Writ Court Cannot Grant Police Aid In Civil Disputes Unless There Is Evidence Of Breach Of Peace And Tranquility: Telangana High Court

The Telangana High Court has made it clear that it cannot grant Police aid in civil disputes unless there is a threat to peace and tranquility. "In the opinion of this Court, the petitioner has not made out any case of emergent situation warranting indulgence of this Court for grant of police aid. Unless some material is placed before this Court to demonstrate that the...

No Borrower Has Right To Grant Of One Time Settlement Scheme: Telangana High Court

The Telangana High Court relying on decision of Apex Court in Bijnor Urban Cooperative Bank Limited, Bijnor v. Meenal Agarwal, (2021) ruled that Banks have the freedom to accept or reject One-Time Settlement (OTS) proposals as per their commercial wisdom. "No bank can be compelled to accept a lesser amount under the One Time Settlement scheme despite a bank is able to...

[S.60 CPC] Pension & Gratuity Amounts Of Retired Employee Cannot Be Attached For Satisfaction Of Any Decree: Telangana High Court

The Telangana High Court in a recent ruling following the Supreme Court decision in Radhey Shyam Gupta v. Punjab National Bank (2009) held that the pension and gratuity amounts of a retired employee cannot be attached for satisfaction of a decree of any Court. Brief Facts This writ application was filed by the Petitioner seeking a Writ of Mandamus against the respondent for...

[S.498A IPC] Contradictory Dying Declarations Containing Consistent Statements About Abuse Can Be Taken Into Account: Telangana High Court

In a recent decision, the Telangana High Court upheld the conviction of a husband under section 498A of Indian Penal Code despite there being contradictions in the dying declarations as there were consistent statements about abuse and cruelty committed on the wife in all the dying declarations."Both these statements are consistent with regard to the quarrel ensued between the deceased and...

TRS MLAs Poaching Case: Telangana High Court Grants Bail To Three Accused

The Telangana High Court today granted bail to three accused in connection with the alleged TRS MLAs poaching case, and directed them to appear before the Special Investigation Team (SIT), which is probing the case, every Monday.While granting them bail, the bench of Justice Chillakur Sumalatha took into account the fact that the accused have been in judicial custody for over a month and that...

Telangana High Court Stays SIT's Notice To BJP leader B L Santhosh; State Says His Desperate Attempts To Avoid Investigation Raise Suspicion

The Telangana High Court on Friday stayed the notice issued by the Special Investigation Team to BJP's National General Secretary B.L. Santhosh in connection with the ongoing investigation in the alleged TRS MLA poaching case.Justice K. Surender in the order said that the notice does not fulfil any of the three requirements under Section 41A CrPC."Prima facie, this Court finds that not one of...

TRS MLAs Poaching Case : Telangana High Court Bars Arrest Of BJP Leader BL Santhosh, Asks Him To Appear Before SIT & Cooperate With Investigation

The Telangana High Court on Saturday restrained the Special Investigation Team from arresting BJP's national general secretary BL Santhosh in relation with the alleged TRS MLAs poaching case. The Court passed this direction taking note of the fact that a notice of appearance under Section 41A of the Code of Criminal Procedure has been served on Santhosh.Further, the Court directed that...

Telangana HC Issues Directions To Judicial Magistrates On Procedure For Recording Statements Of Rape Victims U/S 164 CrPC

The Telangana High Court on Wednesday issued a circular containing instructions for Judicial Magistrates in the State on the procedure which they must follow while recording the statements of a rape victim under Section 164 of the CrPC. It expressed dissatisfaction at the fact that certain Judicial Magistrates were not recording their statements immediately upon being produced by...

Telangana High Court Bar Resolves To Abstain From Work Indefinitely To Protest Against Proposed Transfer Of Justice Abhishek Reddy

The Telangana High Court Bar Association has resolved to abstain from Court work indefinitely to protest against the proposal of the Supreme Court collegium to transfer Justice Abhishek Reddy to Patna High Court. Following reports regarding the proposal to transfer Justice Reddy, an extraordinary meeting of the Association was called today afternoon. The entire court work of the High Court...

TRS MLA Poaching Case: Telangana High Court To Monitor Investigation, SIT Prohibited From Reporting To Any Political Or Executive Authority

Allowing the state government-constituted Special Investigation Team to continue its probe into the MLA poaching case, the Telangana High Court has said that a single bench of the court will monitor the progress of the investigation and the SIT will not report to any other authority, be it political or executive.The division bench of Chief Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice C.V. Bhaskar Reddy...

Telangana High Court Sets Aside BJP MLA Raja Singh's Preventive Detention, Restrains Him From Posting Offensive Content On Social Media

The Telangana High Court on Wednesday ordered suspended BJP MLA Raja Singh's release from the preventive detention. The government had ordered his preventive detention soon after he was released on bail in August in a criminal case accusing him of making derogatory remarks against the Prophet Mohammad in a video posted on the social media. Setting aside the detention order, the division bench...

Telangana High Court Lifts Ban On Playing Of Music In Pubs After 10 PM, Restricts Single Judge's Order To Pubs Of Jubilee Hills

Hearing an appeal challenging a single bench's decision banning the playing of music in all pubs after 10 PM, the Telangana High Court has said the interim directions passed by the single judge in September will apply only to 10 pubs in the greater Jubilee Hills area against which complaints were made by residents.The single bench on September 12 had issued a slew of general directions to...