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SC to hear on March 5 AP plea against HC order staying SIT probe in Amaravati land deals
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SC to hear on March 5 AP plea against HC order staying SIT probe in Amaravati land dealsPTI
Last Updated: Feb 09, 2021, 01:47 PM IST
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The apex court said it would also hear on March 5 the separate petition filed by the state government against another high court order in a matter which relates to alleged illegal land transactions during shifting of the state capital to Amaravati.
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These petitions came up for hearing before a bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan and RS Reddy.
Supreme Court To Hear AP Govt Plea Challenging HC Stay On Amaravati SIT Probe On March 5 Feb 09, 2021, 15:50 IST
The Supreme Court stated that it would hear the plea filed by the Andhra Pradesh government challenging the AP high court (HC) stay on SIT probe into alleged irregularities in land deals at Amaravati Capital Region and another HC order in a matter related to alleged illegal land transactions during shifting of the state capital to Amaravati to March 5. When the plea against the high court s order came up for hearing, the top court granted the last opportunity to the respondents TDP leaders Varla Ramaiah and Alapati Rajendra Prasad, to file their replies within two weeks and said that a rejoinder be filed within one week thereafter. The petitions came up for hearing before a bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan and R S Reddy.
Relatives of senior sitting judge involved in benami deals in Amaravati, Justice Eswaraiah claims in SC
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In an affidavit filed in the top court, Justice (retd) Eswaraiah said he had sought information from a suspended judicial officer regarding the benami transactions in a phone conversation, which purportedly pertained to corruption allegations related to land deals in the state s new capital region.
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The matter came up for hearing on Monday before a bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan. The bench posted the matter for hearing in the first week of February.
NEW DELHI: Former Andhra Pradesh High Court judge Justice (retd) V Eswaraiah has alleged in the Supreme Court that relatives of a “senior sitting” apex court judge were involved in “benami transactions” in the Amaravati land scam and he was trying to collect more evidence in this regard.