Legal Briefs | Telangana HC junks plea against SC sub-panel
Deccan ChronicleHYDERABAD: Justice T. Vinod Kumar of the Telangana High Court junked a writ petition questioning the constitution of a Cabinet sub-committee to recommend the way ahead for implementing sub-classification of scheduled caste in the state. The judge heard a writ petition filed by Batthula Ram Prasad questioning the memo of September 12 by which a six-member committee was constituted to study a recent Supreme Court judgment which required sub-classification of Scheduled Castes. The judge granted time to the government to respond in two analogous writ petition questioning the government order appointing retired Justice Shameem Akhter in place of the six-member committee. No anticipatory bail in fraud case Justice G. Radha Rani of Telangana High Court dismissed an anticipatory bail petition of a former director of a stockbroking company allegedly involved in a multi-crore financial fraud.