HYDERABAD: The Hyderabad high court on Tuesday issued contempt notices to 13 advocates on charges of vandalizing courts and attacking presiding officers in Warangal and Ranga Reddy courts. The advocates were on strike seeking scrapping of provisional allocation of judicial officers between AP and Telangana.
Their grouse of several AP origin officers getting accommodated in Telangana, adversely affecting the promotion chances of T officers and lawyers, went overboard, officials say. Following reports from district judges of the affected districts, the high court administrative committee decided to launch contempt proceedings against the advocates concerned and charged them with professional misconduct.
The bench of Acting CJ Ramesh Ranganathan and Justice U Durga Prasad Rao issued contempt notices to Warangal advocates M Ranjit, Ambati Srinivas, Allam Nagaraju, Andalu, B Jayakar, M Sahodar Reddy, V Syam Krishna, Chilla Rajendra Prasad, T V Ramana, Teegala Jeevan Goud and Akhil Pasha. Similarly two advocates from Ranga Reddy courts - M Ravinder and Bhargav - were issued these notices.