Supreme Court on Thursday took a strong exception on a statements made by Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy over the bail granted to K Kavitha by the top court. The top court questioned Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi appearing for Reddy, if it was responsible behaviour on part of the Telangan CM when he 'casted aspersions' on the court.
The top court said, "such statements might create apprehensions in the minds of people and if the judiciary doesn't interfere in the legislature, then the same is expected from them."
A bench of Justices B R Gavai, PK Mishra and K V Viswanathan was hearing a petition seeking transfer of the trial in the 'Note for Vote' case from the Telangana to Bhopal. Telanagana Chief Minister is an accused in the case.
The bench expressed great displeasure over a Telanagana Chief Minister's statements and said how can a constitutional functionary of Chief Minister's stature speak in such a manner. The top court also said that it is not bothered about facing criticism and will keep performing the duties as per their conscience.
The bench further remarked that should the top court pass orders after consulting with a political party.
The Supreme Court had in morning said that it will appoint a special prosecutor to conduct trial in the 2015 cash-for-vote scam case in which Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy is an accused.
CM Reddy had questioned the Supreme Court's decision to grant bail to BRS leader K Kavitha and said, "It took 15 months for Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia to get bail, and even Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is still waiting. Yet, Kavitha managed to secure bail in just five months. It raises questions about possible behind-the-scenes support of the BJP."
Telangana CM further alleged that the BRS had aided the BJP in the Lok Sabha elections in Telangana.