Hyderabad: The Supreme Court on Thursday, August 6, questioned how the Telangana High Court could pass an ex parte verdict against Gadwal MLA Bandla Krishna Mohan Reddy when notices had not reached him, and indicated it would direct the High Court to hear the case afresh. The High Court had also fined Krishna Mohan Reddy Rs 2.5 lakh for filing what it called a false election affidavit. They further alleged that while other respondents in the case were served through newspaper publication, Krishna Mohan Reddy alone was denied that route. It asked how the notices could be treated as received by Krishna Mohan Reddy when the signature on the acknowledgement did not match his. Krishna Mohan Reddy, who won the Gadwal seat in the 2018 Telangana Assembly election defeating Aruna by over 28,000 votes, also retained the seat in the 2023 election.