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:: 1. The petitioner is a Practicing Advocate, a former Member of Parliament and A.P. Legislative Assembly. He has also held positions in the Zilla Parishad, Nizamabad District, and was associated with the Agro Industries in different capacities. He filed this writ petition with a prayer to declare that the action of the Union of India, Ministry of Home Affairs (for short 'the respondent'), in withholding a note on Chapter-VIII (Law and Order and Internal Security Dimensions) (for short 'the note') of the report of the Committee for Consultation on the situation in Andhra Pradesh, headed by Sri Justice Srikrishna (hereinafter referred to as 'the Committee'); as illegal, arbitrary, unreasonable and unconstitutional. Consequential direction to the respondent to furnish the same to him, or to place it on the website of the respondent, is also sought. 2. The averments, in the affidavit filed in support of the writ petition, in brief, are that, the State of Andhra Pradesh was formed by merg...
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:ORDER:The petitioner is in the business of running duty free shops 'Flemingo' at airports and seaports. This writ petition is filed assailing the Order-in- Original (O-in-O) No.03/2010, dated 30.09.2010, (dispatched on 07.10.2010) of the respondent. By the said impugned O-in-O, the respondent in exercise of powers under various provisions of the Customs Act, 1962 ordered confiscation of sale proceeds of duty free goods diverted to local markets, imposed penalty and ordered cancellation of Private Bonded Warehouse licence (the licence, for brevity). The petitioner had obtained licence dated 10.09.2005 under Section 58(1) of the Customs Act issued by the Assistant Commissioner of Customs (Bonds), Visakhapatnam. The officers of revenue intelligence of customs house gathered information with regard to misuse of licence and improper/ unauthorized removal and sale of goods in the local market in the guise of sales to crew members of foreign going vessels. On 22.01.2008, the merchant vessel ...
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: This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is directed against the order dated 02.05.2008 passed in I.A.No. 120 of 2007 in EIC.No. 09 of 2007 on the file of Employees Insurance Court and Chairman Industrial Tribunal-I, Hyderabad. I.A. No. 120 of 2007 was filed by the respondent herein viz., M/s VMC Film Distributors represented by its Proprietor Sri V. Doraiswami Raju, under Section 151 CPC read with Section 75 of Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948 (for short "the ESI Act") to direct the respondents therein in specific terms to lift the Attachment Order of movable property and to restore the possession of the same to it. That application was allowed in part with the following observation: "After hearing both sides, I am of the opinion that the petitioner prima facie is able to show that the attachment was made in a hurried manner without any reasonable cause. Hence, I am inclined to order interim custody of the attached movable properties to the petitioner. In the result, the petition is part...
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1. This Election Petition, under Section 81 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 (hereinafter referred to as 'the R.P. Act') is filed challenging the action of the second respondent in rejecting the nomination papers of the petitioner vide order in reference No. H4/1215/2009, dated 16.03.2009 under Article 191 of the Constitution of India, and consequently declare election of the first respondent as returned candidate for the Legislative Council of the State of Andhra Pradesh from 20-Karimnagar Local Authorities Constituency as illegal and void.2. The brief facts that are necessary for disposal of this Election Petition may be stated as follows.a)The petitioner is a resident of Korutla, Karimnagar district. He is a graduate. He was appointed as a Teacher in Schools run by Zilla Parishad, Karimnagar on 23.02.1977. While he was working as School Assistant Grade-II in Zilla Parishad Secondary School (for short, 'ZPSS'), Gatla Narasingapur, Karimnagar district, he went on leave wi...
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1. This Election Petition, under Section 81 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 (hereinafter referred to as 'the R.P. Act') is filed challenging the action of the second respondent in rejecting the nomination papers of the petitioner vide order in reference No. H4/1215/2009, dated 16.03.2009 under Article 191 of the Constitution of India, and consequently declare election of the first respondent as returned candidate for the Legislative Council of the State of Andhra Pradesh from 20-Karimnagar Local Authorities Constituency as illegal and void.2. The brief facts that are necessary for disposal of this Election Petition may be stated as follows.a)The petitioner is a resident of Korutla, Karimnagar district. He is a graduate. He was appointed as a Teacher in Schools run by Zilla Parishad, Karimnagar on 23.02.1977. While he was working as School Assistant Grade-II in Zilla Parishad Secondary School (for short, 'ZPSS'), Gatla Narasingapur, Karimnagar district, he went on leave wi...
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INTRODUCTION Hyderabad with its twin city of Secunderabad apart from being the Capital of Andhra Pradesh is also famous for its social and cultural history, pearls, pharma and software companies besides being the home of more than seven million population. It is a fast developing sprawling mega city with fast track growth initiatives and - as rumoured; a place for greedy and fortune hunters to make quick buck with speculation, political lobbying and subtle methods of cheating. The growth mine is not only gold mine for such people but a destiny for millions in search of a humble avocation to eke out decent livelihood. The city with less than a million population half a century ago is now spread over 10,000 square kilometers. In addition to irreversible environmental problems, it has also thrown up the problems of immense concern in relation to urban utilities, transport, mobility, movement and day-to-day life. Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad (MCH) and Hyderabad Metro Development Aut...
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1.This Civil Revision Petition, under Article 227 of the constitution of India, is directed against the order dated 24.08.2007 passed in E.P.No.86 of 2005 in O.S.No.71 of 2002 by the Senior Civil Judge, Tadepalligudem, whereby and whereunder, the objections filed by the petitioner herein in the form of counter for execution of the decree were overruled. 2. While the petitioner herein was facing insolvency proceedings in I.P. No. 14 of 1990 on the file of the Subordinate Judge, Tanuku, the respondent herein, who is also the second respondent in the said insolvency proceedings, filed O.S. No. 71 of 1992 on the file of the Subordinate Judge, Tadepalligudem, for specific performance basing on the agreement of sale. The petitioner herein was set ex parte and an ex parte decree was passed in the said suit on 17.09.1992. The petitioner herein filed an application to set aside the ex parte decree passed against him. He also filed an application to condone the delay of 278 days in filing the sa...
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The petitioner assails the cancellation of the assignment of land in his favour which was confirmed in appeal and thereafter in revision. He seeks a consequential direction to the respondents not to interfere with his possession over the assigned land.The petitioner was assigned an extent of Acs.3.00 in Survey No.78/1 of Aurangabad Village, Medak Taluq, by the Government of Andhra Pradesh under proceedings dated 31.05.1978 of the Tahsildar, Medak Taluq, under the Laoni Rules contained in G.O.Ms.No.1406 dated 26.07.1958 read with G.O.Ms.No.1724 dated 26.08.1959. Survey No.78/1 corresponds to new Survey No.78/69. He was thereafter issued a pattadar pass book and title deeds in respect of the above land under the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Rights in Land and Pattadar Pass Books Act, 1971. While so, the assignment in favour of the petitioner was cancelled by the then Mandal Revenue Officer, Medak, respondent 3, under proceedings dated 28.02.1994. The petitioner claims ignorance of th...
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:COMMON : (Per the Hon'ble Sri Justice K.C.Bhanu) 1. Criminal Appeal by the State represented by the Public Prosecutor is filed against the order of acquittal of the respondent-sole accused of the charge under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for brevity 'IPC') passed by the III Additional Sessions Judge, (Fast Track Court), Asifabad, Adilabad District, vide judgment, dated 17-02-2005, in Sessions Case No.178 of 2003.2. Criminal Revision Case is filed by the petitioner-accused under Sections 397 and 401 of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (for short 'Cr.P.C.') against the order, dated 20-01-2004, in Crl.M.P.No.9 of 2004 in Crl.A.No.178 of 2003, wherein the petition filed by the petitioner herein under Section 311 r/w 91 Cr.P.C. and Section 45 r/w 50 of Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (for short 'the Act') seeking DNA test for P.Ws.2 and 3 to decide their paternity, was dismissed. 3. Brief facts, that are necessary for disposal of the prosecution case may be stated as follows: Ra...
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:ORDER: This writ petition is filed seeking a Certiorari to call for the records relating to the Order made in I.A.No.61 of 2008 in I.D.No.199 of 2005 dated 1.7.2009 on the file of respondent No.1 and to quash the same as arbitrary and illegal. Petitioner is the workman and second respondent is the management. It appears, A.P. Medical and Sales Representative Union had taken up the cause of workmen as to his frequent transfers by the management and that was referred for industrial adjudication in I.D.No.199 of 2005 and the same was pending before the Labour Court, Ananthapur. While that being so, petitioner appears to have absented from duties and therefore, a charge sheet was issued and explanation was called for and having not satisfied with the explanation, an enquiry officer was appointed. The Enquiry Officer conducted an enquiry and submitted his report holding petitioner guilty of charges. Since the dispute in I.D.No.199 of 2005 was pending, management thought of obtaining permi...
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