A division bench of the AP High Court comprising of Chief Justice JK Maheshwari and Justice C Praveen Kumar issued orders to the state government to issue notices to all the individuals, including eight who are yet to be identified.
The upper House of a state can only be abolished if the Lower House passes a resolution by a special majority, which means resolution should be passed to that effect by the majority in the assembly with not less than two-thirds of members present and voting.
Former CM Chandrababu Naidu, his son Nara Lokesh and several other TDP leaders were taken into preventive custody at the TDP chief's residence ahead of their planned 'Chalo Atmakur' rally today.