JUDGES ARE PROTESTORS?
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The agitation (a state of anxiety or nervous excitement) by over 200 judges of Telangana against the provisional allotment of judges between Telangana and Andhra Pradesh by the Hyderabad High Court, leading to the suspension of 11 of them, is unprecedented (never done or known before).
It is unfortunate that judges have taken to the streets on the grounds of regional bias (cause to feel or show inclination or prejudice for or against someone or something) by the High Court, which they say, is dominated by judges from Andhra. Their contention (heated disagreement) is that the court had not followed the AP Reorganisation Act in allocating judges.
Out of the total number of 827 subordinate judges in the erstwhile (former) united AP, 497 were allotted to AP and 335 to Telangana; but, of those allotted to Telangana, 143 were from AP. The court had asked them to specify their options and posted them accordingly.
Adding fuel to fire, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has threatened (cause (someone or something) to be vulnerable or at risk; endanger) to stage a protest (a statement or action expressing disapproval of or objection to something) in Delhi, demanding immediate division of the High Court between the two States. Needless to say such tactics will not solve the issue. If anything, it would further vitiate (spoil or impair the quality or efficiency of) the atmosphere and bring the judiciary and the executive on a collision (an instance of one moving object or person striking violently against another) course.
Perhaps, this situation could have been avoided had the Centre taken a proactive role and ensured division of the High Court by now. After all, it has been two years since the division of united AP. Instead, it has left it to the AP government to create infrastructure for the High Court in its new capital.
One fails to understand why the Chandrababu Naidu government has been dodging (avoid (someone or something) by a sudden quick movement ) the issue, though the Telangana government has offered infrastructure for the AP High Court in Hyderabad itself, till it is shifted to Amaravati.
Regional overtones in the judiciary may be surprising to many, but the anxiety among the Telangana judges over the loss of promotional prospects due to the present allotment is understandable. Nonetheless, questioning the judiciary is unacceptable as is their move to force-shut all the courts in the State. If judges don’t honour the law, who will?.
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