Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy complains to CJI as his fight with judiciary escalates

VIJAYWADA: The ongoing war of words between the Andhra Pradesh government and the judiciary took a turn for the worse on Saturday after chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy wrote to Chief Justice of India Justice S A Bobde complaining against a senior Supreme Court judge and some AP high court judges.

Jagan has urged the CJI to “consider initiating such steps as may be considered fit and proper, to ensure that the state judiciary’s neutrality is maintained”. Copies of the letter were released to reporters on Saturday night by Ajeya Kallam, adviser to the state government and former chief secretary of AP.

The letter was dated October 6, the day Jagan had met Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss the state’s various issues and release of funds promised under AP Reorganisation Act.


In the annexure to the letter, Jagan expressed “pain and anguish” that the “august institution of the high court is being used to destabilise and topple the democratically elected government”. He submitted an annexure pointing out instances of how matters important to an opposition party had been allocated to select judges in the high court.

Jagan referred to the investigation launched by the state government against former chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu in the building of Amaravati.

Referring to the harsh observations of the high court on social media posts against the judiciary, Jagan said that when the advocate-general pointed out that the high court was unfairly hostile to the state government, the standing counsel in court offered to withdraw the pleadings and file an amended paragraph.

Jagan also referred to the orders of the high court on issues ranging from fire mishap at a Covid-19 care centre to the arrest of Naidu in Visakhapatnam and Covid-19 guideline violations by YSRCP MLAs.

Jagan expressed ‘pain and anguish’ that the ‘august institution of the high court is being used to destabilise and topple the democratically elected government’.

He submitted an annexure pointing out instances of how matters important to an opposition party had been allocated to select judges in the high court.