Telangana High Court Weekly Round-Up : May 11 – May 17, 2026

Nominal Index [Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 70 - 75]J.V. Nrupender Rao v. Regional P.F. Commissioner-II, Regional Office & Ors. 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 70Reshma v. State of A.P. 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 71Shaik Abdul Khader v. G. Anil Dutt Kamble 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 72Nalamada Uthamkumar Reddy v. State of Telangana & Anr. 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 73K. Ganesh Rao v. State of Telangana & Ors....

Missing Employee Can't Be Treated As 'Dead In Harness' After 7 Years To Claim Compassionate Appointment: Telangana High Court

The Telangana High Court has held that a missing employee cannot be treated as a case of “death in harness” merely because 7 years have passed raising presumption of death under Section 108 Indian Evidence Act, to claim benefit of compassionate appointment scheme if scheme contains a separate category for missing employees.Dismissing a writ appeal filed by the son of a missing...

Can't Turn Plea Against PMLA Arrest Into Surrogate Bail Hearing: Telangana High Court Denies Relief To Doctor In Illegal Surrogacy Case

The Telangana High Court refused to interfere with the arrest of fertility doctor under the PMLA in a case containing allegations of cheating and illegal surrogacy, holding that a writ petition challenging arrest under PMLA cannot be converted into a “surrogate bail hearing” or a “mini-trial” on the correctness of the investigation.A Division Bench of Justice P. Sam Koshy and...

Telangana High Court Declines Interim Protection From Arrest To Bandi Bageerath In POCSO Case

In a hearing spanning over two and half hours and nearly touching the midnight mark, the Telangana High Court on Friday (May 15) refused to grant interim protection from arrest to Bandi Sai Bageerath, son of Minister of State for Home Affairs and BJP leader Bandi Sanjay Kumar, who is booked in a POCSO case. As the hearing drew to a close the court orally said that it had thought of passing...

Arms Licence Renewal Can't Be Denied On Vague Fears Of Maoists Snatching Weapon: Telangana High Court

The Telangana High Court has held that renewal of an arms licence cannot be refused on the basis of generalized law-and-order concerns, vague apprehensions that Maoists or anti-social elements may snatch the weapon, or unsubstantiated allegations of misuse, when there is no concrete adverse material against the licence-holder. Allowing a writ petition filed by a trade union leader...

Telangana High Court To Hear Victim Before Deciding Interim Plea Of BJP Leader Bandi Sanjay's Son In POCSO Case

The Telangana High Court on Thursday (May 14) said it would hear the victim before passing orders in the interim anticipatory bail application filed by Minister of State for Home Affairs and BJP leader Bandi Sanjay Kumar's son Bandi Sai Bageerath, who has been booked in a POCSO case.As the counsel appearing for the victim submitted that he wanted to argue against grant of interim relief...

Telangana High Court To Hear Tomorrow BJP Leader Bandi Sanjay's Son Sai Bageerath's Anticipatory Bail Plea In POCSO Case

Minister of State for Home Affairs and BJP leader Bandi Sanjay Kumar's son Bandi Sai Bageerath has approached the Telangana High Court seeking anticipatory bail after he was booked in a POCSO case. The matter is listed before Justice T Madhavi Devi on Thursday.As per news reports, Bageerath has been accused by a minor girl of sexually assaulting her and a case has been registered under...

Police Report Can't Form Basis For Cognizance U/S 188 IPC: Telangana High Court Quashes Traffic Obstruction Case Against Ex-MP

The Telangana High Court quashed a case against former MP Nalamada Uttamkumar Reddy in connection with a 2019 roadshow during the Huzurnagar Assembly by-election, holding that prosecution for an offence under Section 188 IPC could not have been initiated on a police report due to bar under Section 195(1)(a) CrPC.Section 188 IPC pertains to disobedience to order duly promulgated by public...

Delay In Depositing Balance Sale Consideration No Bar When Seller Lets Specific Performance Decree Attain Finality: Telangana High Court

The Telangana High Court allowed a petition by a decree-holder seeking permission to deposit the balance sale consideration after a delay of 3358 days, noting that the respondent seller had neither contested the specific performance suit nor challenged the decree for nearly 10 years after it was passed. Justice Renuka Yara observed that once the respondent had allowed the decree for...

Stabbing Husband During Sudden Fight Falls Under Exception To Murder: Telangana High Court Modifies Wife's Sentence To Fine

The Telangana High Court has upheld the conviction of a wife for culpable homicide not amounting to murder who had during a sudden quarrel, in the spur of the moment, stabbed her husband after he allegedly showed up naked, threatened and abused her family members. IPC Section 304 Part II pertains to culpable homicide not amounting to murderJustice Tirumala Devi Eada while upholding...

Telangana High Court Weekly Round-Up : May 04 – May 10, 2026

Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 60 - 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 69 Nominal IndexX v. Y 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 60X v. Y 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 61 Pinninti Rachana Reddy & Anr. v. State of Telangana & Ors. 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 62Ms. Venkata Aswini Reddy Koyya @ Ashu Reddy v. Mr. Yetimulla Satyanarayana Murthy & 32 Ors. 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 63Madisetti Samelu v. State of Telangana & Ors. 2026...

EPFO Can't Recover Provident Fund Settlement From Employee On Account Of Employer's Alleged Post-Surrender Violation: Telangana High Court

The Telangana High Court has held that if an establishment and its provident fund trust fail to transfer past accumulations to the Employee Provident Fund Organisarion after surrender of exemption, the statutory liability is on the employer and the trust and not automatically on the employee who received settlement of his own PF dues. Justice Nagesh Bheemapaka held that, in the absence of...