High Court had reserved its decision on nominated MLA, Stephenson’s Not Before petition to Monday. However legal experts say that Stephenson’s petition is more likely to be quashed by the court. Mattaiah’s Lawyers have effectively dealt with this case.
The lawyer clearly stated that Stephenson’s fears and doubts on the judge Siva Shankar Rao are totally baseless and there are no instances in the past to prove the judge will act partial. The lawyer also brought to the notice of the court that in case Stephenson’s plea is accepted, whenever someone is losing a case, they will unleash the Not Before petition to delay the case proceedings.
Also changing judges in the midway will also have the affect on the morale of new judges coming in. Also parties involved in political cases, may resort to Not Before me so as to instill doubts on a judge in people and later derive mileage from the doubt. Experts say that arguments of Matthaiah’s lawyers are effective in this case and the Not-Before petition is likely to be struck down.
