The CBI has filed several chargesheets naming Jagan as the principal accused, covering various alleged quid-pro-quo investments and government allotments.
Published Nov 20, 2025 | 3:56 PM ⚊ Updated Nov 20, 2025 | 3:56 PM
Former Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy.
Synopsis: YS Jagan Mohan Reddy appeared in person, based on the CBI court’s earlier directive. It has been alleged that Jagan had accumulated wealth beyond his known sources of income when his father, YS Rajasekhara Reddy, was the chief minister of undivided Andhra Pradesh.
Andhra Pradesh’s former Chief Minister and YSR Congress Party President YS Jagan Mohan Reddy appeared before the Special CBI Court in Hyderabad on Thursday, 20 November.
The court had directed him a month ago to be physically present in the ongoing disproportionate assets (DA) case registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation.
After reaching Hyderabad in the morning, Jagan drove straight to the Nampally Criminal Court Complex. The Hyderabad police deployed additional personnel, barricaded access points, and controlled traffic flow around the court area to avoid congestion.
Small groups of YSRCP supporters gathered near the court premises, but were kept at bay.
The former chief minister’s appearance came after the CBI court directed him to present himself “on or before 21 November.”
His legal team, which had initially sought an exemption from personal appearance for the hearing, later withdrew that plea, following which the court insisted on his presence.
Inside the courtroom, proceedings remained procedural but significant. Jagan’s counsel reiterated the long-standing request to club the multiple chargesheets filed by the CBI into a consolidated trial, arguing that doing so would streamline the judicial process.
The disproportionate assets case, originally registered in 2011, involved allegations that Jagan had accumulated wealth beyond his known sources of income when his late father, YS Rajasekhara Reddy, was the chief minister of undivided Andhra Pradesh.
The CBI has filed several chargesheets naming Jagan as the principal accused, covering various alleged quid-pro-quo investments and government allotments. Parallel to the CBI investigation, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed supplementary chargesheets under money-laundering provisions.
The court took note of the submissions and adjourned the matter. No fresh directions were issued, but both CBI and defence counsels were instructed to be prepared for the next round of hearings, during which pending petitions — including the request for clubbing of chargesheets — are expected to be taken up.
Jagan later left for his Lotus Pond residence in Hyderabad.
(Edited by Majnu Babu).
