Naidu, in a plea challenging the CID’s remand report against him, had asserted before the Vijayawada court that he had been falsely implicated in the case.
He also claimed that there was a clear statutory violation of Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act.
Section 17A deals with the need for prior sanction to enquire into the actions of public servants done in the discharge of their official duties.
Naidu’s petition contended that in his case, since he was Chief Minster, the Governor of the State would be the sanctioning authority.
While so, Naidu claimed that his prosecution in the corruption case was not proper as the prosecution did not obtain prior sanction from the Governor of Andhra Pradesh.
Source: Barandbench
