The Supreme Court has stayed the Telangana High Court order granting protection from arrest to YSR Congress Party Lok Sabha member Y S Avinash Reddy until April 25th in a case related to the murder of former Andhra Pradesh Minister Y S Vivekananda Reddy. The bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice P S Narasimha issued notice on the plea challenging protection to Reddy and stayed proceedings before the high court. The Telangana High Court had earlier directed the YSRCP MP to appear before the CBI daily for examination in the case and granted him protection from arrest until April 25th.
Y S Vivekananda Reddy, one of the brothers of the late Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, was found murdered at his residence in Pulivendula in Kadapa district on March 15, 2019. The CBI filed a charge sheet in the murder case on October 26, 2021, and followed it up with a supplementary charge sheet on January 31, 2022. The case pertaining to the murder of former Andhra Pradesh Minister Y S Vivekananda Reddy was initially probed by a special investigation team (SIT) of the state crime investigation department. However, in July 2020, the case was handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for further investigation. The CBI filed a charge sheet in the murder case on October 26, 2021, and subsequently filed a supplementary charge sheet on January 31, 2022.
