Phone-tapping: Hyderabad HC orders stay
Suresh Dharur
Tribune News Service
Hyderabad, July 31
In a new twist to the political drama over the alleged phone tapping row, the Hyderabad High Court has stayed all proceedings pertaining to the case till further orders.
The court granted an interim stay on an order passed by a lower court in Vijayawada, directing four private telecom service providers to furnish the call data of the phones of the elected representatives of Andhra Pradesh allegedly tapped by Telangana government.
Admitting two petitions moved by the Telangana government challenging the lower court order, Justice Vilas V Afzulpurkar granted interim stay till further orders.
The development is being seen as a setback for the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) government in AP which has been countering the cash-for-vote scam with allegations of phone-tapping by the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) government headed by K Chandrasekhar Rao.
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