Telangana High Court Sets Aside Grant Of Occupational Rights Certificate To Legal Reps Of Inamdar, Says RDO Played Fraud In The Matter

The Telangana High Court has allowed a plea challenging the grant of an occupational rights certificate (ORC) to the legal representatives of an Imandar holding that the Revenue Division Authority had ignored ample documents in favour of the petitioner and passed orders in favour of the LRs without issuing notice. It held:"As on the date of enquiry, there were plenty of records and documents...

NIA Act | Does S.21 Include Approver's Bail, Is Rejection Of Bail Appealable Before HC? : Telangana High Court Refers Questions To Larger Bench

A single judge of the Telangana High Court has referred a matter to the Chief Justice, to determine whether when a bail application is rejected by a special court under the National Investigation Agency Act, 2008, can the applicant approach the high court under section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 or does he have to file an appeal against the order of the special court...

Telangana High Court Directs Adherence To UGC Guidelines In Considering Fee Refund Of Student Who Changed Colleges During NEET Counselling

The Telangana High Court has directed the Dean of Mahatma Dental College to consider the petitioner's application for a refund of tuition fee, caution deposit stipend fee, and other fees per the UGC Notification of 2018.The petitioner had approached the Court in October contending that the Mahatma Dental College, Khammam had refused to return her original certificates and tuition fee that she...

Apprentice Can Be Considered As Workman: Telangana High Court Awards Compensation To Family Of Deceased Doing Apprenticeship At APCPDCL

The Telangana High Court has held that an apprentice can also be treated as a workman under the Workmen's Compensation Act and consequently employer is liable to pay compensation in case of untoward events.Justice M.G. Priyadarshini has passed this order in a Civil Miscellaneous Appeal filed by the opposite party/employer contending that the Commissioner for Workmen's Compensation was wrong...

High Court Initiates Suo Motu PIL Against 'Deteriorating Conditions' Of Hyderabad's Duragam Cheruvu Lake

The Telangana High Court has taken serious note of the degrading state of one of Hyderabad's iconic lakes, the Duragam Cheruvu Lake.The court has initiated sou motu proceedings against the deteriorating conditions of the Durgam Cheruvu lake following an article published in the Time of India English Daily Newspaper captioned “Durgam Cheruvu chokes on sewage. Will Hyderabad rescue its...

Telangana High Court Passes A Slew Of Directions To Ensure Speedy Disposal Of Cases Against MLAs &MPs

The Telangana High Court has passed a slew of directions to the Courts and Police Officials concerned in furtherance of the Suo Motu proceedings that were taken up by the Telangana High Court to ensure speedy disposal of cases with regards to MLAs and MPs.On the last date of hearing, the Court had directed the Registrar of the High Court of Telangana to file a report showing the number of...

Telangana High Court Dismisses Plea For Installation Of Aadhar-Linked Biometric Attendance System For Students Of Mahatma Gandhi Law College

The Telangana High Court had dismissed an appeal, in which, directions were sought on the Mahatma Gandhi Law College, Hyderabad for installing a system for recording the biometric attendance of the students based on their Aadhar cards.The Division Bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Anil Kumar Jukanti upheld the finding of the single bench, which held that the petitioner failed...

Telangana High Court Initiates Suo Motu PIL To Address Menace Of Missing Children In State

The Telangana High Court has taken suo motu cognizance of the menace of missing children after the State was ranked 8th nationwide in the count of missing children. The Division Bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Anil Kumar Jukanti have taken cognizance of the matter following a news article published in the Times of India English daily Newspaper, Hyderabad City Edition on...

Telangana High Court Directs CBFC Revising Committee To Consider Certifying Telegu Film 'Vyuham'

The Telangana High Court has directed the Revising Committee to consider the application of certification for the public exhibition of the Telugu movie 'Vyuham'. The Writ Petition was filed before Justice Surepalli Nanda by M/s Ramadhuta Creations (a distribution and production proprietorship, predominantly in the Telugu Film Industry)through their proprietor Dasari Kiran Kumar.“This...

Telangana High Court Launches 'Virtual Justice Clock For District Judiciary' To Enable Public To Track Real-Time Case Disposal Statistics

The Telangana High Court recently launched the 'Virtual Justice Clock for District Judiciary of Telangana', a web portal enabling users including the general public to track real-time statistics about district-wise disposal of cases.The dashboard on the web portal has various drop boxes where users can select the district and any particular court of interest. The statistics include daily,...

Right To Personal Liberty Includes Not Only Right To Travel Abroad, But Also To Possess Passport: Telangana High Court

The Telangana High Court has held that passport authorities cannot reject a person's application for passport renewal, on the ground that there is a pending criminal case against him.“This Court opines that pendency of criminal case against the petitioner cannot be a ground to deny renewal of passport to the petitioner and the right to personal liberty would include not only the right to...

Telangana High Court Sets Aside Rustication Orders In TSPSC Paper Leak Case, Says Natural Justice Principles Were Violated By Not Hearing Students

The Telangana High Court had set aside the rustication order of two students passed by the Forest College and Research Institute, Mulugu for their alleged involvement in the Telangana State Public Service Commission (TSPSC) paper leakage case. The rustication was set aside on the grounds that the college had violated the principles of natural justice by expelling the students without giving...