VEMULAWADA: The High Court on Thursday adjourned the case pertaining to the German citizenship of Vemulawada MLA Chennamneni Ramesh Babu after hearing arguments from both sides.
It may be recalled that in 2009, Congress leader Adi Srinivas, who contested against Ramesh Babu had lodged a case challenging the Indian citizenship of the TRS leader and complained to the Union home ministry.
Srinivas alleged that Babu had procured Indian citizenship after producing fake documents so as to contest the Assembly elections from Vemulawada. Babu married a German woman and got German citizenship, but, hiding that, he contested the elections after fraudulently getting Indian citizenship and won.
The home ministry on November 22 last year, issued orders cancelling the citizenship of Babu for concealing facts pertaining to his visits to India during the 12-month period. Challenging the decision, Babu filed a petition in the High Court seeking to set aside the orders of the ministry…