Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Sunday set aside the State Election Commission’s order confining panchayat raj minister P. Ramachandra Reddy to his home. But the Court restrained the minister from interacting with the media till all phases of the gram panchayat polls are over on February 21.
The HC came up with the “via media solution” to remedy a surcharged ground situation, with differences between and mutual accusations by the SEC and the Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy government between whom, the court pointed out, “there is no love lost.”
Passing an interim order in a house motion, moved by the minister and state government, Justice D.V.S.S. Somayajulu brought to the fore the overstepping of their respective jurisdictions by both the minister and the SEC.
“The language used leaves much to be desired. Freedom of speech is not an absolute and a reasonable restriction can be imposed,” the judge pointed, out referring to the minister’s warning to…
