Telangana High Court Annual Digest 2025

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Tel) 1 To 2025 LiveLaw (Tel) 144Telangana High Court Directs Cyberabad Police To Issue Advisory To Gated Communities, Flat Associations For Preventing Illegal ActivitiesCh Hari Govinda Khorana Reddy vs. State of Telangana and Others 2025 LiveLaw (Tel) 1 Justice B Vijaysen Reddy in his December 31 order passed a slew of directions while hearing a writ...

EPF Act | Quasi-Judicial Authority Can't Defend Its Own Order In Appeal By Stepping Into Shoes Of Party To The Lis: Telangana High Court

The Telangana High Court has held that Quasi-Judicial authorities under the Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act cannot defend their own orders in appeal by stepping into the shoes of a party to the lis.The respondent (in the appeal) is an 'Employer' of an Establishment under section 2(e) of the Act. Proceedings were initiated against the employer under section 7A by...

Use of Tissue Culture Technology Does Not Bar Tax Exemption On Agricultural Income: Telangana High Court

The Telangana High Court has held that income earned from the sale of tissue-cultured plants qualifies as agricultural income and is therefore exempt from income tax, though advanced scientific techniques are used in their cultivation. The Bench of Justices P Sam Koshy and Narsing Rao Nandikonda heard a case where the assessee (appellant), who was engaged in the business of micropropagation...

Telangana High Court Acquits Accused In Ganja Cultivation Case; Says Oral Claims Can't Substitute Mandatory Compliance Under NDPS Act

The Telangana High Court has reiterated that oral claims of compliance by the Investigating Officer cannot substitute for the mandatory statutory requirement.Reiterating the ratio laid down by the Supreme Court in Karnail Singh v. State of Haryana, State of Punjab v. Baldev Singh, Vijaysinh Chandubha Jadeja and State of Gujarat v. Jagraj Singh, the Court has held that recovery under the NDPS...

S.118 Evidence Act Compliance Mandatory When Sole Reliance Is On Uncorroborated Testimony Of Child Witness: Telangana High Court

The Telangana High Court has reiterated that the competence assessment under section 118 of the Evidence Act, of a child victim is indispensable when the conviction of an accused is based solely on the uncorroborated testimony of the child.“As the trial Court similarly failed to conduct the mandatory competency assessment of the child witness under Section 118 of the Evidence Act and...

Police Must Show Arrest & Remand Of Accused In All Connected Cases: Telangana High Court Grants Doctor Bail In Surrogacy-Fraud FIRs

Granting bail to a doctor booked for surrogacy-related offences, the Telangana High Court said that once an accused is in judicial custody in the first case, then it is necessary for the investigating authorities to show the arrest and remand of the accused in all connected cases, from the respective dates of registration of FIRs.The petitioner contended that she was implicated in several...

Telangana High Court Extends Order Restraining Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation From Capturing Sterilised Street Dogs

The Telangana High Court on Monday (December 1) has extended its interim order directing the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) not to capture street dogs that have already been sterilised, unless a specific complaint is received.On Friday (November 28) Justice B. Vijaysen Reddy had in its order directed, “List on 01.12.2025. Till then, the respondent authorities are directed not...

Telangana High Court Summons Investigating Officer In Sigachi Blast Case, Mulls Need For SIT Probe

The Telangana High Court on Thursday directed the Deputy Superintendent of Police, investigating the Sigachi Blast case, to appear before it on December 09, along with case diary and other relevant documents showing the progress of investigation.On 30th June, 20205, a fire broke out in the Sigachi Industries of Hyderabad in Sangareddy district, which was followed by an explosion, that took...

Zomato Delivery Agent Moves Telangana High Court Against 'Arbitrary' Blocking Of Worker ID; Notice Issued

The Telangana High Court has issued notice on a Zomato delivery agent's plea challenging the "unjust" and "arbitrary" blocking of his worker ID by the food delivery company citing behavioural issues. Justice Nagesh Bheemapaka issued notice to the State government and Zomato on the plea which also seeks a direction to the state government to frame fair and transparent grievance redressal...

Allowing Filing Of Additional Documents Without Reasonable Cause In Trial Defeats Speedy Disposal Of Commercial Suits: Telangana High Court

The Telangana High Court has reiterated that permitting a party to bring on record additional documents at the trial stage without a reasonable cause would defeat purpose of Commercial Courts Act 2015 which aims at speedy disposal of commercial suits. It further said that a court cannot permit documents to belatedly brought on the court's record on the sole ground that the documents have...

Power To Extend Arbitrator's Mandate Lies With Civil Court Of Original Jurisdiction, Not Appointing Court: Telangana High Court

The Telangana High Court dismissed a Civil Revision Petition filed by Employees State Insurance (ESI) Corporation. ESI had challenged an order passed by the Civil Court allowing the application seeking extension of the arbitrator's mandate. Justice P. Sam Koshy held that the mandate of the arbitrator under section 29A(4) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (Arbitration Act)...

Discounts On Pending Traffic Challans Encourage Violations: Telangana High Court

The Telangana High Court, while dealing with a writ filed challenging an E-Challan generated by the Telangana Police Integrated E-Challan System, without showing the provision of law, noted that imposing fines and granting discounts only weakens the fear of legal consequences in citizens.“Imposing fines and granting discounts to the traffic violators not only weakens the fear of...