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SC to hear PILs on statehood
Created on 22-02-2010 6:12 pm



The Supreme Court decided on Monday to hear a petition seeking laying down of guidelines for exercising powers by the government to go into the contentious issue of carving out a separate state of Telangana from Andhra. The SC allowed the plea for deleting the prayer in the petition challenging the validity of the government action appointing the Justice B N Srikrishna Commission to look into the creation of a new Telangana state. A bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justices Deepak Verma and B S Chauhan posted the PIL for hearing after four weeks. The PIL contends that no constitutional power can be exercised arbitrarily and at will.