Telangana High Court
State Needs To Have Litigation Policy, Cannot Be Biggest Litigant: Telangana High Court To Advocate General
Telangana High Court Chief Justice Alok Aradhe on Friday said the State needs to have a ‘Litigation Policy’ that aims at reducing litigation. “You say you are a model state. You must be having a ‘State Litigation Policy’? The aim is to reduce litigation,” Justice Aradhe said.The division bench of Chief Justice Aradhe and Justice T. Vinod Kumar made the observations during the...
Telangana High Court Orders Lake Protection Committee To Notify Buffer Zone For Water Bodies In Greater Hyderabad
The Telangana High Court on Thursday directed the State Lake Protection Committee to notify within two weeks the buffer zone for all water-bodies including lakes, falling within the area under the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC).“Admittedly, Lake Protection Committee is a statutory body. We are ... by the fact that the Lake Protection Committee has not issued any guidelines...
Will Appoint State Consumer Commission's President Within Six Weeks: Telangana Govt To High Court
Telangana government has assured the Telangana High Court that the post of President of State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, that has been lying vacant since February, will be filled within a period of six weeks.Senior Counsel Harender Pershad, representing the State, gave an undertaking in this regard before the court the division bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice T...
Telangana High Court Declares BRS MLA Vanama Venkateswara's 2018 Assembly Election Void, Imposes Rs 5 Lakh Penalty
The Telangana High Court has declared BRS MLA Vanama Venkateswara Rao's 2018 election from Kothagudem as void and fined him Rs 5,00,000 for submitting false affidavit during the filing of nomination papers before the Returning Officer. The court declared Jalagam Venkat Rao of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (now Bharat Rashtra Samith) as the returned candidate from the constituency with effect...
Telangana High Court Grants State Final Opportunity To Respond To Petitions Against Alleged Closure Of Hookah Parlours
The Telangana High Court has granted the state government and the police officials a last chance to file their consolidated affidavit in a batch of petitions challenging the alleged decision to close down hookah parlours in various cities of the state.“No further time will be granted, if no counter is placed on record, the Court will proceed without it and pass orders,” Justice C.V....
Telangana High Court Sets Aside Detention Order Against 'Pakistani National', Says No Allegation Of Violation Of Bail Conditions
The Telangana High Court has set aside the detention order issued against a "Pakistani national" who is accused of submitting forged voter ID and Aadhaar Card to obtain an Indian passport. While the detenu Shaik Gulzar Khan @ Gulzar Massih was granted bail in the related criminal case in March 2020, he was being detained since February last year at Central Prison, Cherlapally,...
Justice Alok Aradhe Sworn In As Chief Justice of Telangana High Court
Justice Alok Aradhe was sworn in as the Chief Justice of Telangana by the state Governor on Sunday. Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan administered the oath to Justice Aradhe.Justice Aradhe, who was a Judge of the Karnataka High Court, was appointed as the Chief Justice of Telangana High Court on July 19. The Supreme Court Collegium on July 05 had recommended that Justice Alok Aradhe be...
NEET-PG: 'How Can You Again Say She Is Female, When Petitioner Identifies As Transgender Person?' Telangana High Court Pulls Up State
The Telangana High court has pulled up the state government for not instructing the counselling authority to register a transgender doctor under the ‘third gender’ category in the NEET PG 2023 despite an earlier direction from the court. Last month, the high court had directed the authorities to "extend the benefit of third gender status in addition to the petitioner’s status as...
Telangana High Court Grants Authorities Last Opportunity To Respond To Plea Against Misleading Advertisements Of ORS Substitute Products
The Telangana High Court on Wednesday gave authorities of the state and central government a last chance for filing their response in the PIL seeking action against "misleading, false and offensive "advertising of Oral Rehydration Solution (ORS) substitute products.The division bench of Acting Chief Justice Abhinand Kumar Shavili and Justice N. Rajeshwar Rao said the writ petition was filed...
Telangana High Court Directs Trial Court To Pass Fresh Order On Convict's Claim Of Juvenility In 2004 Rape Case, Over 13 Years After Dismissal Of SLP
More than 13 years after the Supreme Court dismissed the SLP against his conviction in a rape case dating back to 2004, the Telangana High Court has directed the trial court to pass fresh order on the convict's claim of juvenility.The division bench of Justice K Lakshman and Justice Sree Sudha said the trial court shall conduct enquiry in the convict's application, which was filed in 2018,...
Telangana High Court Issues Notice To State Human Rights Commission On Plea Challenging Closure Of Proceedings In 2005 Custodial Torture Case
The Telangana High Court has issued notice to the State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) on a petition challenging closure of an application seeking compensation of Rs 5 Lakh for alleged illegal detention and torture of a man by Golconda Police Station in 2005. The victim died in June 2008 as he could not recover from the injuries caused by the police, as per his wife. The division bench of...
Telangana High Court Directs Authorities To Ensure Mudiraj Community Members Are Not Subjected To Social Boycott In Nizamabad's Ramanappet
The Telangana High Court has directed Tahsildar, Velpur Mandal, to ensure that the members of Mudiraj Community are not subjected to social boycott in Ramannapet village of Nizamabad district.The members of the Mudiraj community had earlier approached the court, alleging that their entire community of about 300 families was being socially boycotted by the Village Development Committee (VDC)....