Amravati: The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Friday posted TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu's bail petition in the Skill Development Corporation Scam case to November 15. The former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister is on temporary bail in the case until November 28. His petition to quash the Skill Development Scam is under the consideration of the Supreme Court, which has said it would pass its verdict after Diwali vacation.
Meanwhile, the court also heard a petition from the Andhra Pradesh CID seeking to reopen the Amaravati Land Scam, in which Naidu and senior TDP leader P Narayana are named as accused. The arguments are complete in the CID’s plea before the court, which adjourned it to November 22.
The case stems from a complaint from Mangalagiri MLA A Rama Krishna Reddy who had lodged a police complaint against Naidu and Narayana in this case over allegations that they grabbed lands that belonged to people from the SC and ST communities during the TDP rule between 2014 and 2019.
On Thursday (November 9), the Supreme Court adjourned to November 30 the hearing on Naidu's plea seeking anticipatory bail in the FibreNet case. A bench comprising Aniruddha Bose and Bela M Trivedi deferred the matter, saying that the judgement in Naidu's plea seeking quashing of the skill development scam case is likely to be delivered after the court's Diwali vacation.
"There is another petition by the same petitioner which has certain overlapping issues in which judgement has been reserved by this bench. Let the matter be listed for hearing on November 30," the bench had said. In the apex court, senior advocate Siddharth Luthra, representing Naidu, wanted the initial arrangement that the police would not arrest Naidu should continue, while senior advocate Ranjit Kumar, appearing for the Andhra Pradesh government, replied that the arrangement is continuing.
The arrangement came into effect after the top court asked the Andhra Pradesh Police not to arrest Naidu in the FibreNet case till it had delivered its verdict on the plea in the skill development scam case. "Let the earlier understanding continue," the bench told the Andhra Pradesh Police, accepting the brief argument from both sides.
The bench had said that police will not take Naidu into custody. "Since the order is reserved on another plea, it would be appropriate if the court takes up the instant plea of Naidu after the verdict is delivered," Justice Bose said. On October 13, the Andhra Pradesh Police submitted to the top court that it would not arrest Naidu in the FiberNet case till October 18 as his petition in the skill development corporation scam case is pending before the Supreme Court.
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