High Court seeks Telangana government reply on Errum Manzil
Deccan ChronicleHyderabad: Reminding that civil society has more rights to ask the government or the Cabinet than the judiciary, the Telangana High Court said on Thursday that it cannot go beyond its jurisdiction in directing the government to submit an explanation as to how the Cabinet had taken a decision to demolish the Errum Manzil palace to build the new Assembly building. The division bench comprising Chief Justice Raghavendra Singh Chauhan and Justice Shameem Akther was dealing with several PILs and a writ petition challenging the impending demolition of Errum Manzil. Justice Chauhan observed, “If you want the Telangana High Court to lay down the new law in intervening in government`s or Cabinet decisions, then you should assist the court in laying down which law or case law was violated.” The bench reminded civil society of its responsibility and rights instead of stressing that the court act beyond its jurisdiction. While hearing the writ petition filed by the legal heirs of Nawab Safdar Jung Musheer-ud-daula Fakhrul Mulk, who built the Errum Manzil building, the bench directed the Centre and the state government to file their counter affidavits on the contentions raised by the petitioners.