Telangana High Court
Telangana High Court Issues Notice On PIL Challenging Allotment Of Govt Land To Ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi
The Telangana High Court today issued notice to the State Government as well as the Bhartiya Rashtra Samithi (BRS) on a Public Interest Litigation challenging the allotment of 11 acres in Kokapet village, Gandipet Mandal to the ruling party.The matter was heard by the Acting Chief Justice Abhinand Kumar Shavili and Justice N. Rajeshwar Rao. The court listed the case for hearing on August...
Telangana High Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging 100% Reservation For Locals Under ‘Competent Authority Quota’ In 36 State Medical Colleges
The Telangana High Court has issued notice to the state government and Kaloji Narayanarao University of Health Sciences on a petition challenging the decision to reserve 100% seats in MBBS & BDS admissions under 'Competent Authority Quota' for locals in 36 state colleges established after June 02, 2014. Earlier, 15 percent of the seats were unreserved and anyone including candidates...
Telangana High Court Asks State To Pay Rs 25,000 To Four Persons Falsely Implicated By Police In Trespass Case
The Telangana High Court has directed the State to pay Rs 25,000 to four persons, who were implicated by the police in a case despite not having been named in the private complaint or any of the witness statements.Justice M. Laxman quashed the proceedings against the four accused and held that the actions of the police officials were “a clear case of abuse of process.”“Their names...
Supreme Court Collegium Proposes Appointment Of 3 New Judges To Telangana High Court
The Supreme Court Collegium system has recommended the names the name of Advocate Anil Kumar Jukanti, Advocate Laxminsarayana Alishetty and Judicial Officer Sujana Kalasikam, for appointment as Judges of the High Court of Telanagana. The Chief Justice of Telanagana, in consultation with two his senior most colleagues had recommended the three names on 23 October 2022. The inputs provided...
Hyderabad School Parents Association Moves Contempt Petition In High Court Over Education Dept's Alleged Inaction In Regulating Private School Fees
Hyderabad School Parents Association (HSPA) has moved a contempt petition before the Telangana High Court seeking action against the Secretary to State's School Education Department for allegedly wilful non-compliance of its orders for regulation of tuition fee imposed by Private unaided schools. A Division Bench of Justices Abhinand Kumar Shavili and Namavarapu Rajeshwar Rao admitted the...
'Judges Are On Trial In Each Case, Must Ensure Honesty': Chief Justice Ujjal Bhuyan Bids Farewell To Telangana High Court
The Telangana High Court today held farewell ceremony for Chief Justice Ujjal Bhuyan, who has been elevated as a Supreme Court judge. In his parting speech, Chief Justice Bhuyan stressed upon the importance of public confidence in judiciary and remarked that justice must not just be done, but seen to have been done. Similarly, a judge must not just be impartial, but seem to be...
Out of 774 Police Stations, Only 369 Have Working CCTV Cameras: State To Telangana High Court
The Telangana High Court has closed proceedings in a Public Interest Litigation on installation of CCTV cameras in police stations after taking note of the fact that a similar case is pending before the Supreme Court. “These proceedings are a duplication,” the division bench of Chief Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice N.Tukaramji said.The PIL had been taken up by the court in wake of the...
Telangana High Court Uphold Single Judge's Ruling On Tribal Area Status Of 23 Villages In Mangapet Mandal
The Telangana High Court has dismissed appeals against a single bench decision upholding the State's decision to treat Mangapet Mandal as scheduled area and to reserve all offices of the Gram Panchayats there in favour of the Scheduled Tribes.A division bench of Chief Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice C.V. Bhaskar Reddy noted that Nizam Government had made the Regulations and also...
Telangana High Court Declares Eunuchs Act Unconstitutional, Calls It Violative Of Third Gender Community’s Human Rights
The Telangana High Court recently struck down the Telangana Eunuchs Act, 1329 Fasli, as unconstitutional and ultra vires the Constitution of India, observing that the legislation is violative of the human rights of the third gender community. Observing that the statute is “an intrusion into private sphere of transgender persons as well as an assault on their dignity”, a division bench...
Telangana High Court Upholds State Decision To Allot 5 Acres Of Land To Director N Shankar For Studio In Rangareddy District
The Telangana High Court has upheld the allotment of land by State to Film Director N. Shankar for setting up of a technical film studio at a nominal consideration, saying it was just and proper and warrants no interference.The division bench of Chief Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice N. Tukaramji pronounced its decision on Friday on a plea challenging a 2019 order of Municipal...
Warrant Case: Trial Court Cannot Take Cognizance Against Accused, Not Chargesheeted By Police, Based On ’Sworn Statement’: Telangana High Court
The Telangana High Court has quashed a trial court order taking cognizance against an accused despite she not having chargesheeted by the police.The court passed the order on a petition challenging the trial court order in a case under Section 498-A of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. It was argued that the cognizance was taken against the...
Para Sportspersons Can Also Avail Benefit Of 2% Reservation For Sportspersons In Recruitments Under 2012 Policy: Telangana High Court
The Telangana High Court has ruled that para sportspersons can also avail benefit of the 2 percent reservation for sportspersons in direct recruitments to all the government departments. The division bench of Chief Justice Ujjal Buyan and Justice N. Tukaramji said the list of recognized sports disciplines mentioned in the government order passed in 2012 are capable of including para...