A three-judge bench of the High Court, comprising Justices Rakesh Kumar, A.V. Making these observations, the court posted the matters for a fresh hearing on August 6. The court directed the parties contesting the writ petition that was filed in 2018 challenging the competence of the State to decide on the capital, to file their counters to facilitate necessary action. The High Court was hearing a batch of petitions that questioned the validity of the impugned Bills, which aimed at dividing the existing one into Executive, Legislative and Judicial capitals proposed to be developed at Visakhapatnam, Amaravati and Kurnool respectively. This is being stiffly resisted by all opposition parties, farmers, who gave their lands under the pooling scheme for developing a green-field capital in Amaravati, and various civil society organisations.

Source: The Hindu July 23, 2020 17:37 UTC