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The Supreme Court on Friday (September 20) directed Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy to not interfere with the functioning of prosecution in the 2015 cash-for-vote case, involving him and others. The court has refused to transfer the trial in the case from Telangana to Bhopal. A bench of Justices BR Gavai and KV Viswanathan directed that the Director General of the anti-corruption bureau (ACB) would not report to the Telangana CM on the prosecution of the case.
On May 31, 2015, Revanth Reddy, then with the Telugu Desam Party, was apprehended by the ACB while allegedly paying a ₹50 lakh bribe to Elvis Stephenson, a nominated MLA, for supporting TDP nominee Vem Narendar Reddy in the legislative council elections. Apart from Revanth Reddy, the ACB had arrested some others. All of them were later granted bail.
Last month, the apex court had earlier voiced strong displeasure over Reddy's comments after it granted bail to Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader K Kavitha in he alleged Delhi excise policy scam case. The court said it was expected that all three wings of the Constitution showed mutual respect for the functioning of each other. The bench took note of an affidavit filed by Reddy, who tendered apology to the court, and said it did not wish to proceed further on the issue.
The Bench said one should be careful enough while making comments about orders of the court, even as fair criticism is welcome. With inputs from PTI.
