SC adjourns AP’s plea against Naidu’s bail to Jan 19

The Supreme Court on Friday postponed a plea of Andhra Pradesh challenging the regular bail granted to TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu in the skill development scam case to January 19.  A bench headed by Justices Bela M Trivedi and Satish Chandra Sharma was hearing the State of AP’s special leave petition challenging an order passed by the Andhra Pradesh High Court granting regular bail to Naidu.
On Friday, to accommodate Chandrababu’s request to file a counter-affidavit in response to the Andhra Pradesh government’s petition, the bench deferred the hearing until Friday, January 19. Senior Advocate Harish Salve, appearing for Naidu, had told the court, “We’ll put in a reply. The Court may fix this sometime in January. If the judgment comes out, then fine, otherwise we’ll go on with this matter.” Salve was referring to the earlier petition filed by Naidu, challenging the FIR against him in the skill development case, in which judgment was reserved by the Supreme Court on October 17.