by Kadapa district judicial officers at Rayachoty. However, Ramana said, though values in the judiciary are sliding, it is the only system which protects democracy and rights of the people. ...
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The Andhra Pradesh High Court has dismissed the bail plea of YSR Congress chief Jagan Mohan Reddy in the alleged disproportionate assets case. Reddy had earlier asked the CBI about the details of the progress in the investigation as CBI had filed an affidavit before the Supreme Court claiming that a comprehensive chargesheet would be filed after completing the probe expeditiously. ...
11:23 AM, Jan 24, 2013
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi, who has been booked for delivering alleged hate speeches, filed a writ petition in the Andhra Pradesh High Court asking for a stay on arrest and filing of more FIRs on similar grounds. The High Court is likely to take up the writ petition on January 9. ...
05:20 PM, Jan 07, 2013
In a major relief to former Indian cricket captain and now MP Mohammed Azharuddin, the Andhra Pradesh High Court has lifted the life ban on him, calling it illegal and unsustainable. ...
10:02 PM, Nov 08, 2012
Andhra Pradesh High Court lifting the life ban on Mohd Azharuddin for match-fixing on Thursday. ...
09:27 PM, Nov 08, 2012
The former India captain, who was banned for life by the BCCI for his role in match-fixing, said he has nothing against the BCCI and is looking forward to working with young cricketers. ...
04:59 PM, Nov 08, 2012
Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Thursday dismissed a petition of the state government challenging the CAT order which had set aside the appointment of V Dinesh Reddy as the Director General of Police and directed it to complete the process of appointing a new DGP within two weeks. The High Court upheld the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) order that due procedure was not followed in the appointment of...
03:39 PM, Aug 16, 2012
Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Sunday continued questioning of Bellary MLA Gali Somashekhar Reddy, an accused in the cash-for-bail scandal involving his brother and jailed former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhan Reddy, for the third day in a row. Somashekhar Reddy, who is accused of "playing a key role in bribing" suspended judge T Pattabhirama Rao in granting bail to mining baron Janardhan Reddy, was earlier summoned by the...
02:50 PM, Aug 05, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to interfere with the Andhra Pradesh High Court order granting bail to the alleged top Maoist leader Kobad Ghandy in a 2005 case of murder of nine persons including a senior Congress leader. "Our order will be meaningless. The entire exercise will end in futile," said a bench of Justice B S Chauhan and Justice Swatanter Kumar, pointing out that Ghandy's status...
07:47 PM, Jul 27, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday again refused to stay the Andhra Pradesh High Court order quashing 4.5 per cent sub-quota for minorities in Central educational institutions. This is the second setback for the government in the past three days. The case will now come up for hearing in the apex court after the court's vacation. The apex court has admitted the government's petition and has issued notices and...
12:08 PM, Jun 13, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will on Wednesday hear the Centre's plea in the sub-quota for minorities issue. The apex court had on Monday refused to stay the Andhra Pradesh High Court order quashing the 4.5 per cent sub-quota for minorities within the 27 per cent reservation for OBCs in central educational institutions and posted the matter for hearing on Wednesday. The Centre on Tuesday placed before the Supreme Court...
07:37 AM, Jun 13, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay Andhra Pradesh High Court's order quashing 4.5 per cent sub-quota for minorities within 27 per cent OBC quota in educational institutions. The apex court will hear the matter on Wednesday. The court asked the Centre to place supporting documents for providing 4.5 per cent quota to the minorities. The court also expressed 'unhappiness' over Centre not placing any documents before...
01:54 PM, Jun 11, 2012
New Delhi: The Centre on Saturday moved the Supreme Court challenging the Andhra Pradesh High Court order quashing the 4.5 per cent sub-quota for minorities within the 27 per cent OBC reservation in the central educational institutions such as IITs and central jobs. The court will hear the government plea on Monday. A bench of justices KS Radhakrishnan and JS Khehar is to examine the Centre's appeal, which has contended...
05:53 PM, Jun 09, 2012
New Delhi: With admissions underway to IITs and universities, the government could move the Supreme Court as early as next week to challenge Andhra Pradesh High Court order quashing 4.5 per cent sub quota for minorities. Sources in the government said the HRD ministry is pressing for an appeal to be filed in the apex court by next week as the HC judgement scrapping the sub-quota has put in quandary...
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07:07 PM, Jun 01, 2012
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09:44 PM, May 29, 2012
New Delhi: Maintaining that its stand has been vindicated on the Muslim quota issue, BJP on Monday welcomed the Andhra Pradesh High Court's decision to quash 4.5 per cent sub-quota for minorities within the OBC reservations. "When these reservations were announced we had clearly said it is against the Constitution," BJP spokesperson Rajiv Pratap Rudy told reporters in reply to a question. A division bench of the Andhra Pradesh High...
09:08 PM, May 28, 2012
Hyderabad: A Division Bench of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh on Monday struck down the office memorandum issued by the Central government creating a sub-quota for religious minorities out of the existing 27 per cent reservation for the other backward classes (OBCs). The Bench, comprising Chief Justice Madan B Lokur and Justice PV Sanjay Kumar, declared that this action of the Central government was based upon religious lines and...
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New Delhi: In a new turn in the illegal assets case involving YS Jaganmohan Reddy, his auditor, Vijay Sai Reddy, on Monday, surrendered before the CBI court. Vijay Sai Reddy's bail was cancelled by the Andhra Pradesh High Court on Friday. Justice KC Bhanu, who had reserved his orders on Thursday, pronounced it on Friday, cancelling the bail granted by a lower court. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had...
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