Andhra Pradesh High Court Restrains Chandrababu Naidu From Participating In Political Rallies, Giving Interviews On Skill Development Scam Case

Andhra Pradesh High Court has restrained former Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu from participating in political rallies or giving interviews in connection with the Skill development scam case.Naidu was granted interim bail for 4 weeks earlier today on medical grounds. He claimed he was recommended to undergo Cataract surgery in the right eye, back in June.On an application moved by the...

Andhra Pradesh High Court Grants Interim Bail On Medical Grounds To Former CM Chandrababu Naidu Arrested In Skill Development Scam Case

Andhra Pradesh High Court has granted 4 weeks interim bail to former Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu on medical grounds. He claimed he was recommended to undergo Cataract surgery in the right eye, back in June.Refusing to disbelieve this submission in the absence of any conflicting medical report indicating that his surgery is unnecessary, Justice T. Mallikarjun Rao said,"This Court...

Andhra Pradesh High Court Refuses To Quash Notification Barring ITI Qualified From Appearing For LAWCET

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has refused to quash the notification that barred candidates with an Industrial Training Institute (ITI) qualification from appearing for LAWCET (State Law Common Entrance Test).The Division Bench of Justice U.Durga Prasad Rao and Justice Venkata Jyothirmai Pratapa held that it would not interfere with a policy decision, taken by an expert body when no rights...

Centre Notifies Appointments Of Four Advocates As Additional Judges Of Andhra Pradesh High Court

The Central Government has notified the appointment of two advocates as Additional Judges of the Madras High Court. The Four advocates are: Harinath Nunepally; Kiranmayee Mandava (Kiranmayee Kanaparthy); Sumathi Jagadam; and Nyapathy Vijay. Earlier this month, the Supreme Court recommended the above four names of four Advocates as the Judges...

PIL Seeks CBI Probe Into Illegal Sale Of Petroleum Products; AP High Court Halts Establishment Of Proposed 11 Petroleum Outlets

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has directed various Petroleum Corporations not to finalise the establishment of 11 proposed petroleum outlets in Puducherry's Yanam in a PIL filed seeking a CBI investigation into the alleged illegal sale of petrol and diesel across the borders of AP and Yanam.The Division Bench of Justice A.V. Sesha Sai and Justice T. Mallikarjuna Rao passed the interim order...

Andhra Pradesh High Court Constitutes Committee To Monitor Sewage Generation & Management At Visakhapatnam

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has ordered the constitution of a committee to gauge the sewage generation and management at Visakhapatnam (Vizag).The Division Bench of Chief Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur and Justice R. Raghunandan Rao has further tasked the Committee with the job of determining how many new STPs would need to be installed owing to the growing population of Vizag, along...

AP High Court Issues Notice On Plea To Transfer Skill Development Case Involving Chandrababu Naidu To CBI, AG Informs Of Havoc In Special Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has issued notice to the Centre, State, CBI and other concerned authorities in a PIL filed by former MP Vundavalli Arun Kumar seeking to transfer the investigation of the skill development scam case which involves former Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu to any central agency.The Division Bench of Justice U. Durga Prasad Rao and Justice A.V. Ravindra Bab was...

Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Appointment Of Four Advocates As Judges Of Andhra Pradesh High Court

The Supreme Court Collegium spearheaded by the CJI D.Y. Chandrachud, has recommended the names of four Advocates as the Judges of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh. In its resolution dated October 10, 2023, the Collegium stated that the Chief Justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court had recommended the lawyers in consultation with his two senior-most colleagues, and that the Chief Minister and...

AP FiberNet Scam: High Court Says Adding Chandrababu Naidu As Accused After 2 Yrs Not 'Motivated', Investigating Such Offences Takes Time

The Andhra Pradesh High Court while dismissing former CM Chandrababu Naidu's plea for anticipatory bail in the AP Fibernet Scam case said that the action of investigating agency adding him as an accused two years after registration of the crime cannot be said to be "motivated".Naidu's counsel Senior Advocate Siddharth Luthra had argued against "motivated timing" of the action, initiated only...

Judicial Custody In One Case Can't Be Deemed Judicial Custody In Another Unrelated Case: AP High Court While Dismissing Chandrababu Naidu's Bail Pleas

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that former CM Chandrababu Naidu's judicial custody in the Skill Development Scam case cannot be deemed as judicial custody in another case lodged against him in connection with the inner ring road scam.Justice K Suresh Reddy said both the cases are "totally different from each other, they arise out of different transactions, the investigation to...

Andhra Pradesh High Court Dismisses Former CM Chandrababu Naidu’s Bail Petitions In 3 Corruption Cases

The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Monday dismissed a total of three petitions filed by the chief minister of erstwhile Andhra Pradesh Nara Chandrababu Naidu seeking anticipatory bail in the Inner Ring Road, Fiber Net and Angallu 307 cases, reported Press Trust Of India (PTI).His bail plea in the skill development case has been turned down on the ground of deemed custody. In the Inner Ring...

[Motor Accident] Dependency Of Major Children Immaterial, Can Claim Compensation As 'Legal Representatives' On Parent's Death: Andhra Pradesh HC

The Andhra Pradesh High Court in a Motor Accident appeal case enhanced the compensation of the major and married children of the deceased stating they were the legal representatives of the deceased and it was immaterial whether they were fully dependent on the deceased or not. The Claimants who are major and married sons and daughter of deceased filed a Claim Petition under Section 166 of...