The Telangana High Court today heard a petition filed by former chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on the Medigadda issue. The High Court bench heard the arguments on the petition and the verdict in the case was reserved by it later.
KCR and former minister Harish Rao had challenged the order passed by the Bhupalpally court in the Medigadda project collapse case in the High Court. KCR’s counsel told the court that Rajalingamurthy, who filed the petition in the lower court, had died.
The government PP argued that the petition was maintainable. He requested the bench to implead the legal heirs of the petitioner in the case and refer it back to the lower court.
However, the advocate on behalf of KCR opposed the PP’s arguments. It was brought to the notice of the court that impleadment of the legal heirs was applicable only to the case of summons case and added that as it was a criminal petition, there was no scope for the impleadment of the legal heirs.
A criminal revision petition has been filed in the Bhupalpally court by one Rajalingamurthy holding KCR and Harish Rao responsible in the Medigadda barrage collapse case. The court accepted the petition for hearing.
Notices have been issued to KCR and Harish Rao. However, both KCR and Harish Rao approached the High Court alleging that the district court had passed the orders beyond its jurisdiction. They sought quashing of the court order.
While the hearing is going on in the court, the complainant Rajalingamurthy, was murdered. After the death of the petitioner, the High Court asked as to how the petition could be heard.
In this regard, the public prosecutor, KCR and Harish Rao’s lawyers presented their arguments before the HC. The court heard the arguments of both the parties and reserved its verdict.