Rowdy Sheet Not Sustainable Where Alleged Crimes Don't Disturb Public Peace & Tranquility: AP High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has reiterated that a rowdy sheet cannot be opened mechanically and the Police has to examine, with due care, whether the crime registered against an accused comes within the purview of disturbing peace and tranquility.A Single Judge Bench of Dr. Justice Vankata Jyothirmai Pratapa explained,“…rowdy sheet cannot be opened mechanically and not in a casual...

'People Love Their Land Like Their Mother', State Must Fulfill Promise Of Rehabilitation, Employment After Acquisition: AP High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has observed that in our society, land is loved like mothers, and the acquisition of land by the Government for public purposes upon an executive promise of compassionate employment to displaced persons or their family members makes the Government duty-bound to fulfil the same within reasonable time and without raising technicalities on flimsy grounds.A...

Land Assigned To Serving Soldiers Is Valid, Bureaucracy Cannot Defeat Gratitude: AP High Court Sets Aside Collector's Refusal To Permit Sale

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has allowed an appeal of an ex-serviceman, who sought to sell land assigned to him under the ex-servicemen quota but was denied by the District Collector (DC) on the ground that the allotment was made while the appellant was serving in the Indian Army and was thus purportedly irregular.Referring to a 2022 Circular of the Chief Commissioner of Land...

De-recognition Of Association On Account Of Non-Renewal Not Ground To Disregard Achievement Of Participants: AP High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has allowed a plea of a MBBS candidate— who was placed lower in the priority list (at No.91) for admission to the course for the 2025-26 session, and had approached the Court asserting that she ought to have been placed higher on the list (at No.53) on account of her participation in the Senior National Fencing Championship, 2024-25.The Sports Authority of...

'Vindictive': AP High Court Raps State For Withholding Occupancy Certificate Of YSRCP Party Office

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has strongly criticised the State authorities (respondents) for denying occupancy certificate for a building constructed for use as party office by the petitioners, who were members of YSRCP, despite the building being fit for occupation.Noting that State authorities are duty-bound to issue occupancy certificate for the building once it is fit for...

AP High Court Raps State For Devising 'Innovative Methods' To Take Over Private Property Without Due Process; Protects Citizen

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has condemned the State authorities (respondents) for concocting “innovative ways” of acquiring the property of one Raja Reddy (petitioner), despite the Court earlier directing the authorities to not dispossess the petitioner without following due process of law.On 06.10.2025, the petitioner was issued a notice which stated that he had encroached on the...

Plaintiffs Cannot Reserve Rebuttal Evidence Under Order 18 Rule 3 CPC When Entire Burden Of Proof Is On Them: Andhra Pradesh High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has upheld a Trial Court order, which dismissed a petition filed under Order 18 Rule 3 of CPC seeking permission for the plaintiffs to reserve their right to adduce rebuttal evidence after the defendants concluded their evidence in a partition suit involving a registered partition deed of 2002, which also stood challenged by the plaintiffs in the original...

'State Has Moral Obligation': AP High Court Directs Reservation For Transgender Persons In Public Employment Within Six Months

In a significant ruling, the Andhra Pradesh High Court has expressed a dire need for the State to mainstream the transgender community— which lie at the “bottom of social backwardness", and to subsequently take affirmative action for their inclusion in all spheres of life, including public employment.In this regard, Justice Nyapathy Vijay stated,“As the origin of the problems of...

State Can't Claim Financial Incapacity To Withhold Gratuity, Not Giving Benefits To Retired Employees Violates Article 21: AP High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that financial incapacity cannot be used as a defence by the State institutions for non-fulfilment of statutory obligation to provide terminal benefits to its employees, and shirking of the responsibility to release the same amounts to violation of Article 21 of the Constitution.The Court was dealing with a case where terminal benefits were denied to...

AP High Court Asks State To Identify Sites For Landfills, Solid Waste Management & Disposal Facilities; Chief Sectary To Personally Monitor

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has directed the State Authorities to identify sites for the setting up of landfills, solid waste management facilities and disposal facilities as prescribed in the Solid Waste Management Rules 2016.The Division Bench of Chief Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur and Justice Challa Gunaranjan noted, that the issue not only plagues the localities mentioned in the PIL but...

Expect State To Take 'Positive Decision' On Giving Reservation To Transgender Persons In Public Employment: AP High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has said that it expects the State Government to come up with a positive decision with respect to introducing reservations for transgender persons in public employment.A Division Bench of Justice Battu Devanand and Justice A. Hari Haranadha Sarma was informed about that Karnataka government had as per the direction of the High Court of Karnataka, provided...

S.25FFF Industrial Disputes Act | Shut Down Of Specific Unit Amounts To Closure, Workers Are Entitled To Compensation: AP High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that even if a part of an industrial unit which has functional integrity with other units is shut down, such action amounts to closure and workmen shall be entitled to compensation as provided under Section 25FFF Industrial Disputes Act. The court said thus while dismissing a workman's plea seeking absorption into other units of a Corporation, after he...