Andhra Pradesh High Court Issues Notice On Plea Seeking To 'Protect Citizens From Stray Dog Attacks' By Banning People From Feeding Them Without Approval

A public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Andhra Pradesh High Court, to protect the citizens from “attacks of stray dogs.”The plea was filed by Parvatheneni Hari Krishna who prayed to immediately ban feeding stray dogs without any prior approval, start a portal / live Dashboard accessible to the public at all times to lodge information regarding stray dog attacks that are...

Andhra Pradesh & Telangana High Court Weekly Round-Up: June 10 – June 16, 2024

Nominal Index:Lakavath Roja vs. The Telangana Public Service Commission & Ors. 2024 Livelaw (TS) 92Ayodhya Rami Reddy Alla Versus Principal Commissioner of Income-tax Central 2024 Livelaw (TS) 93Chatari Dashrath vs State of Telangana 2024 Livelaw (TS) 94Fareedunnisa Huma vs. UoI 2024 LiveLaw (TS) 95Cherukuri Ramakrishna vs Sandhya Hotels Private Limited 2024 LiveLaw (TS) 96N. Pravallika vs...

High Court Lacks Jurisdiction To Entertain Applications Under Section 29A For Extension Of Arbitrator's Mandate: Andhra Pradesh High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court bench of has held the High Court, not being a Court within the meaning of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, has no jurisdiction to entertain an application under Section 29A. Section 29A(4) of the Arbitration Act states that if the award is not made within the period specified of six months or the extended period of parties' mutual consent, any...

Citizens' Data Leak Ought To Be Probed, RTGS Rightly Withheld 1.4 Crores Payable To Software Company: Andhra Pradesh High Court

In a matter related to the citizens' data leak in 2019, the Andhra Pradesh High Court has set aside its single-judge bench order sanctioning the release of the withheld amount from Real Time Governance System (RTGS) to the software company named 'Code Tree'. The State had alleged that Code Tree was behind the information breach since it was the exclusive contractor of the RTGS...

PIL Filed In Andhra Pradesh High Court Against Alleged Violence Targeting YSRCP Supporters Amid Govt Transition

A public interest litigation has been filed in the Andhra Pradesh High Court seeking directions to curb heightened violence against the supporters and sympathizers of YSR Congress Party, amid the government transition to Chandrababu Naidu led Telugu Desam Party.The petition filed by MP Yerram Vankata Subbareddy alleges the State functionaries have displayed "clear laxity" to prevent the...

FCI Extracted Work For 40 Yrs & 'Conveniently Overlooked' Its 'Convenience Cleaner': Andhra Pradesh HC Upholds Regularisation Of Safai Karamchari

Andhra Pradesh High Court has upheld its single-judge bench order to regularise the services of a scavenger who has been working for nearly 40 years at the Food Corporation of India (FCI). The Division Bench of Justice G.Narendar and Justice Nyapathy Vijay observed that FCI, Nellore, ought to regularise the services of the writ petitioner as safai karamchari, considering the...

Power To Fix Age Of Superannuation In Cooperative Credit Societies Is Discretion Of Board Of Management, Not Govt: Andhra Pradesh High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court, in a service matter of the employees from a branch of District Cooperative Central Bank Limited, held that cooperative credit societies have complete autonomy in fixing the age of superannuation.The Division Bench of Chief Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur and Justice R. Raghunandan Rao went on to note that increasing the age of superannuation from June 2017 was a...

Photos Show Accused Visiting Police Station To Comply With Bail Condition, Not Likely To Be Fabricated: Andhra Pradesh High Court

About the accused out on bail submitting photographs of them visiting the police station, Andhra Pradesh High Court held that it's prima facie not feasible to hold that the photos adduced were a mere attempt to fabricate evidence to show compliance with bail conditions.The single-judge bench of Justice T. Mallikarjuna Rao opined that the Sessions Judge may have erred in making the inference...

Can't Examine Officials Of Tax Dept. On Enquiry Report Based On F-Forms Submitted By Dealer: Andhra Pradesh High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that the assessee or petitioner does not have a right to cross-examine the officials of the Tax Department of Bombay on the F-Forms submitted by the dealer.The bench of Justice Ravi Nath Tilhari and Justice Harinath Nunepally has observed that the tax proceedings are of a quasi-judicial nature. The tax authorities are bound to comply with the principles...

Andhra Pradesh High Court Declines YSR Congress Party's Challenge Against Relaxation Of Postal Ballot Norms, Asks Party To File Election Petition

The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Friday heard a plea filed by the YSR Congress Party, challenging the memos issued by Chief Electoral Officer Mukesh Kumar Meena, relaxing the norms to be adopted for deciding on the validity of postal ballots, which are said to contradict Rule 27F, 54A and Form 13A of The Conduct Of Elections Rules, 1961 issued by the Election Commission of India. The...

Deceased's Major Children Not Having Independent Income May Be Considered As Dependents For Motor Accident Claims: Andhra Pradesh High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that the children of the deceased who are majors can be considered dependents in a Motor Accident Claim if the children were able to prove that they had no independent income as of the date of the deceased. The Court said:"Now, coming to the status of the petitioners 2 and 3, they are in better footing than sister or brother of the deceased. They are...

Andhra Pradesh & Telangana High Court Weekly Round-Up: May 20 - May 26, 2024

Nominal index:Mir Sadath Ali vs. Joint Collector, Ranga Reddy District & Ors 2024 LiveLaw(TS) 82Maddikunta Narsimha Rao vs M. Chandra Shekar and four others 2024 LiveLaw(TS) 83Smt Haneefa Bee vs. Mohd Nizam & Ors. 2024 LiveLaw(TS) 84 Kadavath Srikanth vs Kadavath Ashwitha 2024 LiveLaw(TS) 85Mohammed Nayeem vs. Smt. Naveditha Manvikar 2024 LiveLaw (TS) 86The Oriental Insurance...