'Approached Court With Unclean Hands': AP High Court Rejects Review Plea After Finding Bidders Obtained Interim Orders By Suppressing Facts

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has dismissed a review petition filed by bidders in an agricultural market auction, holding that they had suppressed material facts and obtained interim orders despite being aware that the auction process had been completed and agreements executed with successful bidders. The Court found the review petition to be not maintainable and an abuse of process of...

Single Mother Can Apply For Child's Passport Without Father's Consent If Prescribed Declarations Are Filed: Andhra Pradesh High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that a single mother is entitled to apply for a passport for her minor child without the consent or signature of the father, provided the prescribed declarations under the Passport Rules are furnished.Under the Passport Rules, 1980, particularly Column 16 of the Guidelines for filling up passport application forms and Clause 4.8 of the...

AP Nurses Association Does Not Perform Public Functions, Writ Won't Lie Against Appointment Of Election Officer By State Govt: High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has dismissed two writ petitions filed by a nurse challenging the conduct of elections to the AP Government Nurses Association, holding that disputes relating to elections of a private society cannot be adjudicated in writ jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution.Justice Nyapathy Vijay held that the Andhra Pradesh Government Nurses Association is a...

Sriharikota Rocket Station Evacuees Are Assignees Of Govt Land Under GO, Can't Claim Absolute Ownership Based On Later Memo: AP High Court

Clarifying the legal status of lands assigned to Sriharikota Rocket Station evacuees under a 1970 rehabilitation scheme, the Andhra Pradesh High Court held that such persons were assignees of Government land with restricted rights and could not claim absolute ownership based on a subsequent memo or revenue entries.A Division Bench comprising Justice Ravi Nath Tilhari and Justice Maheswara...

S.13B(2) HMA | Continuation Of Cooling-Off Period Where Couple Conciously Decides To Part Ways Can Prolong Hardship: AP High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has reiterated that the six-month cooling-off period under Section 13-B(2) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, governing divorce by mutual consent, is directory and not mandatory, and may be waived where parties have genuinely settled all disputes and there is no possibility of reconciliation.Justice Venkateswarlu Nimmagadda, while clarifying the object of...

AP High Court Quashes Wantonly Provoking Rioting Charge Against 2 Over Social Media Post Alleging Ex-MLA's Son Was Arrested In Drugs Case

The Andhra Pradesh High Court quashed the offence of 'wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot', lodged against two persons in connection with circulation of an allegedly false social media post in 2021 claiming that the son of a former MLA had been arrested in a drug case.The Court held that the offence under Section 153(Wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot)...

Mere Presence Of Husband's Relatives At Marriage Ceremony Does Not By Itself Prove Instigation, Abetment To Commit Bigamy: AP High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court dismissed a woman's plea challenging acquittal of certain relatives in a bigamy case, holding that mere presence of family elders at a second marriage, or their failure to prevent it, does not by itself establish abetment or instigation to commit bigamy.Section 494 IPC penalises bigamy, i.e., marrying again during the subsistence of a valid first marriage,...

Aadhaar Info Can Be Disclosed In Serious Forgery Cases With Safeguards; Accused Cannot Use Privacy As Shield: Andhra Pradesh High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that Aadhaar-related information may be disclosed for criminal investigation of cases involving serious allegations of forgery with necessary safeguards, observing that a person accused of forgery cannot get away, if he has committed the offence, on ground of protection of his right to privacy. A Division Bench comprising the Chief Justice Lisa Gill...

Andhra Pradesh High Court Upholds Removal Of Ambedkar Statue Installed Overnight Without Permission

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has upheld directions for removal and shifting of Dr BR Ambedkar's statue allegedly installed without permission, obstructing a village road. It held that the installation was made despite cancellation of an earlier Gram Sabha resolution and during subsistence of Section 145 Cr.P.C. proceedings initiated to maintain public order. Section 145 Cr.P.C. deals...

No Separate Govt Notification Needed To Reduce Commercial Dispute Threshold To ₹3 Lakh After 2018 Amendment: AP High Court Full Bench

Andhra Pradesh High Court's full bench has clarified as to when the Commercial Courts (Amendment) Act, 2018 reducing the “specified value” for filing commercial disputes suits from Rs. 1 crore to Rs. 3 Lakhs becomes operational, holding that no notification from central government was required for the threshold to operate. Specified Value in relation to a commercial dispute, means that...

AP High Court Declines Anticipatory Bail To Cop Booked In Rape FIR Citing 'Strong Likelihood' Of Influencing Victim

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has refused anticipatory bail to a Circle Inspector of Police accused in a rape case observing that there was a strong likelihood of the accused interfering with the investigation and influencing the victim.Section 64(1) BNS provides punishment for the offence of rape with rigorous imprisonment of not less than ten years, which may extend to imprisonment for...

AP High Court Closes Anticipatory Bail Plea Of Court Employee Accused Of Defaming District Judiciary Through Anonymous Petitions

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has closed an anticipatory bail petition moved by a judicial department employee accused of circulating anonymous and defamatory petition against district judiciary after the State submitted that the custodial interrogation was not required. The State submitted that notice has been issued to de-facto complainant, the investigation is still in progress and since...