The Telangana High Court issued notices to Obulapuram Mining Company on the State’s appeal seeking a higher penalty in the illegal mining case involving Gali Janardhan Reddy. The government contends the Rs.2 lakh fine imposed earlier was grossly inadequate.
Justice K. Lakshman heard the interim pleas in the criminal appeals filed by Janardhan Reddy and others, seeking suspension of the conviction and sentence imposed by the CBI Special Court, Hyderabad
Special CBI court acquits ex-minister Sabitha Indra Reddy and former bureaucrat B Krupanandam in the case; imposes Rs 1 lakh fine on Obulapuram Mining Company
A bench of Justices M R Shah and Krishna Murari also directed the special court to conduct trial on a day-to-day basis and complete the whole exercise in six months from November 9, 2022.
