TRS MLA Poaching Case: Telangana High Court To Monitor Investigation, SIT Prohibited From Reporting To Any Political Or Executive Authority
Live LawAllowing the state government-constituted Special Investigation Team to continue its probe into the MLA poaching case, the Telangana High Court has said that a single bench of the court will monitor the progress of the investigation and the SIT will not report to any other authority, be it political or executive.The division bench of Chief Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice C.V. Bhaskar Reddy. Allowing the state government-constituted Special Investigation Team to continue its probe into the MLA poaching case, the Telangana High Court has said that a single bench of the court will monitor the progress of the investigation and the SIT will not report to any other authority, be it political or executive. The division bench of Chief Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice C.V. Bhaskar Reddy said the SIT will submit its first report in sealed cover before the single bench on November 29, and not disclose anything related to the progress of the investigation before any other authority as well as the media. Subsequently, the BJP filed a writ petition before the single bench of the Telangana High Court praying for the entrusting of investigation of the matter to a SIT to ensure a free and fair probe.