The Supreme Court announced that the next hearing will take place on February 19. (File photo)
New Delhi:
The Supreme Court today issued notice to the Andhra Pradesh government on a petition seeking contempt action against its state officials for notifying Panchayat polls in three disputed area villages controlled by Odisha.
The Odisha government, while moving the petition in the Supreme Court on Thursday, had said the notification amounts to invading its territory.
The Naveen Patnaik government, while seeking urgent listing of their contempt plea, had cited that the officials of the southern state were wilfully violating the status quo passed by the court in the original suit. It also sought punishment for them for having committed contempt of this court.