Overview
- The bench, which set the case for decision Wednesday, shifted the pronouncement to April 22 and kept its bar on coercive steps in force.
- Former chief minister K. Chandrashekar Rao, T. Harish Rao, S. K. Joshi, and Smitha Sabharwal seek to quash the Justice P. C. Ghose Commission report and challenge the panel’s very setup.
- The Ghose panel, formed in March 2024 to examine the Kaleshwaram project’s barrages, held KCR directly and vicariously accountable, citing rampant procedural and financial lapses and a cost jump to over ₹1.10 lakh crore by March 2022.
- The petitioners argue the inquiry violated natural justice by skipping mandatory notices under Sections 8B and 8C of the Commissions of Inquiry Act, while the state says the process followed the law.
- In a parallel case, the High Court issued notices on Chief Minister Revanth Reddy’s bid to quash 2019 poll code cases, with counter filings due April 21.