Hyderabad, Aug. 7 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday, August 6, questioned how the Telangana High Court could pass an ex parte verdict against Gadwal MLA Bandla Krishna Mohan Reddy when notices had not reached him, and indicated it would direct the High Court to hear the case afresh.

According to ABN, a bench of Justice BV Nagarathna and Justice R Mahadevan was hearing Krishna Mohan Reddy's appeal against the High Court's August 2023 order that had set aside his 2018 election from Gadwal and declared BJP leader DK Aruna the winner with effect from December 12, 2018. The High Court had also fined Krishna Mohan Reddy Rs 2.5 lakh for filing what it called a false election affidavit. He challenged that verdict before the Supreme Court on Augus...