Telangana High Court
Telangana High Court Takes Suo Motu Cognizance Of 8-Year-Old's Death In Road Accident In Bachupally
The Telangana High Court has taken suo motu cognisance of the death of a eight-year-old school girl in a road accident in Bachupally last week and issued notice to the State and Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation.A division bench headed by Chief Justice Alok Aradhe took up the matter on Tuesday and listed it for hearing on August 29. Nizampet Municipal Corporation, Station House...
Telangana High Court Issues Directions To Control Monkey Menace, Orders State To Formulate Compensation Schemes
The Telangana High Court has issued a slew of directions to the State to curb the monkey menace in the state. The division bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice T. Vinod Kumar passed the directions in a batch of Public interest Litigations seeking directions to the Greater Municipal Hyderabad Corporation (GHMC) to create shelters for monkeys to prevent them from attacking people...
Telangana HC Comes To Aid Of Class III Student Not Permitted To Appear For Exams Due To Non-Payment Of Fee, Asks School To Promote Him To Class IV
In a unique case, the Telangana High Court has directed a private school in Hyderabad to promote a student of class III to class IV. The student was earlier detained in Class III as he was not permitted to attend the classes due to non-payment of fee and later also not allowed to take the final exams of Class III.However, the division bench Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice T. Vinod Kumar...
State Human Rights Commission Can't Adjudicate Upon Disputes Of Title & Possession Of Property: Telangana High Court
The Telangana High Court has set aside an order passed by the State Human Rights Commission for status quo in a property dispute case, ruling that the same was per se without jurisdiction and cannot be sustained in the eye of law.The Division Bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice T. Vinod Kumar was hearing a petition filed against the Commission's order in the appeal filed by...
'Officials Unable To Understand Simple Procedure': High Court Grants Relief To Villagers In Land Acquisition Proceedings For Hyderabad Pharma City
Allowing the plea by several villagers from Medipally near Ranga Reddy District, the Telangana High Court has set aside declarations and consequent proceedings for acquisition of their lands by the Telangana State Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (TSIIC) for the construction of Hyderabad Green Pharma City.The bench of Justice Mummineni Sudheer Kumar came down heavily upon the...
Telangana High Court Upholds Kaloji Narayana Rao University’s Mandatory Requirement Of Online Submission Of Documents For MBBS Course
The Telangana High Court has held that mandatory submission of application along with documents for MBBS/BDS course only through online mode, by Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Science (KNRUHS) is not illegal or discriminatory. “Equally the submission that the petitioner cannot operate computer, is misconceived, as she has participated in the NEET UG 2023 examinations online and...
Telangana High Court Asks Its Registrar General To Respond To Plea Challenging Denial Of 'Exemption From Payment' To RTI Applicants Of BPL Category
The Telangana High Court has asked its administrative side to file a counter in a plea challenging the validity of the Rule 3 and 4 of the Telangana High Court Right to Information Rules, 2005 for denial of exemption from payment to RTI applicants belonging to BPL category. The same is violative of Article 14, 19 (1) (a) and 21 of the Constitution and section 7(5) of the RTI Act, 2005, argues...
Telangana Floods: High Court Asks State To Provide Relief To Victims, Take Steps To Prevent Spread Of Diseases
The Telangana High Court has asked the State to file a better report on measures taken to help and rehabilitate victims of floods caused by excessive rains in the state in the past few weeks. “Let us know when essential facilities such as electricity will be restored, and set up camps for counselling for loss due to floods. It is understood that floods are receding, so epidemic diseases...
Provide Option For Declaring 'No Religion', 'No Caste' In Application For Birth Certificate: Telangana High Court To State
Observing that the system has to evolve along with the times and the changing requirements of the citizens, the Telangana High Court has ordered the state government to provide a ‘no religion’ and ‘no caste’ column in the application for Birth Certificate.In the decision on a couple's plea seeking a "non religious and no caste” identity for their child, Justice Lalitha Kanneganti...
Telangana High Court Refuses To Suspend Order Declaring BRS MLA Vanama Venkateswara's 2018 Election As Void
The Telangana High Court has dismissed former MLA Vanama Venkateswara Rao’s application seeking suspension of its recent decision declaring his 2018 election from Kothagudem constituency as void. Besides setting aside his election for non-disclosure of complete details about his assets, the court had also imposed a penalty of 5 Lakh on Rao. In the application seeking suspension of the...
Centre Notifies Appointment Of 3 New Judges To Telangana High Court
The Centre today notified the appointment of three new judges to the High Court of Telanagana. Advocate Anil Kumar Jukanti, Advocate Laxminsarayana Alishetty and Judicial Officer Sujana Kalasikam are the new judges appointed. Earlier this month, the Supreme Court Collegium had recommended their names.The Chief Justice of Telanagana, in consultation with two his senior most colleagues...
'What Will An MP Say In Parliament If He Doesn’t Have Information?': Telangana High Court On Denial Of Information Under RTI Act To Congress MP
The Telangana High Court has asked the state government and the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) to explain their failure in responding to RTI applications filed by State Congress Committee President and Member Parliament Anumula Revanth Reddy.“If a member of the Parliament can’t speak about public activities, then who can? If he does not have information, what will he...