The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned the petition filed by former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu seeking quashing of FIR registered in connection with the skill development scam case for hearing on October 9.
The Bench of Justice Aniruddha Bose and Justice Bela M. Trivedi further issued notice on the petition and directed the State of Andhra Pradesh to produce the entire compilation of documents filed before the High Court.
The hearing, which lasted for around 50 minutes, witnessed the Apex Court mulling over the applicability of Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act, when the offence was committed prior to the 2018 amendment, which inserted 17A.
The Bench further deliberated on whether 17A was applicable when the FIR mentioned not only the offences under the PC Act, but also the offences under the Indian Penal Code.
The counsels appearing for Naidu argued that 17A was applicable when the inquiry started after the 2018 amendment, even if the offences were prior to it.
However, the counsel appearing for the State said the inquiry started before 2018.
The orders were passed on a special leave petition filed by Naidu, challenging the Andhra Pradesh High Court order of August, which refused to quash a first information report (FIR) arraigning the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader as one of the accused in the case.
The crime investigation department of Andhra Pradesh Police had arrested Naidu in connection with this case on September 9 and he has remained in custody since.
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