Hyderabad, Sept. 27 -- The Andhra Pradesh high court on Friday observed that all the petitions challenging the decision of the previous YSR Congress party government in the state to establish three capitals for the state have become infructuous, in the wake of Parliament granting statutory status to Amaravati as the state capital, people familiar with the matter said on Saturday.

The three-member bench of the high court comprising Chief Justice Lisa Gill, Justice Nainala Jaya Surya and Justice B S Bhanumathi, said since Amaravati was now declared as the state capital by an Act of Parliament, any petition pending before the courts challenging the three capitals proposal would become infructuous.

The bench subsequently adjourned the heari...