A bench headed by Chief Justice NV Ramana was told by advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for a petitioner, that though the challenge to the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, one of the key aspects of the petition, has become infructuous with the passage of time, there are other important issues which needed to be adjudicated upon.
That part may have become infructuous but there are other questions which are involved regarding the bifurcation of states.
Several petitions, including the one which was filed by former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Reddy, challenging the bifurcation and the controversial manner in which the Bill was cleared in Parliament were filed in the apex court in 2014 and they are pending.