Hyderabad, Sep 22 : Dehradun: In a writ petition seeking the quashing of an FIR, after both parties agreed to an out-of-court settlement, the high court has directed the state counsel to designate the Australian High Commission as the "aggrieved party" in the case of issuing a forged visa as it is a highly serious offence that falls within the jurisdiction of the high commission. The court has set the next hearing for September 27.

The high court, which had reserved its orders on Wednesday, pronounced the same on Friday, hours after a Vijayawada ACB Court extended his judicial custody till September 24. Single bench of Justice Sreenivas Reddy did not agree with the arguments of the counsels of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief challenging his arrest and judicial remand in the case.  Appearing on behalf of Harish Salve, the counsels had argued that the case against Naidu was politically motivated. The counsel had submitted to the court that the Crime Investigation Department (CID) did not take prior permission from the Governor before arresting Naidu as required under section 17A of Prevention of Corruption Act.