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India Today
9 hours ago
- Politics
- India Today
Supreme Court sets 3-month clock for Telangana Speaker to act on defecting MLAs
The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Speaker of the Telangana Legislative Assembly to decide within three months on disqualification petitions against ten BRS MLAs who joined the ruling Congress party after the 2023 Assembly case stems from a delay of over seven months in acting on disqualification pleas, prompting the Court to step in. The top court warned that leaving such cases unresolved defeats the very purpose of the anti-defection law, famously observing: 'Operation successful, patient dead.'advertisementThe case comes after some MLAs, nicluding Tellam Venkata Rao, Kadiyam Srihari, and Danam Nagender, were elected on BRS tickets but later shifted to the Congress. BRS leaders KT Rama Rao, Padi Kaushik Reddy, and Kuna Pandu Vivekanand, along with BJP MLA Alleti Maheshwar Reddy, challenged the Speaker's inaction in the Telangana High a single-judge bench of the High Court directed the Speaker to fix a schedule for hearing the disqualification pleas within four weeks, the Division Bench later set aside that order, stating the Speaker could take a "reasonable time".The petitioners then approached the Supreme Court, which has now set aside the Division Bench's order and reinstated the Single Bench's direction, further tightening the bench of CJI DY Chandrachud and Justice AG Masih observed that Parliament entrusted disqualification powers to Speakers to avoid delays in courts, but ironically, Speakers themselves are now delaying Court pointed out that no notice had been issued on the disqualification pleas for over seven months — a delay it said cannot be considered 'expeditious' by any stretch, Live Law noted that Speakers act as quasi-judicial authorities under the Tenth Schedule and do not enjoy constitutional immunity while doing so. The Court also reminded that in Kihoto Hollohan, a landmark judgement, judicial review of the Speaker's decisions was permitted in a limited manner, especially when there is Court also barred the MLAs from trying to delay proceedings further and said adverse inference may be drawn if they attempt to do Court urged Parliament to review whether entrusting disqualification decisions to the Speaker continues to serve the purpose of curbing political defections. It stressed that this mechanism must be re-examined if the "very foundation of democracy" is to be safeguarded.'Though we do not possess any advisory jurisdiction it is for Parliament to take a call,' the bench said.- EndsTune InMust Watch IN THIS STORY#Telangana
Hans India
18-07-2025
- Business
- Hans India
Special plan underway for economic empowerment of women: Seethakka
Hanumakonda: Minister for Panchayat Raj Danasari Anasuya Seethakka stated on Thursday that the government is implementing a special action plan to ensure the economic empowerment of women in the State. At the Indira Mahila Shakti celebrations held at Girijan Bhavan in Mulugu district headquarters, the minister, Bhadrachalam MLA Tellam Venkata Rao, Additional CEO SERP P Katyayani Devi, collector Divakar TS, market committee chairperson Rega Kalyani, and Grandhalaya Samstha chairperson Banoth Ravi Chander participated and distributed interest-free loan cheques, loan insurance, and accident claim cheques. Seethakka said the government is implementing welfare schemes to fulfil the dreams of Indiramma. The event was organised to celebrate the positive changes in women's lives. She said the government has the distinction of distributing about Rs 26,000 crore in bank linkage loans to women's groups and waiving interest on the loans. She emphasised that, beyond government jobs, there are many opportunities for women to succeed in private and business sectors and advised them to make good use of the welfare benefits provided by the government. In the Mulugu geo-jurisdiction there are 9 mandal federations, 330 village organisations, 6,904 SHGs with 69,736 members. Through bank linkages, Rs 249.07 crore in loans were provided in the 2024–25 financial year, and for 2025–26, Rs 54.79 crore was provided to 618 SHGs. Interest-free loans amounting to Rs 884.53 crore were given to members of 5,109 SHGs through banks. In the Mahila Shakti celebrations, interest-free loans of Rs 10.74 crore were distributed to 52,615 members of 5,212 SHGs. The MLA said the government, under the Indira Mahila Shakti programme, is taking various steps with the goal of turning women into millionaires. He stated that interest-free loans, which were neglected by previous governments, have been revived by the government. The collector said the schemes being implemented by the government for women's economic development are being successfully executed in the district. Under the Indiramma Housing Scheme, for women who were sanctioned houses but lacked investment capacity, advance loans of Rs 1 lakh are being provided.
The Hindu
11-07-2025
- Health
- The Hindu
Mobile hospital inaugurated in Pusuguppa village under the Centre's SCA scheme for LWE-affected areas
To provide prompt healthcare services to the needy in Telangana's remote tribal pockets in Bhadrachalam Agency area, a mobile hospital was inaugurated at Pusuguppa village in the Charla mandal of Bhadradri Kothagudem district, bordering Chhattisgarh. The mobile hospital/telemedicine building was inaugurated by Bhadrachalam MLA Dr. Tellam Venkata Rao in the presence of the district Collector Jitesh V. Patil and Superintendent of Police B. Rohith Raju in Pusuguppa village on Friday. The facility, set up under the Special Central Assistance (SCA) scheme at an estimated cost of Rs 1 crore, will cater to the healthcare needs of adivasis living in several remote tribal villages in the Left-Wing Extremism (LWE) affected areas along the Telangana-Chhattisgarh border. An ambulance was flagged off by the MLA at the newly inaugurated facility on the occasion. The mobile hospital will help fill the critical gaps in the public health infrastructure in the remote tribal pockets of Bhadrachalam Agency, sources said. It will also offer emergency medical services to the needy in the forested border region. The MLA lauded the initiative of the district police in improving road connectivity and healthcare services in far flung areas of Charla mandal, inhabited by adivasis.
