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Telangana High Court Restrains Defamatory Content Against Union Ministers Son Bandi Bageerath In Rape Case

The Telangana High Court in an interim order has restrained over 50 news channels, media platforms as well as unknown persons from publishing, circulating and broadcasting allegedly defamatory, speculative, AI generated and unverified information pending investigation in a rape FIR against Bandi Sai Bageerath.Bageerath, son of Minister of State for Home Affairs and BJP leader Bandi Sanjay...

Telangana SIR | ECI Tells High Court Voter Given Hearing Over Name Discrepancy, Final List To Be Published On Nov 9

Election Commission of India informed the Telangana High Court on Tuesday (October 13) that it had issued a response to the voter in the ongoing SIR in the State, who claimed that after he went for a hearing pursuant to a notice and submitted documents the poll body had thereafter not informed of further action. With respect to another voter who claimed that no notice was issued to him...

Centre Notifies Appointment Of Justice P Sam Koshy As Acting Chief Justice Of Telangana High Court

The Central Government on Monday (October 5) notified the appointment of Justice P Sam Koshy as Acting Chief Justice of Telangana High Court. This, after the elevation of outgoing Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh as a judge of the Supreme Court was announced earlier today. A notification issued by the Union Ministry of Law and Justice states:"In exercise of the power conferred by Article 223...

Telangana SIR | Plea Challenges AI-Based SIR Process; High Court Asks ECI Why Voter Was Excluded Without Notice

The Telangana High Court on Monday (October 5) sought the Election Commission of India's response on why a voter was excluded from the electoral roll without being issued a notice during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process undertaken in the State.A division bench of Justice P Sam Koshy and Justice Narsing Rao Nandikonda also sought to know what action had been taken in respect of...

One-Day Lawyers Strike Permitted In Rare Cases, But Cant Assault Lawyer Attending Court: Telangana High Court

The Telangana High Court has observed that a one-day strike or abstention from court work by lawyers may be permitted in the rarest of rare cases involving the dignity, integrity or independence of the Bar and/or the Bench, subject to certain conditions. [2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 160]However, such an exception cannot extend to intimidating, obstructing or assaulting an advocate who chooses to...

Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Repatriation Of Justice T Vinod Kumar To Telangana HC Ahead Of Retirement

The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the repatriation of Justice T. Vinod Kumar, Judge of the Madras High Court, to his parent High Court, the High Court for the State of Telangana.The recommendation was made at the Collegium meeting held on September 28, 2026, in view of Justice Kumar's impending retirement on November 16, 2026.Justice Kumar was transferred from the Telangana High...

Past Record Cant Be Erased In Special Circumstances: Telangana High Court Upholds Denial Of Police Job Despite Acquittal As Juvenile

The Telangana High Court upheld the cancellation of a candidate's provisional selection as a police constable after the recruitment board considered his involvement, as a juvenile, in a case alleging the murder of his mother and an attack on his sister. [2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 159]The Juvenile Justice Board had acquitted him because the prosecution failed to prove the allegations beyond...

Potency Test Cant Be Ordered Routinely In Rape Case Alleging Digital Penetration: Telangana High Court

The Telangana High Court has set aside an order directing an accused to undergo a potency test in a rape investigation, holding that the prosecution had not explained how the test would assist its case when the allegation concerned digital penetration. [2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 158]Justice J. Sreenivas Rao held that the seriousness of an allegation and the investigating agency's power to...

Mother-In-Law Not Liable To Maintain Widowed Daughter-In-Law, Her Children Under Section 125 CrPC: Telangana High Court

The Telangana High Court has quashed maintenance proceedings against a mother-in-law, holding that Section 125 CrPC does not make her liable to maintain either her widowed daughter-in-law or her deceased son's children. [2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 157]Her financial means or alleged possession of the deceased's assets could not create a liability absent from the provision, the Court said.Justice...

Child Custody | Fathers Role Goes Beyond Financial Support, Cant Be Overlooked Due To Judicial Sympathy Towards Mother: Telangana High Court

The Telangana High Court has observed that a father cannot be deprived of a child's custody as a matter of course unless he is shown to be an unsuitable or undeserving parent. [2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 155]In doing so the court directed the return of a four-year-old girl to the United States, where her parents' custody dispute was already before a court.A Division Bench of Justice Moushumi...