LiveLaw Andhra Pradesh High Court Weekly Round-Up: July 20 - July 26, 2026

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (AP) 131 - 2026 LiveLaw (AP) 153Nominal IndexVice Chairman-Managing Director, APSRTC & Anr. v. Mamidi Padmavathi & Ors. connected with Mamidi Padmavathi & Ors. v. APSRTC & Anr., 2026 LiveLaw (AP) 131Sri Kudithi Gurayya & Anr. v. Smt. Akula Gowri Sudha & Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (AP) 132M/s. McDowell & Co. Ltd. v. State of Andhra Pradesh & Ors. (along with connected appeals), 2026 LiveLaw (AP) 133APSRTC v. Smt. P. Jyothi Chittoor & Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (AP) 134Gudala Lovalakshmi & Anr. v. Marthi Ramanababu @ Bujji & Anr., 2026 LiveLaw (AP) 135Guduru Uma Maheswara Rao v. State of Andhra Pradesh & Anr., 2026 LiveLaw (AP) 136Davuluri Venkateswara Rao v. Davuluri Veeraiah (Died) & Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (AP) 137S. Janardhana v. Shri Anil Kumar Singhal & Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (AP) 138Kum. C. Rohini Roy v. State of Andhra Pradesh & Anr., 2026 LiveLaw (AP) 139U. Kalpana v. State of Andhra Pradesh & Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (AP) 140X v. Y, 2026 LiveLaw (AP) 141Sidagam Jatlamma v. Pandaranki Veerababu & Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (AP) 142Sanaka Murali v. Uddangi Ramanjaneyulu & Anr., 2026 LiveLaw (AP) 143Mekathoti Yesupadam @ Seshu Babu v. Tamada Ratna Kumari, 2026 LiveLaw (AP) 144M. Annapurna Devi v. State of Andhra Pradesh and Another, 2026 LiveLaw (AP) 145N. Anjinaiah @ Sakkara Anjineyulu (Died) by LRs v. N. Anumanna, 2026 LiveLaw (AP) 146R. G. Maddilety v. State of Andhra Pradesh & Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (AP) 147K.G. Venkateswara Rao v. State of Andhra Pradesh & Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (AP) 148V. Seenaiah v. Nellore Sudhakar & Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (AP) 149M. Adinarayana v. State of Andhra Pradesh & Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (AP) 150T. Gevanamma v. State of Andhra Pradesh, 2026 LiveLaw (AP) 151Shaik Shahina & Anr. v. State of Andhra Pradesh, 2026 LiveLaw (AP) 152Mathi Venkata Lakshmi & Anr. v. Pushadapu Sambasiva Rao & Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (AP) 153Judgement/ OrdersPassenger's Failure To Take Precaution Subordinate To Public Bus Operator's Duty Of Care: AP High Court Enhances Accident CompensationCase Title: Vice Chairman-Managing Director, APSRTC & Anr. v. Mamidi Padmavathi & Ors. connected with Mamidi Padmavathi & Ors. v. APSRTC & Anr.Case Nos.: M.A.C.M.A. Nos. 3084 of 2012 and 943 of 2014Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (AP) 131The Andhra Pradesh High Court has observed that a public transport operator's duty of care outweighs a passenger's failure to exercise caution. It thus enhanced the compensation payable to the family of a man who died after being run over by an APSRTC bus— from Rs. 3.85 lakh to Rs. 8.40 lakh.On the evidence, the Court found that although the deceased could have avoided the accident by not attempting to reserve the seat through the window, the driver had the last opportunity to prevent the mishap as the deceased was on the driver's side and visible through the rear-view mirror. It also observed that the management's failure to regulate passenger movement at the bus stand contributed to the accident.Party Can't Be Granted Interim Relief Merely Because Opposing Counsel Failed To Answer Court's Query: AP High CourtCase Title: Sri Kudithi Gurayya & Anr. v. Smt. Akula Gowri Sudha & Ors.Case No.: W.A. No. 483 of 2026Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (AP) 132The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that a party cannot succeed on the weakness of the opposite party's case and must stand on the strength of its own case, observing that interim relief cannot be granted merely because the opposite party's counsel failed to answer a legal query posed by the Court. Accordingly, it set aside a Single Judge's interim order in a land dispute, holding that the writ petitioners had to independently establish a prima facie case for the grant of interim relief.Can't Challenge Notices Issued To Predecessor After Litigating For Decades: AP High Court Dismisses McDowell's Appeal With ₹50K CostCase Title: M/s. McDowell & Co. Ltd. v. State of Andhra Pradesh & Ors. (along with connected appeals)Case Nos.: W.A. Nos. 618, 609, 627, 628 & 666 of 2024Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (AP) 133The Andhra Pradesh High Court dismissed a batch of five writ appeals, holding that a company which had litigated the same land dispute for decades without questioning the validity of statutory notices could not, after suffering adverse decisions, seek to reopen the matter by contending that the notices had been issued to its predecessor company following amalgamation.Having fully participated in the earlier proceedings and suffered adverse decisions, the company could not, at this stage, challenge the acquisition on the ground that the notices had been addressed to Hindustan Polymers. The Court further held that the principal controversy regarding withdrawal of exemption had already attained finality. Motor Accident Appeal Can Be Withdrawn; Claimants Can't Seek Enhancement Of Compensation Without Cross-Appeal: AP High CourtCase Title: APSRTC v. Smt. P. Jyothi Chittoor & Ors.Case No.: M.A.C.M.A. No. 751 of 2014Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (AP) 134The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that while an...

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