On Friday midnight 1:00 a.m, Justice Vijaysen Reddy took up the hearing of the criminal petition filed by the BJP leader Kasam Venkateshwarlu, seeking a direction to the special JFCM for excise cases at Hyderabad to enquire into the private complaint made by him on May 14 against Revanth Reddy for making alleged false, defamatory and provocative speech on May 4.
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HYDERABAD: In a late-night hearing, the Telangana High Court’s vacation bench addressed the state public prosecutor regarding a private complaint filed by BJP state general secretary Kasam Venkateshwarlu against Chief Minister Revanth Reddy.
The complaint accused Reddy of making derogatory remarks against the BJP.
Justice Vijaysen Reddy conducted the hearing of the criminal petition filed by Venkateshwarlu at 1 AM on Friday night, seeking a directive for the special Judicial First Class Magistrate (JFCM) for excise cases in Hyderabad to investigate the complaint lodged on May 14.
Justice Vijaysen Reddy instructed the public prosecutor to gather information on the procedures followed by the lower courts when adjudicating private complaints. The Special JFCM for excise cases in Hyderabad had previously adjourned the private complaint, a decision now under challenge in the High Court.
Justice Vijaysen Reddy questioned the petitioner’s counsel, Hamsa Devineni, about the urgency that necessitated a late-night hearing.
“What was the urgency in this case, which made her wait till past midnight?”
-the judge asked, highlighting that it was a mere private complaint case. Consequently, the public prosecutor was directed to obtain instructions on the issue, and the criminal petition was adjourned to June 24.
In response, public prosecutor Palle Nageshwar Rao stated,
“This petition is not a fit case to be heard as a ‘lunch motion petition’ and there was no urgency in hearing the petition in vacation court bench, that too at midnight.”
He emphasized that the situation did not warrant such an expedited hearing.
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