Hyderabad, Aug. 14 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday, August 13, said proceedings in the 2015 cash-for-vote case involving Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy, then a TDP MLA, would have to begin afresh, as the judges who had earlier heard the matter have since retired.

A bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant observed while taking up petitions in the case, which had earlier been treated as part-heard and had reportedly reached the stage of final hearing before the previous bench. The CJI clarified that the matter could not continue from the stage at which it had been left and would instead require a fresh hearing before the present bench.

The petitions were filed by Revanth Reddy and Sandra Venkata Veeraiah challen...