Telangana High Court
'Mastermind' Behind Phone Tapping Case: State Opposes Ex-Special Intelligence Bureau Chief's Anticipatory Bail Plea In Telangana HC
Opposing anticipatory bail plea of former Special Intelligence Bureau Chief T Prabhakar Rao in an alleged case of phone tapping of politicians and high court judges in the previous government led by BRS, Telangana police told the High Court on Tuesday that Rao was the mastermind behind the alleged illegal surveillance.During the hearing senior advocate Sidharth Luthra appearing for the...
Self-Induced Frustration Amounts To Breach Of Contract, Promisor Obligated To Disclose Inability To Perform Entire Agreement: Telangana HC
Observing that self-induced frustration of a contract would also amount to its breach, the Telangana High Court underscored that the promisor is obligated to communicate to the promisee on closure of contract at the relevant time being privy to it, and a non-disclosure amounts to disablement of performance under Section 39 of Contract Act. A division bench of Justice Moushumi Bhattacharya...
PIL In Telangana High Court Challenges Waqf Amendment Act, Calls It 'Systemic' Injury To Religious & Property Rights Of Muslims
A PIL has been filed in the Telangana High Court challenging the enforcement and operationalisation of the Waqf Amendment Act 2025 in the State, calling it a 'systemic' injury to religious, constitutional and property rights of the Muslim community.A division bench of Acting Chief Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Renuka Yara on Friday (April 25) adjourned the plea after noting the pendency of...
'Malicious Prosecution': Ex-Special Intelligence Bureau Chief To Telangana High Court For Anticipatory Bail In Phone Tapping Case
Arguing his anticipatory bail plea in an alleged case of phone tapping of politicians and high court judges in the previous government led by BRS, former Special Intelligence Bureau Chief T Prabhakar Rao told the Telangana High Court on Friday (April 25) that the prosecution lodged against him is malicious. He has also moved an interim application seeking interim protection from arrest....
Telangana High Court Protects BRS Leader Kaushik Reddy From Arrest For Allegedly Demanding Bribe In Connection With Illegal Mining
The Telangana High Court has directed the State not to take coercive action against BRS Party MLA Kaushik Reddy, on allegations of demanding a bribe of ₹50 lakhs from the husband of the de facto complainant for running an illegal mining quarry.The order was passed by Justice K. Lakshman, who noted that the police had registered an FIR without conducting a preliminary investigation and...
S.19 JJ Act | Children's Court Can't Brush Aside Independent Assessment To See If Juvenile Can Be Tried As Adult: Telangana HC Reiterates
The Telangana High Court has reiterated when determining whether a child-in-conflict with law should be tried as an adult, the Children's Court/Sessions Court cannot brush aside its duty of independent assessment by simply relying on the assessment report by the Board under Section 15 of the Act.The court underscored that the children's court has the "mandatory duty to make an...
Telangana High Court Quashes FIR Against BRS Leader KT Rama Rao In Defamation Case By Congress Party
The Telangana High Court has quashed an FIR registered against BRS Party President Kalvakuntla Taraka Rama Rao, which was registered against him in the month of September, 2024 on the ground that a speech made by him defamed the Congress Party.The complaint was filed by Athram Suguna, a Congress Leader from Adilabad in the Utnoor Mandal and the FIR was registered under sections 352...
Telangana HC Quashes FIR Against BRS Leader KT Rama Rao For Permitting Drone Over Lakshmi Barrage Project, Sharing Video On Social Media
The Telangana High Court on Monday (April 21) quashed an FIR lodged against BRS leader Kalvakuntla Taraka Rama Rao, alleging that on his behest last year two co-accused along with social media persons, forcibly entered Medigadda Barrage–stated to be an important project–flew drones over the area without permission, threatening the same.For context, the Medigadda Barrage also known as...
Telangana HC Asks Registrar To File Complaint Over Allegedly Fabricated HC Order Relied On In Land Dispute Case
The Telangana High Court has directed its Registrar (Judicial) to lodge a police complaint for enquiring into alleged forgery of certain high court orders including a 37-year-old order which is stated to have been relied upon in various collateral proceedings in connection with a land dispute. It further directed the State Government constitute a Special Team to investigate into the...
RTE Act | Telangana HC Asks State To Show Compliance Of 25% Quota For Weaker Section Students In Private Schools For 2025-26 Session
The Telangana High Court has directed the state's Education Department to file an affidavit, showing that it is complying with Right to Education Act and providing mandatory 25% reservation for students belonging to disadvantaged and weaker sections in private unaided schools and special category schools for 2025-2026 academic year. For context, Section 12(1)(c) of the Right to Education...
Mandate Of Arbitration U/S 29A Of Arbitration Act Can Be Extended By High Court Only When Arbitrator Is Appointed By It: Telangana High Court
The Telangana High Court bench of Justice Moushumi Bhattacharya and Justice B.R.Madhusudhan Rao has held that when an arbitrator is appointed by the High Court under Section 11(6) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (Arbitration Act) in a domestic arbitration, the mandate of the arbitrator can be extended by the High Court only under Section 29A of the Arbitration Act and not...
Arbitrator Cannot Be Appointed Unless Arbitration Clause Is Invoked With Proper Notice U/S 21 Of A&C Act: Telangana High Court
The Telangana High Court bench of Acting Chief Justice Sujoy Paul has held that unless a proper notice under Section 21 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (Arbitration Act), suggesting the name of the proposed arbitrator, is sent to the other party, the court cannot exercise its jurisdiction under Section 11(6) of the Arbitration Act. Merely demanding outstanding payment...