Supreme Court Stays Trial Against Telangana IAS Officer Y Srilakshmi In Obulapuram Mining Case

The Supreme Court today(August 29) stayed trial against IAS officer Y. Srilakshmi in the Obulapuarm Mining scam. The Court passed the interim order while issuing notice on the officer's petition against the Telangana High Court's order dismissing her petition seeeking dicharge.Srilakshmi had approached the trial Court after a supplementary chargesheet was filed naming her. She prayed that there is a mere suspicion against her, which is not enough to frame charges, and in the absence of specific allegations, she is entitled to discharge. However, the trial Court in 2022 dismissed her plea. Against this, she approached the High Court, which allowed the revision petition and discharged the petitioner on November 8, 2022. Against this, the CBI preferred an appeal before the Supreme Court, which allowed the appeal on May 7 and remitted the matter to the High Court for passing a reasoned order and ultimately, her criminal revision was disallowed by the High Court.A bench comprising Justice MM Sundresh and Justice NK Singh issued notice in a special leave petition argued by Senior Advocate Siddharth Dave. Justice Sundresh also orally remarked that the High Court's order is very "strange".By the order dated July 25, the Telangana High Court refused to stay all further proceedings for alleged offences punishable under Sections 120B read with Section 409 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 13(2) read with Section 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.As per the allegations levelled against her, during her term as Secretary, Industries & Commerce, Government of Andhra Pradesh, between 2006 to 2009, she abused her official position as a public servant by not including the condition of 'captive mining' in the final lease and issued two government notifications in favour of M/s. Obulapuram Mining Company Private Limited. She allegedly facilitated the other accused to cheat the Government by violating all the rules and procedures prescribed in the Mines and Mineral (Development & Regulation) Act, 1957 and the Mineral Concession Rules, 1960 and thus caused huge loss to the public exchequer. Case Details: SRI LAKSHMI Y Vs THE STATE OF TELANGANA|SLP(Crl) No. 12594/2025 Diary No. 45017 / 2025 Click Here To Read/Download Order

Supreme Court Stays Trial Against Telangana IAS Officer Y Srilakshmi In Obulapuram Mining Case

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