The Telangana High Court on Friday adjourned to November 7 the hearing on a BJP petition seeking a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) or a sitting judge into the alleged attempt to buy four MLAs of the TRS.
The court also adjourned the hearing on the petitions of the wife of one of the accused and others.
As the State government had filed an elaborate counter, the counsel for the BJP sought time to go through the same and prepare for arguments.
The court agreed to give the time till November 7.
Justice B Vijaysen Reddy said that the stay on the investigation in the case would continue till the next hearing.
Additional Advocate General Ramachandra Rao requested the court to lift the stay, but the court ruled otherwise.
The AAG also sought permission to file a petition for police custody of the three accused, but the court refused the permission.
Journalist Chintapandu Naveen alias Teenmaar Malanna also filed a petition to implead himself in the case. Mallanna's counsel submitted that Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao had tried to influence the judiciary in the case.
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