The court finally said the criminal charges could not be proven, adding, “Writing cannot be seditious, and writers cannot be conspirators."
From top left: Cherabandaraju (1944-1982), K V Ramana Reddy (1927- 1998), Tripuraneni Madhusudana Rao (1937-2004), M T Khan (1935-2014), M Ranganatham (1948-2020), P Varavara Rao (1940)
May 2024 marks the 50th anniversary of the Secunderabad Conspiracy Case (1974-1989), perhaps the first-ever in then-Andhra Pradesh, or even the entire country, implicating writers as accused for their writings and speeches. After under two decades of twists and turns, courts finally said the criminal charges could not be proven, adding, “Writing cannot be seditious, and writers cannot be conspirators.”