TRS MPs demand bifurcation of High Court

New Delhi Dec 28: TRS members in the Lok Sabha on Thursday had once again demanded setting up of a separate high court in Telangana.

Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said that "while the Telangana high court would continue to function from the same complex, the Andhra Pradesh high court would be shifted to a temporary location till the time a new complex is ready."

AP Jithendra Reddy (TRS) said: "till the two high courts are not bifurcated, no judges should either be appointed or elevated."

The Law Minister had replied that " it was the prerogative of the Supreme Court collegium and he cannot give any assurance."

Home Minister Rajnath Singh said, "the chief ministers of the two states should sit together to sort out the pending issues, except the one relating to the bifurcation of the high courts."