CBI Probe Into Naidu’s Assets Stayed

The High Court on Tuesday stayed the execution of the November 14th order allowing preliminary probes by CBI into the assets of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president N Chandrababu Naidu and 13 others.

While issuing the interim orders, the bench comprising Justices Rohini and Ashutosh Mahanta directed the CBI, ED and other agencies to stop their investigations against Naidu and the others listed in the public interest litigation filed by Pulivendula MLA YS Vijayamma, and adjourned the hearing on the petition to Wednesday.

D Srinivas, the advocate of the defendant, said that the court issued an interim stay on the probe after thorough examination of all the documents and reports submitted by the petitioners. The counsel maintained that the preliminary enquiry was against the principles of natural justice.

The counsel had questioned how an enquiry was ordered without giving notices to the defendents in the case, and appealed to the court to hold the probe.

Meanwhile, Vijayamma's counsel raised objections against the bench in the Supreme Court, and requested that the hearing of the case be shifted to any court outside Andhra Pradesh.

Naidu's alleged illegal assets case was earlier transferred from Justice Eswaraiah's bench to the bench of Justice Rohini, when Vijayamma raised objections against the former. (INN)