Justice K. Lakshman of the Telangana High Court, on Friday, set aside on technical grounds the order of a lower court, taking cognisance of the defamation case filed by realtor J. Rameshwara Rao, against TPCC president A. Revanth Reddy.
The judge, hearing a criminal petition filed by Mr. Reddy seeking to quash the lower court order, remanded the case back to the lower court to initiate action afresh observing that there were procedural lapses in the matter. In 2015, Mr. Reddy levelled allegations against Mr. Rao stating that the BRS government made favours to him.
Mr. Rao sent legal notices to Mr. Reddy and eventually filed a defamation case for ₹90 crore against him. The lower court passed an order taking cognizance of the case. Mr. Reddy filed the petition in HC in 2018 seeking to quash the lower court order.