Snehal Upadhyay-
The High Court of Andhra Pradesh adjourned the notice with respect to the petition for suo moto criminal revision on the withdrawal of criminal cases against Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy.
Justice Lalitha Kanneganti mentioned that firstly the Court will observe the administrative committee’s report, the basis on which the suo moto cases were registered by the registry.
Mr Subahmanyam Sriram, the Advocate General of Andhra Pradesh had already shown his objection to the High Court’s proceedings by stating that High Court cannot initiate any suo moto revision on its administrative side.
He had argued that Sections 397, 401, 482 and 483 of the Code of Criminal Procedure gives the insight of suo moto revisions being judicial in nature and therefore, suo moto cases can only be initiated by the Court and not by the administrative committee.
“It is unprecedented that the High Court in its administrative committee has decided to take suo moto cognizance. This is not a case where the High Court on its administrative side has placed the files before the bench and the bench has decided to take suo moto cognizance”, he stated further on June 23.
The Advocate General also objected that the administrative committee’s report was not handed over to the state and pointed out about the virtual ‘media trial’ which was done before the cases were addressed in the Court, this happened due to the contents of the reports were also been leaked to the channels