Supreme Court allows mining baron Janardhan Reddy to visit Bellary in Karnataka
The Hindu
Janardhan Reddy had sought permission to visit Bellary to meet his daughter who recently gave birth to a girl
The Supreme Court on October 10 permitted former Karnataka Minister and accused in illegal mining case Gali Janardhan Reddy to visit and stay till November 6 in Bellary district to meet his daughter.
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.
It also directed Mr. Reddy to remain out of Bellary till the trial is completed.
The top court said any attempt on the part of Mr. Reddy to delay the trial should be dealt with iron hands.
Mr. Reddy, accused in a multi-crore illegal mining case, has been out on bail since 2015 and several conditions were imposed by the apex court in its order, including prohibiting him from visiting Bellary in Karnataka and Ananthpur and Kadapa in Andhra Pradesh.
Mr. Reddy had sought permission to visit Bellary to meet his daughter who recently gave birth to a girl.
Mr. Reddy and his brother-in-law B.V. Srinivas Reddy, managing director of the Obalapuram Mining Company (OMC), were arrested by CBI on September 5, 2011, from Bellary and brought to Hyderabad.
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