A special bench of the Telangana High Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a fresh contempt petition in the matter relating to the immersion of plaster of Paris (PoP) idols of Lord Ganesha in the Hussainsagar. Mamidi Venu Madhav, a practicing advocate, who has been pursuing the case, sought leave of the court to reopen the contempt case based on orders made in September 2021.
Madhav said that the order was followed in its breach and the government was guilty of wanton violation of court orders that had prohibited immersion of PoP idols from Tank Bund in Hussainsagar. The special bench comprising Justice T. Vinod Kumar and Justice Anil Kumar Jukanti recorded the finding that after the order was made in 2021, the court had recorded its satisfaction on compliance.