SC dismisses mining baron Janardhan Reddy's plea to enter Bellary
BY PTI4 May 2018 4:36 PM IST
PTI4 May 2018 10:07 PM IST
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea of mining baron and BJP leader G Janardhana Reddy seeking permission to enter Bellary district in the southern Indian state of Karnataka for electioneering.
A bench of Justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan junked his plea to enter the district to campaign for his brother, G Somashekar Reddy, who is a BJP candidate in the upcoming assembly elections in Karnataka.
In 2009, Janardhana Reddy was sent to jail for being involved in illegal mining of iron ore in Bellary and Anantapur in the state of Andhra Pradesh.
He was granted bail by the apex court in January 2015.
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