Chandrababu Naidu's Plea Against FIR & Remand : Andhra Pradesh High Court Reserves Verdict [Live Updates]

Luthra: When A1 is the Chairman, when A1 has made the speech in the House, when he has released funds. All of this was done on the saying of A37 (Naidu). Now once this is your claim, how can you say Section 17A is not applicable?

Luthra: There is a pattern in the State of #AndhraPradesh where randomly documents are going missing

Bench: If you have to make any submissions, make now, we are disposing it off finally. I am very clear in that aspect. I have heard it for the whole day

Luthra: I am concerned about the 2021 complaint. I cannot contemplate what they want me to deal with? 2021 complaint was registered, after that everything happened, so why are we on 2018?

^Luthra: These arguments that were made by AAG, we need to keep in mind that they are concerning somebody's personal liberty

Salve: What is fascinating is that 4.5 years after being a government, you now come and say that documents are going missing? Today they have destroyed the files and are blaming us? What nonsense!

Kumar: We can file counter only by next Friday

Salve: Their arguments are contradictory. First we heard that investigation is in inception stage. Then they have said inquiry started in 2018?

Kumar: Your lordship, the judgment of Arnab Goswami was overruled by judgement in Neeharika. It cannot be said that the lordships were unaware of the previous judgement

AAG Reddy on 17A: When IPC offences are there, I need not get sanction. Secondly, it says that inquiry should not start after Amendment. But inquiry had already started way back. It's not about FIR. In 2015 itself the questions had arisen

Addl AG P. Sudhakar Reddy: Preliminary inquiry was already ordered on 5th June 2018, prior to introduction of Section 17A in 2018 Amendment.