A PIL has been been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the Constitutional validity of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act that led to creation of the new State of Telangana. A bench of justices B S Chauhan and A K Sikri today refused urgent hearing of the PIL, filed by V R Krishna Iyer Free Legal Aid Committee and ordered that it be tagged along with other similar petitions on the issue. Advocate G Venkatesh Rao, appearing for the committee, sought urgent hearing of the PIL by citing media reports that said that a “war room” is being created to drive out persons, who do not hail from Telangana, from Hyderabad. “Let it be tagged with other similar petitions,” the ...

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