Overview

• Justice K. Lakshman reserved orders on June 9 after hearing arguments from Reddy’s counsel and CBI opposing interim relief.
• Gali Janardhan Reddy was convicted on May 5, 2024 by a CBI special court in the Obulapuram Mining Case and sentenced to seven years of rigorous imprisonment.
• His conviction under the Representation of the People Act led to his disqualification as Gangawati MLA on May 8, 2025.
• His lawyers argued that he had already served nearly half of his jail term as a remand prisoner and cited Supreme Court precedents to support interim bail.
• The High Court has scheduled the main criminal appeals against the conviction for further hearing beginning August 11.