Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 145 - 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 159Nominal IndexJM v. State of Andhra Pradesh & Ors. 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 145XXXX v. XXXX. 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 146J. Tilak Raj & Ors. v. State of Telangana & Anr.. 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 147Go Greys Livestock Movers v. State of Telangana & Ors. 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 148X v. State of Telangana & Anr. 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 149The...
Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 145 - 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 159
Nominal Index
JM v. State of Andhra Pradesh & Ors. 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 145
XXXX v. XXXX. 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 146
J. Tilak Raj & Ors. v. State of Telangana & Anr.. 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 147
Go Greys Livestock Movers v. State of Telangana & Ors. 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 148
X v. State of Telangana & Anr. 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 149
The Fire Works Dealers Association & Ors. v. State of Telangana & Ors. 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 150
Chatla Susheel Kumar v. State of Telangana & Ors. 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 151
Vikram Malhotra @ Vicky v. State of Telangana 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 152
State of Telangana & Ors. v. Bandari Rajaiah & Ors 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 153
State of Telangana & Ors. v. Bandari Rajaiah & Ors 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 154
X v. State of Telangana & Ors. 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 155
Katta Vamsi Krishna v. A. Krishnaiah & Anr. 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 156
X v. State of Telangana & Ors. 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 157
M. Uday Krishna Reddy v. State of Telangana & Anr. 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 158
Kukkala Raju v. State of Telangana & Ors. 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 159
Judgments/ Orders
Case Title: JM v. State of Andhra Pradesh & Ors.
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 145
The Telangana High Court has observed that the standards of dignity, restraint and propriety expected of a judicial officer extend beyond the courtroom and govern their conduct at all times.
The Court made the observation while considering a challenge by a judicial officer to his compulsory retirement for rude and discourteous conduct towards police personnel who had stopped his vehicle at an election check-post.
Case Title: XXXX v. XXXX.
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 146
The Telangana High Court has held that mere lodging of a complaint against a husband and his family under Section 498A IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act does not amount to cruelty and cannot, by itself, constitute a ground for divorce.
The Court further held that neither the Family Court nor the High Court can dissolve a marriage on the ground of irretrievable breakdown. A spouse seeking divorce on the statutory ground of cruelty must plead and prove the alleged conduct through cogent evidence.
Case Title: J. Tilak Raj & Ors. v. State of Telangana & Anr..
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 147
The Telangana High Court has held that the one-year deadline under the first proviso to Section 125(3) CrPC applies only when a person seeks a warrant to recover unpaid maintenance under that provision.
It does not erase the maintenance debt or prevent attachment of salary under Section 20(6) of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005.
The first proviso to Section 125(3) CrPC bars the issuance of a recovery warrant unless the application is made within one year of the maintenance amount becoming due. Section 20(6) of the DV Act separately allows a Magistrate to direct the respondent's employer to deduct unpaid monetary relief from their salary.
Case Title: Go Greys Livestock Movers v. State of Telangana & Ors
Case Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 148
The Telangana High Court has held that authorities may stop vehicles transporting livestock to verify licences, permits and other documents, but cannot detain them for hours without valid reason where the documents are in order.
A Single Judge Bench of Justice Anil Kumar Jukanti directed the authorities not to detain the petitioner's vehicles for prolonged periods if they carried proper documents. It clarified that the authorities remained free to act in accordance with law where the documents were invalid.
Case Title: X v. State of Telangana & Anr.
Case Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 149
The Telangana High Court has held that where the parties are governed by Muslim Personal Law, a man's second marriage would not be rendered "void" on the ground of mere subsistence of first marriage and thus offence of bigamy under Section 494 IPC would not be attracted.
A Single Judge Bench of Justice N. Tukaramji quashed bigamy proceedings against a Muslim man, finding that the indispensable ingredients of Section 494 IPC were absent.
Case Title: The Fire Works Dealers Association & Ors. v. State of Telangana & Ors.
Case Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 150
The Telangana High Court has held that an Explosives Act licence to run a wholesale firecracker shop does not exempt its premises from fire safety requirements under the Telangana Fire Services Act, 1999.
It upheld the State's power to regulate the trade for public safety, but held that traders could not be required to obtain another licence under the Fire Services Act. The court thus held that there was no overlapp between the two enactments and the complainces have to be made under both acts.
Case Title: Chatla Susheel Kumar v. State of Telangana & Ors
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 151
The Telangana High Court has upheld a State policy that awards grace marks in NEET admissions to eligible National Cadet Corps (NCC) cadets holding Certificate 'B', but not Certificate 'A'.
The Court said the distinction reasonably rewards candidates with Certificate B who continued in NCC until Class XII, the stage at which they become eligible to take NEET.
Case Title: Vikram Malhotra @ Vicky v. State of Telangana
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 152
The Telangana High Court has set aside a man's conviction in a cocaine possession case, after finding that the police had served a common notice to the appellant and other accused and the State had failed to establish that he was individually and meaningfully informed of his right under Section 50 NDPS Act before his personal search.
Case Title: State of Telangana & Ors. v. Bandari Rajaiah & Ors
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 153
The Telangana High Court has held that the three-month deadline for seeking re-determination of land acquisition compensation under Section 28-A of the Land Acquisition Act, cannot defeat the claims of landowners whose timely applications for a court reference for compensation enhancement under Section 18 were wrongly rejected.
Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 enables a person aggrieved by an award to seek a reference to the civil Court for determination of the matters specified in the provision, including enhancement of compensation.
Telangana High Court Disqualifies Khairatabad MLA Danam Nagender Over Defection From BRS To Congress
Case Title: State of Telangana & Ors. v. Bandari Rajaiah & Ors
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 154
The Telangana High Court on Friday disqualified Khairatabad MLA Danam Nagender from the State Legislative Assembly, holding that he had incurred disqualification after contesting the 2024 Lok Sabha elections as a Congress candidate while continuing as a BRS MLA.
A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh and Justice GM Mohiuddin set aside the decision of Telangana Legislative Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar, who had rejected petitions seeking Nagender's disqualification under the anti-defection law. The Court held that the Khairatabad Assembly seat had consequently fallen vacant, paving the way for a fresh election.
Case Title: X v. State of Telangana & Ors.
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 155
The Telangana High Court has observed that a father cannot be deprived of a child's custody as a matter of course unless he is shown to be an unsuitable or undeserving parent.
In doing so the court directed the return of a four-year-old girl to the United States, where her parents' custody dispute was already before a court.
A Division Bench of Justice Moushumi Bhattacharya and Justice Renuka Yara said the child needed the care and affection of both parents. It held that the mother's removal of the child to India could not shift the dispute away from the US court, which had already passed custody orders.
Case Title: Katta Vamsi Krishna v. A. Krishnaiah & Anr
Citation:. 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 156
The Telangana High Court has sentenced a police officer to one month imprisonment for willfull disobedience of its order after he arrested an accused despite being informed about the Court's order granting the accused interim protection from arrest.
The Court held that once the Investigating Officer was made aware of the interim protection order, it was his duty to verify whether the protection had been extended before proceeding with the arrest.
Case Title: X v. State of Telangana & Ors.
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 157
The Telangana High Court has quashed maintenance proceedings against a mother-in-law, holding that Section 125 CrPC does not make her liable to maintain either her widowed daughter-in-law or her deceased son's children.
Her financial means or alleged possession of the deceased's assets could not create a liability absent from the provision, the Court said.
Case Title: M. Uday Krishna Reddy v. State of Telangana & Anr.
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 158
The Telangana High Court has set aside an order directing an accused to undergo a potency test in a rape investigation, holding that the prosecution had not explained how the test would assist its case when the allegation concerned digital penetration.
Justice J. Sreenivas Rao held that the seriousness of an allegation and the investigating agency's power to collect evidence could not, by themselves, justify a medical examination. The prosecution had to show why the test was relevant and necessary in the particular case.
Case Title: Kukkala Raju v. State of Telangana & Ors
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 159
The Telangana High Court upheld the cancellation of a candidate's provisional selection as a police constable after the recruitment board considered his involvement, as a juvenile, in a case alleging the murder of his mother and an attack on his sister. [2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 159]
The Juvenile Justice Board had acquitted him because the prosecution failed to prove the allegations beyond reasonable doubt.