Gali Janardhan Reddy, a mining magnate and former Karnataka minister who is accused of a multi-million dollar mining fraud, was given a month's visitation privilege by the Supreme Court on Monday. The Supreme Court granted him permission to travel to the Bellary district to meet his daughter and to stay there up to November 6. The special court was also given the go-ahead by a bench of Justices M R Shah and Krishna Murari to conduct daily proceedings and finish the entire process within six months beginning November 9, 2022. The mining baron was also told to avoid Bellary until the trial was finished. The top court said that Reddy will incur harsh punishment for attempting to stall the trial. Gali Janardhan Reddy, the defendant in a multi-billion dollar illegal mining case, has been out on bail since 2015. The highest court's judgement placed various restrictions on his release, including a ban on his travel to Bellary in Karnataka and
