🏛️📜 Justice Aniruddha Bose and Justice Bela Trivedi held lengthy arguments for the fourth time in the Supreme Court on Section 17A, which became the most crucial in the skill scam that arrested Chandrababu.
Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi argued on behalf of the Andhra Pradesh government that Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act is not applicable to Chandrababu Babu. 📜
At the same time, it was explained to the Supreme Court that Section 17A is not a complete protection like Section 19, but Section 17A is a means of protection for honest officials. 🏛️
He said that the trial of this case started in June 2018, before Section 17A came into force. 📆
He reminded that when doubts arise in such cases, the courts are inclined towards eradication of corruption. 🏛️A whistleblower has also mentioned the earlier complaint regarding this case. 🏛️Mukul Rohatgi mentioned the case of Subrahmanya Swamy vs. Manmohan Singh in this regard. 📜🏛️🗳️ The court was told that SEBI, Income Tax Department and many other organizations are investigating the skill scam. 📜Mukul Rohatgi's arguments were heard for about an hour and a half. 🏛️He said that it would take another thirty and a half hours to complete his arguments. 🕔In this order, the judges suggested that the trial of the case will be taken up on Monday. 🏛️The bench adjourned the hearing of the case to Tuesday as Rohatgi sought adjournment to Tuesday as he would not be present on Monday. ⚖️📆🏛️
