Hyderabad, Oct. 28 -- The Telangana High Court on Tuesday, October 27, ordered status quo on the passport authority's proceedings against Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao in relation to the Formula E case.

The BRS leader had approached the court over a show-cause notice served to him after the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) sought to impound his passport.

KTR's counsel Gandra Mohan Rao said the notice was issued as part of a 'premeditated plan.' He also said that the ACB sought to impound the passport after filing a chargesheet in the case.

Justice EV Venugopal asked the ACB standing counsel if the bureau had filed a memo in the trial court seeking direction to impound KTR's passport. The standing counsel stated...