Madan Bhimrao Lokur is new CJ of AP High Court

By S A Ishaqui

Hyderabad, Nov 2 : Justice Madan Bhimrao Lokur will take charge as Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court by November 15. He is currently the Chief Justice of Guwahati High Court. President Pratibha Patil’s transfer orders to this effect reached Hyderabad on Wednesday evening.

Justice Lokur’s meteoric rise to the top

Born on December 31, 1953, Justice Lokur studied at Modern School, New Delhi and St. Joseph's Collegiate in Allahabad. He completed his graduation in History (Hons.) from St. Stephen's College, Delhi University in 1974. After obtaining his LL.B. degree from Delhi University in 1977, he enrolled as an Advocate-on-Record in the SC in 1981 and appointed as Central Government Sta-nding Counsel in Dec. 1990. He continued in the post till December 1996. In February 1997, he was designated as Senior Advocate and was appoi-nted as Addtl. Solicitor-General on July 14, 1998.

Justice Lokur was appointed as Additional Judge of Delhi High Court on February 19, 1999, and became a permanent judge on July 5, 1999. He was elevated as the CJ of Guwahati High Court on June 24, 2010.

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CBI court takes up Telgi plea

By S A Ishaqui

Hyderabad, april 3 : A CBI special court has started hearing discharge petitions of multi crore fake stamps case accused Abdul Kareem Telgi and others.
At present, the case is at the stage of framing charges and the accused have approached the court seeking discharge saying that the CBI failed in proving charges against them.
It is mandatory to frame charges against the accused before commencing the final trial in the case.
Most of the accused in the scam are police officers.
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has already quashed criminal proceedings against three police officers including Narasimha Rao IPS, Satyanarayana Reddy ACP and Ashfaq Ahmed Khan, an inspector.
Abdul Wahed Quadri alias Raees Quadri, an aide of Telgi, was also discharged following a directive of the High Court.
The latest petition has been filed by Telgi, Vijayender Reddy, former inspector of Begumbazar and Madhu Mohan, sub inspector of City Central Crime Station.
The Special Judge, Mr V.Raghunath Rao, has commenced the hearing on discharge petitions.
Mr C. Mallesh Rao, counsel for Madhu Mohan, pointed out that the investigators did not recover any material to prove his involvement in the crime.
He submitted the court that the only charge against Madhu Mohan was that he ‘de-froze’ the bank account of the stamp scam accused on the illegal instructions of the deputy police commissioner of the city central crime station.
He argued that when the CBI itself has admitted that the case against Telgi and his associates was false, it had no right to file charges.