Hyderabad, May 29 -- In an unprecedented event, the Telangana High Court witnessed three judges recusing themselves from hearing the Obulapuram illegal mining case on the same day.

This is the first time such a situation has occurred in the court's history.

The case involves appeals filed by convicts BV Srinivasareddy, Gali Janardhan Reddy, OMC Company, Mefaz Ali Khan, and VD Rajagopal, seeking suspension of the seven-year prison sentence imposed by the CBI court on May 6 for their involvement in illegal mining activities in the Bellary Reserve Forest area of Anantapur district.

Justice K. Sharat, Justice Alisetti Lakshminarayana, and Justice Nagesh Bheemapaka all recused themselves from hearing the petitions on Wednesday. The case beg...