Ex-Parte Foreign Decree Can Be Enforced In India If Based On Evidence And Merits: Telangana High Court

The Telangana High Court has held that a money decree passed by the Federal Court of Sharjah is executable in India under Section 44A CPC since the United Arab Emirates is a notified reciprocating territory and the judgment debtor failed to show that the decree fell within any of the exceptions under Section 13 CPC.Section 13 states situations when a foreign judgment is not conclusive. One...

Telangana High Court Issues Mandatory Directions To Ensure Compliance Of Judicial Orders Stalled Due To Ineffective Communication

The Telangana High Court has held that contempt jurisdiction cannot be invoked merely because a charge sheet was filed despite a subsisting stay order, unless there is cogent material to show that the officer concerned had actual knowledge of the stay order and still willfully violated it.In doing so the court also issued a slew directions to ensure complaince of judicial orders impeded due...

Telangana High Court Monthly Digest: April 2026

Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 36 - 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 59Nominal Index S.P. Kasim Peera v. State of Telangana & Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 36Sri Azmeera Kailas v. State of Telangana & Anr., 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 37CH. Muralidhar v. State of Telangana & Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 38Justice G. Sri Devi v. Union of India & Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 39Jangati Vijay v. State of Telangana...

Private School Teachers Entitled To Gratuity After 2009 Amendment: Telangana High Court

The Telangana High Court has held that teachers in private educational institutions are entitled to gratuity under the Payment of Gratuity Act 1972, in view of the 2009 amendment which retrospectively widened the definition of “employee” with effect from 03.04.1997.The amendment was made via the Payment of Gratuity (Amendment) Act, 2009. Justice Juvvadi Sridevi held that the earlier...

Postal Department Can't Indefinitely Freeze Fixed Deposits Over Non-Adjudicated Fraud Allegations: Telangana High Court

The Telangana High Court has held that postal department cannot indefinitely continue a freeze on Joint-B “Either or Survivor” fixed deposit accounts (joint account which allows either holder to operate it independently), merely because allegations of fraud were raised in a legal notice.This, particularly when the Department of Posts itself has made no adjudication on such allegations,...

Telangana High Court Rejects Plea To Exclude Land From Reserved Forest Notification, Cites SC Ruling On Salar Jung Estate

The Telangana High Court has dismissed a writ petition seeking release of land in Ranga Reddy District from the proposed reserved forest notification, referring to Supreme Court's judgment which had held that this land belonged to the Government and proposal for final notification under the Telangana Forest Act was validly initiated.Notably in December last year the Supreme Court in State...

Rowdy Sheet Can't Be Mechanically Renewed In Absence Of Concrete Material Showing Disturbance To Public Peace: Telangana High Court

The Telangana High Court has held that a rowdy sheet cannot be continued on the basis of vague allegations, mechanical endorsements, and annual renewals unsupported by concrete material showing disturbance to public peace. Quashing the rowdy sheet opened against a social worker, Justice N. Tukaramji observed:"In the present case, the material on record indicates that the renewal of the...

Telangana High Court Protects Actress Ashu Reddy From 'Irreversible Digital Harm', Bars Publication Of 'Defamatory' Content

The Telangana High Court has in an interim order restrained over 30 media platforms from publishing allegedly defamatory content against actress Ashu Reddy, until the trial court decides her injunction application in her defamation suit. The actress had moved the high court, after the trial court refused to grant ex parte ad interim injunction. Justice P. Sam Koshy in his order observed...

Where Allegations Are Against Cops, Investigation By Same Agency Raises Reasonable Apprehension Of Bias: Telangana High Court

The Telangana High Court transferred to the CBCID investigation into the death of a cop who was working at Kukunoorpally Police Station, holding that when serious allegations are made against police officers themselves then investigation conducted by the same agency raises reasonable apprehension of bias warranting transfer. Justice N. Tukaramji observed:“In cases where allegations are...

Courts Least Equipped To Infer 'Psychiatric Disorder' From Marital Incidents Without Expert Medical Evidence: Telangana High Court

Quashing a family court order restraining the wife from going near her husband during pendency of divorce proceedings on the ground of her alleged "psychiatric disorder", the Telangana High Court remarked that the courts are least equipped to arrive at such a finding in absence of any expert medical evidence.It said that thwarting free access of one individual to another, that too...

'Unprecedented': Telangana High Court Quashes Restraint Order Against Wife, Says Filing Criminal Cases Against Husband Don't Justify Curbs

The Telangana High Court quashed a family court order restraining a wife from going anywhere near her husband including his house and his working, during pendency of divorce proceedings. Terming the restraint order as "unprecedented" the court observed that merely because the wife had filed criminal cases against her husband would not justify such a severe consequence.It said that thwarting...

Railways Can't Deny Compensation To Kin Of Deceased Passenger On 'Bald Plea' Of Possible Suicide Without Proof: Telangana High Court

The Telangana High Court has held that an assertion by the Railways that a deceased passenger probably committed suicide is not enough to deny compensation to the family under Section 124-A of the Railways Act 1989 in absence of any proof. The court further said that once claimants place material showing that the victim was travelling on a valid ticket and died in an accidental fall, the...