Andhra Pradesh High Court Weekly Roundup: May 26 - June 1, 2025

Nominal Index [Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (AP) 104 to 2025 LiveLaw (AP) 109]S Bhargav Reddy vs. The State of Andhra Pradesh and connected petitions– 2025 LiveLaw (AP) 104Nallaballe Sreenivas and others v. The State of A.P. and another– 2025 LiveLaw (AP) 105M/s. Jaya Venkatarama Industries Limited v. The ESI Corporation And 4 Others– 2025 LiveLaw (AP) 106Peram Venkata Reddy v. The State...

Wife Filing False Criminal Case To Embarrass, Incarcerate Husband Is Cruelty And Ground For Divorce Under HMA: AP High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that criminal case filed by a wife to embarrass and incarcerate her husband and his family members, when in reality they are not guilty, causes persistent trauma and humiliation in social circle, and constitutes mental cruelty and is a ground for divorce under Hindu Marriage Act. Applying this principle to a case where the wife's allegations resulted in...

Stranger Can't Seek Survey, Demarcation Of Land Owned By Private Persons: Andhra Pradesh High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has said that a stranger to a private land cannot seek its survey or demarcation, and that survey applications can only made be made by persons who own the private land.The Court was called upon to determine whether a survey of a private land, at the request of a private individual, could be conducted under the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Survey and...

AP High Court Reduces Fine Imposed On 84-Year-Old Man In Jail For Electricity Theft To ₹20K Citing 'Extreme Old Age'

While upholding an order passed by special tribunal convicting an 84-year-old man convicting him for electricity theft under Electricity Act, the Andhra Pradesh High Court however reduced the fine imposed on him from Rs.2,70,000 to Rs 20,000. Section 135(1) of the Electricity Act penalises theft and electricity and punishes anyone who, dishonestly taps, makes or causes to be made any...

ESI Contribution, Can't Exempt Establishment Based On Pvt Insurance And Not Having Local Dispensary: AP HC

Andhra Pradesh High Court: A single judge bench of Justice Nyapathy Vijay held that the mere absence of an ESI dispensary nearby cannot exempt an establishment from liability under the Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948 (“ESI Act”). The court clarified that only the appropriate govt is empowered to grant such exemptions under Section 87 of the Act, and that such exemptions ought...

Regularization Scheme Doesn't Cover Every Unauthorized Occupant Of Govt Land: AP High Court Rejects Plea Against Eviction

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has dismissed an appeal filed by certain occupants stated to be occupying Government land who had sought protection from eviction citing a recently introduced regularisation scheme.Noting that the regularisation scheme did not universally shield all unauthorised occupations of Government land, a division bench of Chief Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur and Justice...

Andhra Pradesh HC Flags Surge In Online Trolling, Abusive Posts; Suggests 'Auto-Blocking' Of Swear Words On Social Media

Taking note of the growing menace of online abuse and trolling, the Andhra Pradesh High Court has urged the State Government to instruct social media intermediaries to 'auto block' the usage of expletives, swear words, militant words, and words akin thereto, on social media platforms. A bench of Justice Nyapathy Vijay passed this order while observing that vulgar,...

Andhra Pradesh High Court Weekly Roundup: May 19 - May 25, 2025

2025 LiveLaw (AP) 98 to 2025 LiveLaw (AP) 103Nominal IndexNational Insurance Company Ltd. v. K. Lakshmi – 2025 LiveLaw (AP) 98Bhashyam Venkata Rao and Others vs The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others – 2025 LiveLaw (AP) 99Tappa Abdul Rasool v. State of Andhra Pradesh & Ors. – 2025 LiveLaw (AP) 100Smt Seerapu Shyamala v. The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others – 2025 LiveLaw (AP)...

Andhra Pradesh High Court Monthly Digest: April 2025

Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (AP) 56 – 2025 LiveLaw (AP) 77Nominal IndexBatha Vamsi v. The State Station House Officer: 2025 LiveLaw (AP) 56V.S. Rayudu, S/o. Gopal, Occ: Driver and Others v. Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation: 2025 LiveLaw (AP) 57Mallavarapu Lakshmana Kumar v. Union Of India and Others: 2025 LiveLaw (AP) 58A P Srinivasa Deekshitulu v. The State Of Andhra Pradesh...

Andhra Pradesh High Court Overturns Removal Of Livestock Body's Nominated Member, Says Collector Had No Express Power

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has set aside an order by the single judge who had invoked the Doctrine of Pleasure to uphold removal of a nominated member from the General Body of the District Livestock Development Association, Ongole.Referring to the facts of the case, a Division Bench of Chief Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur and Justice Ravi Cheemalapati in its order said:“…while the byelaws...

AP High Court Rejects Plea Challenging Decrease Of Reserved PG Medical Seats For In-Service Candidates, Says Reduction Was Favoured By Stats

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has dismissed a writ petition challenging the reduction of reserved seats for in-service candidates in Post graduate Medical Courses in state government quota. A division bench of Chief Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur and Justice R. Raghunandan Rao,examined the relevant observations of the committee which propounded that the reservation policy for in-service...

Police Should Refrain From Entering Into Land Dispute Under Guise Of Amicable Settlement: Andhra Pradesh High Court Reiterates

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has reiterated that police authorities should refrain from interfering into civil disputes pertaining to land, under the guise of amicable settlement between parties.Justice Y. Lakshmana Rao in his order said,“…when there is a dispute with regard to a land, the police are not expected to enter into the dispute under any guise of amicable settlement of the...