Hyderabad, Nov. 14 -- The Telangana High Court on Thursday pulled up government advocates for repeatedly seeking extensions to file counter affidavits in a case concerning the establishment of a radar centre inside the Damagundam Reserve Forest area in Vikarabad district.

The case was filed in 2020 by the Forest Protection Joint Action Committee (JAC) as a public interest litigation, questioning the ecological impact of the project on biodiversity. During Thursday's hearing, the division bench comprising Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice GM Mohiuddin expressed displeasure after the government's counsel once again requested additional time to file the counter.

The bench reminded the counsel that time had already been granted earlier ...