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Hyderabad: Justice Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana, senior most judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court, has been appointed Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court. The President of India issued the warrant of appointment on Friday.
Justice Ramana was born on August 27, 1957 in Ponnavaram village in Krishna district to the late Nuthalapati Ganapathi Rao and Sarojini. He studied in the Zilla Parishad High School, Kanchikacherla, and did his B.Sc. from R.V.V.N. College, Amravati.
In 1982 he obtained a Law degree from Nagarjuna University and enrolled as an advocate with the Bar Council of Andhra Pradesh on February 10, 1983. He was Acting Chief Justice of the High Court of AP from March 10, 2013, till the present Chief Justice took charge.
Prior to his elevation as judge, he practised in the High Court, Central and AP Administrative Tribunals and Supreme Court of India, in civil, criminal, constitutional, labour, service and election matters.
He represented AP in the Almati Dam case before the Supreme Court. He was also standing counsel for the Railways and several state and central government organisations. He also held the post of Additional Advocate General.
He was elevated as judge of the AP High Court on June 27, 2000. During his 13 years’ tenure, he rendered several landmark judgements, covering different aspects of life and issues of national importance. As company court judge, he not only protected the industry from being wound up, but also protected the interests of employees and financial institutions by ensuring that once a company is wound up, their dues are settled.
He was a member of the five-judge bench, which dealt with the Muslim Reservation case. While concurring with the majority judgement, in his separate judgement, he observed that reservations should be based on economic criteria, rather than on caste and community, which divides society.
He has actively participated in seminars on empowerment of women and judicial activism, gender justice, environment and sustainable development, human rights challenges of the 21st century, human rights for the disabled and physically challenged and also on the criminal justice system in India.
Justice Ramana was invited by the UK and the US to study the functioning of their judicial delivery systems. He also participated in the Colombo conclave on ‘Balancing recovery, Restructuring and Liquidation: the emerging challenges in Asia’.
Justice Ramana took the initiative to conduct a one-day seminar, the first of its kind in the country, to expose judicial officers to the general public, by bringing them together on an open platform, to discuss the topic ‘Sexual Violence against Women: Issues and Challenges.’
The participants after day-long deliberations made suggestions and recommendations that were sent to the Justice Verma Commission. Justice Ramana was very keen to implement Telugu language in the justice administration system. His believed that people who bring their grievances to the courts should know what was happening in the courts. Justice Ramana will assume charge as the Chief of Justice of the Delhi High Court on Monday.
Building to ISW GO suspended
Justice C.V. Nagarjuna Reddy of the AP High Court on Friday suspended a GO issued by the state government allotting a building presently occupied by the AP State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission to the Intelligence Security Wing. He was dealing with a petition filed by P. Raja Sripathi Rao and two other advocates of the city.
The petitioners told the court that the GO was issued on July 30, 2013 by allotting ‘Eruvaka’ building at Khairatabad, occupied by the state consumer disputes redressal commission to ISW.
The judge pointed out that the GO makes no mention as to from where the commission shall function if possession of the building was handed over to the ISW.
He said that the GO creates the impression that the executive of government lacks concern towards the functioning of a quasi judicial institution constituted for redressal of consumer grievances.
“The minimum that is expected from the government is to provide a suitable alternative accommodation to the commission before trying to displace it from the building which is in its occupation from the year 1995,” he added.
While suspending the GO, the judge hoped that the Chief Secretary would take corrective steps by September 30, on which date the court again will hear the plea.
Forming Union is right: HC
Justice Ramesh Ranganathan of the High Court said that the formation of a union by contract workers in an industrial establishment and getting it registered under the Act and Rules was a constitutional right. The judge was granting interim orders in a petition by VMC employees’ union challenging cancelation of registration of the union by an officer.
The judge said that the officers cannot cancel the registration just because the workmen who form the union are engaged by the contractor. The judge reminded that the right to form union has been guaranteed by the Constitution and the management has no role in it as per the Trade Union Act.
States: Andhra Pradesh
Hyderabad: Justice Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana, senior most judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court, has been appointed Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court. The President of India issued the warrant of appointment on Friday.
Justice Ramana was born on August 27, 1957 in Ponnavaram village in Krishna district to the late Nuthalapati Ganapathi Rao and Sarojini. He studied in the Zilla Parishad High School, Kanchikacherla, and did his B.Sc. from R.V.V.N. College, Amravati.
In 1982 he obtained a Law degree from Nagarjuna University and enrolled as an advocate with the Bar Council of Andhra Pradesh on February 10, 1983. He was Acting Chief Justice of the High Court of AP from March 10, 2013, till the present Chief Justice took charge.
Prior to his elevation as judge, he practised in the High Court, Central and AP Administrative Tribunals and Supreme Court of India, in civil, criminal, constitutional, labour, service and election matters.
He represented AP in the Almati Dam case before the Supreme Court. He was also standing counsel for the Railways and several state and central government organisations. He also held the post of Additional Advocate General.
He was elevated as judge of the AP High Court on June 27, 2000. During his 13 years’ tenure, he rendered several landmark judgements, covering different aspects of life and issues of national importance. As company court judge, he not only protected the industry from being wound up, but also protected the interests of employees and financial institutions by ensuring that once a company is wound up, their dues are settled.
He was a member of the five-judge bench, which dealt with the Muslim Reservation case. While concurring with the majority judgement, in his separate judgement, he observed that reservations should be based on economic criteria, rather than on caste and community, which divides society.
He has actively participated in seminars on empowerment of women and judicial activism, gender justice, environment and sustainable development, human rights challenges of the 21st century, human rights for the disabled and physically challenged and also on the criminal justice system in India.
Justice Ramana was invited by the UK and the US to study the functioning of their judicial delivery systems. He also participated in the Colombo conclave on ‘Balancing recovery, Restructuring and Liquidation: the emerging challenges in Asia’.
Justice Ramana took the initiative to conduct a one-day seminar, the first of its kind in the country, to expose judicial officers to the general public, by bringing them together on an open platform, to discuss the topic ‘Sexual Violence against Women: Issues and Challenges.’
The participants after day-long deliberations made suggestions and recommendations that were sent to the Justice Verma Commission. Justice Ramana was very keen to implement Telugu language in the justice administration system. His believed that people who bring their grievances to the courts should know what was happening in the courts. Justice Ramana will assume charge as the Chief of Justice of the Delhi High Court on Monday.
Building to ISW GO suspended
Justice C.V. Nagarjuna Reddy of the AP High Court on Friday suspended a GO issued by the state government allotting a building presently occupied by the AP State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission to the Intelligence Security Wing. He was dealing with a petition filed by P. Raja Sripathi Rao and two other advocates of the city.
The petitioners told the court that the GO was issued on July 30, 2013 by allotting ‘Eruvaka’ building at Khairatabad, occupied by the state consumer disputes redressal commission to ISW.
The judge pointed out that the GO makes no mention as to from where the commission shall function if possession of the building was handed over to the ISW.
He said that the GO creates the impression that the executive of government lacks concern towards the functioning of a quasi judicial institution constituted for redressal of consumer grievances.
“The minimum that is expected from the government is to provide a suitable alternative accommodation to the commission before trying to displace it from the building which is in its occupation from the year 1995,” he added.
While suspending the GO, the judge hoped that the Chief Secretary would take corrective steps by September 30, on which date the court again will hear the plea.
Forming Union is right: HC
Justice Ramesh Ranganathan of the High Court said that the formation of a union by contract workers in an industrial establishment and getting it registered under the Act and Rules was a constitutional right. The judge was granting interim orders in a petition by VMC employees’ union challenging cancelation of registration of the union by an officer.
The judge said that the officers cannot cancel the registration just because the workmen who form the union are engaged by the contractor. The judge reminded that the right to form union has been guaranteed by the Constitution and the management has no role in it as per the Trade Union Act.
States: Andhra Pradesh
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