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Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) got a stay from the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court refused to transfer the 2015 cash-for-vote scam case to Bhopal. In fact, Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy is an accused in this case.
The court ordered Reddy not to interfere in any way with the prosecution in the case. A bench of Justices BR Gavai and KV Vishwanathan ordered that the Director General of the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) shall not report to the Telangana Chief Minister regarding the prosecution of the case.
A petition submitted for political purposes
The lawyer appearing for Reddy told the court that the petition seeking to move the trial in the case was filed for political purposes.
The Supreme Court reprimanded
The Supreme Court had earlier expressed strong displeasure over Reddy’s remarks on the Supreme Court granting bail to Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader K Kavitha in cases related to the alleged fraud of Delhi’s excise policy. The Supreme Court said that it is expected that all three bodies of the constitution will show mutual respect for each other’s functioning.
Don’t want to escalate the issue further: CM Reddy
The judge noticed the affidavit submitted by Reddy, in which she apologized to the court and said that she did not want to continue the matter. He said that although we don’t want to go further in this matter, we can only ask all the constitutional office holders – the legislature, the executive and the judiciary to fulfill their constitutional duties in the areas set for them by the constitution.
What is a cash case for a 2015 vote?
It is noteworthy that on May 31, 2015, Revanth Reddy was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB). At that time, Revanth Reddy was associated with Telugu Desam Party (TDP). Revanth Reddy allegedly paid a bribe of Rs 50 lakh to LLA candidate Elvis Stephenson to support TDP candidate Vem Narendra Reddy during the Legislative Council elections. Apart from Revanth Reddy, the ACB also arrested several others. All were later granted bail.
Demand to move the hearing to Bhopal
Senior advocate C Aryama Sundaram, appearing in the Supreme Court on behalf of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) member LLA Guntakandla Jagadish Reddy and three others, filed a petition seeking to move the hearing in the cash case to a vote. The petition said that Revanth Reddy is now the Chief Minister and Home Minister of Telangana. In the petition it is claimed that the rule of natural justice is that ‘no person can be a judge in his case’.
The court said – will appoint a special government lawyer
While hearing the petition, the bench said, ‘How can we hear on the basis of mere apprehension. If we hear such petitions, it means that we will not trust our judges. The committee then said it would pass an order to appoint an independent government lawyer to instill confidence.
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