Declining to direct the Registry to allot a number to the PIL petition filed by former Minister Chegondi Harirama Jogaiah for expeditious adjudication of cases against Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, the Telangana High Court on Thursday adjourned the hearing to August 23.
The petition came up for hearing before a bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice T. Vinod Kumar. The petitioner’s counsel informed the bench that he had presented clarifications sought by the Registry - yet the PIL plea was not numbered.
CJ Alok Aradhe sought to know from the counsel why he wanted the HC to pass an order on the matter when Special Courts were in the process of hearing the criminal cases registered against the Chief Minister. The Chief Justice asked the counsel to present material to show that trial of the cases were getting delayed.
