Telangana
The Andhra Pradesh High Court, which from today will be called the High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad for the state of Telangana and the state of Andhra Pradesh, has enforced new rules for entry of litigants and advocates not practicing in it, reported the New Indian Express.
All outsiders can only enter its precincts after citing “proper reason” and showing a photo identity card, and in every document submitted to the court the new full name of the court has to be written.
Telangana and residuary Andhra Pradesh come into existence as two separate states today following the AP Reorganisation Act 2014, and this high court is the common high court for both.
Telangana Andhra Pradesh lawyers boycotted lower courts in Telangana to protest prosecution of 24 lawyers who had led an agitation in the High Court of Andhra Pradesh.
The 24 lawyers were agitating for a 42 per cent quota for Telangana advocates in the posts of government pleader, public prosecutor, and assistant public prosecutor.
The boycott encompassed lower courts in eight districts and the Secunderabad metropolitan courts, while there was slogan shouting in the high court premises and copies of the government order for prosecution of the lawyers were burnt. [The Hindu]