Telangana HC stays SIT notice to BJP’s BL Santhosh till December 5, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

The Telangana high court on Friday stayed the CrPC 41-A notice issued to BJP politician BL Santhosh - caught in the Poachgate crosshairs - by the SIT till December 5 and asked the state, complainant TRS MLA Pilot Rohith Reddy and SIT to file their counters by then.Justice K Surender...

SC set aside HC order allowing SIT probe, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

The Supreme Court has quashed the Telangana High Court order giving go-ahead to a special investigation team (SIT) set up by the state government to probe, under court supervision, into the alleged attempts by "BJP agents" to poach four TRS legislators.A bench comprising Justices B.R. Gavai and Vikram Nath said:...

Plea in SC seeks SIT probe into allegations of poaching of MLAs in Telangana, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

New Delhi, A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking constitution of a special investigation team (SIT) under the supervision of the apex court to conduct probe into allegations of poaching of MLAs in Telangana and prosecute those involved in it. The plea claimed that "horse trading" is...

Telangana HC stays probe on one hand, allows remand on the other, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

HYDERABAD: In a strange development, two separate single judge courts of the Telangana high court on Saturday passed two different and conflicting orders in the ongoing political tussle between BJP and state government over the arrests made in Moinabad farmhouse FIR.While one court held that all the three accused in...

Police moves HC challenging lower court’s order, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

Hyderabad, In another twist to the case relating to the alleged attempt to buy four MLAs of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), Cyberabad police on Friday approached the Telangana High Court challenging the order of a lower court refusing remand of three accused arrested in the case.The police sought early...

Union Minister demands inquiry by CBI or SC judge into ‘attempt to lure’ TRS MLAs, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

(Eds: Adds quote) Hyderabad, Union Minister G Kishan Reddy on Thursday refuted the allegations that the BJP was trying to lure legislators of the ruling TRS in Telangana into its fold, and demanded an inquiry by CBI or a sitting judge of the Supreme Court, into the whole episode. Speaking...