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SC rejects plea to quash bail of Jagan in illegal assets case

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the petition of Telugu Desam Party leader and Andhra Pradesh assembly deputy speaker K Raghu Ramakrishna Raju seeking cancellation of bail granted to former chief minister and YSR Congress Party chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy in the alleged illegal assets case. YS Jagan Mohan Reddy A Supreme Court bench headed by justice BV Nagaratna and justice Satish Chandra Mishra said there was no need for any separate hearing on Raju’s petition for the cancellation of bail granted to Jagan by a special court for CBI cases in Hyderabad in September 2013. The Supreme Court bench also rejected Raju’s plea seeking transfer Jagan’s cases from Hyderabad to another state. The bench has instructed the trial court to conduct a day-to-day hearing of the cases against Jagan and the High Court should continue its supervision, eliminating the necessity for transferring the cases to another state.

Hindustan Times

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