The Supreme Court on 14 August 2026 refused to interfere with a decision of the Andhra Pradesh High Court. The High Court had quashed a criminal case against Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and Minister P. Narayana concerning alleged irregularities in the land‑pooling scheme for the new capital, Amaravati.
Key Developments
- The bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V. Mohana declined to stay the High Court order.
- The court clarified that the outcome of this petition will not affect other pending cases, which must be decided on their own merits.
- Senior advocate Ranjit Kumar, representing petitioner Alla Rama Krishna Reddy, alleged large‑scale irregularities involving land of about 30,000 acres belonging to over 25,000 farmers.
- The CJI warned that political rivalries should not be fought in courts and noted that no farmer had approached the court despite the alleged loss.
- The original FIR, filed on 12 March 2021, was registered under the Prevention of Corruption Act after a complaint by then‑MLA Alla Rama Krishna Reddy.
Important Facts
The CID probe named Naidu, Narayana and others as accused under various sections of the IPC, the SC/ST Act, and the