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...

Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Appointment Of Justice Alok Aradhe As Chief Justice Of Telangana High Court

The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the name of Justice Alok Aradhe as the new Chief Justice of the Telangana High Court. Presently, Justice Aradhe is serving as a Judge of the Karnataka High Court. A vacancy in the office of the Chief Justice of the High Court for the State of Telangana would arise in case Supreme Court Collegium's July 5 resolution to elevate Justice Ujjal Bhuyan...

Telangana High Court Restrains Centre From Taking Coercive Action Against Occupants Of 'Enemy Property' In Miyapur Village

The Telangana High Court on Wednesday asked the Centre to not take any coercive action against the people occupying the land at Naddigadda Thanda Subaschandra Bose Nagar and Omkar Nagar in Rangrareddy district's Miyapur village. The division bench of Chief Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice N. Tukaramji passed the order on a PIL filed by Dr. P.R Subhas Chandran, a social worker, who has...

Telangana High Court Publishes First Judgment In Telugu Language

In a first, the Telangana High Court recently published a judgment in Telugu language. A division bench of Justice P. Naveen Rao and Justice Nagesh Bheemapaka rendered the judgement in the regional language of Telangana, Telugu. In doing so, the Telangana High Court has become the 5th High Court in the country to render a judgment in a vernacular language.A note was also attached at the end...

Adopted Child Doesn't Retain Right To Claim Share In Birth Family’s Property, Telangana High Court Full Bench Rules In 46-Year-Old Dispute

A Full Bench of the Telangana High has ruled that a child upon adoption ceases to be a coparcener of his or her birth family and consequently gives up any right or interest in the family ancestral property.The bench of Justice P. Naveen Rao , Justice B. Vijaysen Reddy and Justice Nagesh Bheemapaka in the judgment dated June 27 said only if a partition has taken place before the adoption...