Orders: Govinda Menon, J.-When these Referred Trials came up for hearing on the 19th instant the Public Prosecutor, Andhra, informed the Court that he has been instructed to state that all the condemned prisoners, whose trials have been referred for the confirmation of sentences by the High Court, have been released as a result of a general amnesty granted by the Government of Andhra and therefore he submitted that the Referred Trials cannot be proceeded with. The question then arose as to whether the release of the condemned prisoners, pending the confirmation of their sentences by this Court, does, or does not, amount to an act of interference with the due and proper course of justice in that in cases pending before this Court, the Government have, by their action, prevented the proper disposal of these cases. Under these circumstances, we requested the Advocate-General, Andhra, to appear before us on 22nd January, 1954, and explain and clarify to us the situation created by the order of general amnesty. Accordingly the learned Advocate-General has placed before us the implications of the order of amnesty and submitted that no further action is called for in the circumstances. We

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