VIJAYAWADA: The high court on Monday posted hearing on a batch of petitions filed challenging the twin legislations intended for the trifurcation of the state capital to November 15. Senior counsel Shyam Diwan made a request to the special bench headed by Chief Justice Arup Kumar Goswami, Justice Joy Malya Bagchi and Justice Ninala Jayasurya that the hearing may be posted to a later date due to his personal inconvenience because of Covid-19.
Similar requests were also made by other counsels for the petitioners for adjournment of hearing. Advocate general S Sriram too submitted that it would be appropriate to post the matters for hearing in the month of November. The HC, after considering the broader consensus among the counsels for the petitioners and also the respondents, posted the hearing to November 15.
The bench further suggested the counsels appearing for the petitioners to work out a schedule amongst themselves to finalise the seriatim in which they will advance their arguments so as to facilitate day-to-day hearing of the petitions without any interruptions.
