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SC quashes petitions against T Bill
Supreme Court Quashes Petitions Against Telangana Bill. The Supreme Court on Friday declined to entertain the batch of nine petitions challenging the Centre’s move on bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh and creation of Telangana.
- Says this is not the appropriate time to intervene
- The situation remains as on Nov. 18
- In all 9 petitions were heard and rejected
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday declined to entertain the batch of nine petitions challenging the Centre’s move on bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh and creation of Telangana. The Apex Court dismissed nine petitions filed by Seemandhra leaders seeking a stay on the process. The court also refused to stay the introduction and passing of the Telangana Bill in the ongoing Parliament session.
The court took the position that the doors are not yet closed on the issue. While maintaining that it was premature at this juncture to consider the petitions, they could come back at a later stage. At the same time, the apex court refused to stay the government bringing the Telangana Bill to Parliament.
The Bench comprising Justice H L Dattu and Justice S A Bobde passed the brief order after almost one-and-a- half hours of hearing, when all the petitioners were heard, said, “We do not see any change in the stage between November 18, 2013, and today. So we decline to interfere at this stage.”
The court's refusal to intervene in the matter is a setback to the leaders opposed to the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh. Several Seemandhra leaders, who were fiercely opposed to the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, resorted to launching a legal battle and looked up to the Supreme Court to apply breaks on the Centre’s plans on bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh.
The Bench stated, “We do not think this is the appropriate stage for us to interfere.
There is no change in circumstances between November 18 when we dismissed petitions on the same issue, and now. They can file appropriate petitions at the appropriate time.”
The petitions were filed by former MLA Adasumilli Jayaprakash, BJP member Raghu Ram Krishnam Raju, Visalandhra Mahasabha, Paiyavolu Keshav, Galla Sateesh, C M Ramesh and P V Krishnaiah. Later, two more petitions were filed, taking the total number of petitions to nine.
Eminent jurist Fali S Nariman, appearing for one of the petitioners, had asked for clarity on the scope of Article 3 of the Constitution, under which the Centre derives powers to reorganize the States.
After the SR Bommai judgment of the Supreme Court, federalism was identified as one of the basic structures of the Constitution.
Since the Andhra Pradesh views were not taken into account, it could mean a violation of the basic structure of the Constitution.
