Telangana High Court on Wednesday passed an interim order staying the National Green Tribunal, Chennai bench’s direction for a probe into alleged expansion of Minister K.T. Rama Rao’s farmhouse in violation of GO 111. The Tribunal order was in violation of sections 14 (3) and 19 (1) of the NGT Act-2010, the bench said. The bench issued the stay orders after hearing arguments presented by senior lawyers S. Niranjan Reddy and Raghuram for Mr. Rao and Mr. Reddy respectively. The MP contended that the farmhouse was built under restricted zone, where construction activities were already banned, through GO 111.

Source: The Hindu June 10, 2020 17:11 UTC