Supreme Court hearing on ToR of Srikrishna panel on April 5

The Supreme Court on Monday posted for hearing on April 5 a public interest petition for a direction to the Centre to modify the terms of reference (ToR) of the Justice Srikrishna Committee to incorporate the basis for reorganisation of Andhra Pradesh, either linguistic or administrative convenience. A three-judge Bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan, Justice Deepak Verma and Justice B.S. Chauhan fixed the date of hearing after brief submissions from senior counsel Harish Salve, appearing for petitioners, K. Srinivas Reddy, Vasireddy Venkata Krishna Rao and K. Pushpalatha.