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...

NEET PG: Telangana High Court Directs MCC To Extend Benefit Of Third Gender Status In Addition To Schedule Caste Category To Transgender Candidate

The Telangana High Court has directed the Medical Counseling Commission to extend the benefit of third gender status, in addition to "Scheduled Caste" status in NEET PG 2023, to a transgender candidate.“In the meanwhile, as and when counselling commences for NEET PG 2023, respondents, more particularly respondent No.6,(Medical Counseling Commission) shall extend the benefit of third...

Telangana High Court Issues Notice To RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das In Contempt Case Related To AP Mahesh Bank

The Telangana High Court has issued a notice to the RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das in a contempt case filed by the A.P. Mahesh Cooperative Urban Bank Shareholders Welfare Association for alleged non-compliance of the direction to appoint an officer to run the administration and day-to-day affairs of A.P. Mahesh Cooperative Bank.Justice CV Bhaskar Reddy issued the notice and listed the matter...

Telangana High Court Judge Calls For Action Against 2 Telugu News Channels For Airing Views Aimed At Tarnishing His Image

In the order granting anticipatory bail to the Kadapa MP Y.S. Avinash Reddy in the Vivekananda Reddy murder case, the Telangana High Court judge Justice M. Laxman said that certain attempts were made by "selective media to thwart and derail judicial process" and tarnish his image by airing views of certain persons "of their choice with conscious knowledge of their antecedents to...

Telangana High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail To Kadapa MP Avinash Reddy In Vivekananda Reddy Murder Case

Observing that no direct evidence is available against him to prove his participation in a larger conspiracy, the Telangana High Court has granted anticipatory bail to the Kadapa MP Y.S. Avinash Reddy in Vivekananda Reddy Murder case.“From the investigation done so far, there is no allegation at any point of time CBI claimed about interference of the petitioner in the investigation and...

Civil Revision Plea Under Art 227 Maintainable Against Trial Court’s Inaction In First Deciding Plea Under Order XIV Rule 2 In DV Case: Telangana HC

The Telangana High Court has held that a Civil Revision Petition filed under Article 227 of the Constitution, challenging the inaction on the part of court below in disposing of a plea under Order XIV Rule 2 read with section 151 of the CPC in a case under Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, is maintainable.Justice Juvvadi Sridevi rejected the contention that the remedy available...

Telangana High Court Commutes Death Penalty of Three In Gang Rape And Murder Case, Sentences Them To Life Imprisonment Till Last Breath

The Telangana High Court has commuted the death penalty of three convicts in a case of gang rape and murder of a Schedule Caste women in 2019. The court said sentencing the convicts to undergo life imprisonment "with a rider to remain in custody till their last breath, without remission, would be an appropriate sentence".The bench of Justice P.Naveen Rao and Justice Juvvadi Sridevi said that...

Order Of Arbitral Tribunal Terminating Proceedings For Non-Payment Of Tribunal Fees Cannot Be Recalled: Telangana High Court

The Telangana High Court held that once the tribunal has passed an order terminating the arbitral proceedings under Section 32(2)(c) r/w Section 38 of the A&C Act for non-payment of tribunal fees, the tribunal cannot recall the order and continue the arbitral proceedings. The bench of Justices P. Naveen Rao and Nagesh Bheempaka held that once the arbitral proceedings are...

Hyderabad Gang Rape: Telangana High Court Sets Aside Magistrate's Decision To Try Juvenile As Adult, Says Entire Assessment Done In One Day

The Telangana High Court has set aside the order of a Magistrate to try a juvenile as an adult in the Jubilee Hills gang rape case.In June 2022, five minors and one major accused were arrested for the gang rape of a 17 years old girl in a car in Jubilee Hills area near Hyderabad. They had allegedly kidnapped the victim in a car. The bench of Justice G.Anupama Chakravarthy said that, “it...

'Rape Case Filed Against Accused After He Refused To Marry Her': Telangana High Court Sets Aside Conviction In POCSO Case

Setting aside the conviction in a rape case dating back to 2015, the Telangana High Court said that the complaint was filed against the accused after he refused to marry the victim girl. The evidence on record shows that the victim had voluntarily stayed with the accused, said the court.The accused was convicted and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of seven years in...

Pharmacy Council Of India Has Power To Increase Pharmacy Education Regulatory Charges: Telangana High Court

The Telangana High Court has upheld the notifications issued by the Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) which increased the Pharmacy Education Regulatory Charges (PERC) for the Academic Year 2023-24, to be the paid by the Institutions running the pharmacy courses. It said PCI has power to issue regulations under the Pharmacy Council of India Act, 1948 (PCI Act) and revised PERC to meet...

Courts Do Not Have Authority To Waive Attendance Criteria Mandated For Appearing In Exam: Telangana High Court Dismisses Law Student's Plea

Recently, the Telangana High Court reiterated that courts do not have the power to waive or reduce the attendance criteria for a student required to appear in a semester exam. Consequently, the court dismissed the writ petition of a law student seeking relief to appear in the exam.The bench of Justice K.Lakshman referred to the case of State of Andhra Pradesh in M. Sunil Chakravarthy v....