India, Jan. 29 -- The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the anticipatory bail granted to former Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu in a corruption case while refusing to entertain an appeal filed by the state government challenging the order passed by the Andhra Pradesh high court on January 10.

Naidu is already out on bail in the skill development scam and was granted protection from arrest in connection with the FibreNet scam. The present case alleged that while he was the chief minster, between 2014 and 2019, he awarded contract for preparation of master plan for the capital city and capital region, including the inner ring road (IRR) on a nomination basis and changed the alignment of IRR to allow wrongful gains to his ass...