Former judge K Ravinder Reddy, who delivered the Mecca Masjid blast case verdict and resigned immediately, has joined the Telangana Jana Samithi (TJS) led by TJAC Chairman Kodandaram. Reddy was the judge of NIA court and had resigned after acquitting all five accused in the Mecca Masjid blast case on April 16 this year.
Ravinder Reddy was earlier interested in joining the BJP and even held two rounds of talks with the State BJP leaders but after no communication from them, Telangana Jana Samiti invited him. Ravinder Reddy, who was president of Telangana Judicial Officers Association is keen to contest the upcoming elections.
He had led a protest against judges from Andhra Pradesh origin continuing in the High Court at Hyderabad even after bifurcation of the state which got stopped with the intervention of the Supreme Court. He was suspended along with 10 other judges but were reinstated a month later.
