In a key development, the Supreme Court said that the CBI court should continue trials in the cases against former chief minister and YCP chief YS Jaganmohan Reddy in accordance with already issued directions in similar cases. Expressing impatience over abnormal delay in these cases, it made it clear that the trail should be completed as soon as possible.
The bench headed by Justice Sanjiv Khanna reminded that appropriate directions have already been given in this regard. The Bench took up the hearing on the petition filed earlier by current MLA and former MP Raghuramakrishna Raju. The Supreme Court adjourned the next hearing to November.
The bench heard the petition twice. In the morning and after the lunch break. Justice Sanjeev Khanna commented that the contents of the affidavit filed by the CBI are shocking. He said that the facts mentioned in the affidavit filed by the CBI are surprising. Justice Sanjeev Khanna asked how so many cases were filed without trial.
Raghurama’s council brought to the attention of the court that six judges had changed and retired. Responding to this, Justice Sanjeev Khanna expressed his impatience stating that the case is being delayed on the plea orders given in this court were wrong and the orders given in another court were being wasted.
Meanwhile, Additional Solicitor General SV Raju did not attend the hearing before the bench of Justice Sanjeev Khanna in Jagan’s illegal assets case. The bench said that the trial of such cases will be conducted according to the guidelines already given by the Supreme Court.
Justice Sanjeev Khanna made it clear that since there are already guidelines, they have to be followed. “Trial courts know what the guidelines of the Supreme Court are. We have already said that the same rules apply to CBI as well”.
The judge ordered that the list should be made in the week starting from November 11. Raghuramakrishna Raju in his plea deplored that a large number of adjournments are being taken in the case of YS Jagan. It is said that he is an accused in many cases and there is still no movement in the cases of such a person. In this context, he also approached the Supreme Court to try the cases expeditiously.