The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a batch of petitions seeking action against Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy for making “scandalising” allegations about a sitting judge of the top court, Justice NV Ramana, Bar and Bench reported.
In a letter, addressed to Chief Justice SA Bobde on October 6, Reddy had alleged that Ramana, who is the Supreme Court’s second-most senior judge, had been influencing the hearings of the Andhra Pradesh High Court, including the roster of a few judges. Reddy also cited instances of how cases important to the Opposition Telugu Desam Party were “allocated to a few judges”.
A bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Dinesh Maheshwari and Hrishikesh Roy refused to grant liberty to the petitioners for intervening in the matter. “You pick up something from the newspaper and file whatever you want,” the bench said. “This is not how this is done. If 100 people want to assist, then how can we allow 100 people to…