Telangana High Court
Telangana High Court Reinstates Judge Compulsorily Retired For Rude Behaviour With Police; But Says Standards Of Conduct Extend Beyond Courtroom
The Telangana High Court has observed that the standards of dignity, restraint and propriety expected of a judicial officer extend beyond the courtroom and govern their conduct at all times. [2026 LiveLaw (AP) 145] The Court made the observation while considering a challenge by a judicial officer to his compulsory retirement for rude and discourteous conduct towards police personnel...
Telangana High Court Upholds Penalty On Life Convict Who Jumped Parole For 40-Yrs, Became Govt Teacher, Received 'Best Teacher Award'
The convict has evaded arrest and his retirement as teacher proves that he intentionally did not disclose his conviction, Court said.
Hyderabad Master Plan Can't Override Landowners' Right To Compensation Before Dispossession: Telangana High Court
The Telangana High Court has directed the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) and Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) to follow due process before taking portions of private plots affected by a road Master Plan. [2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 143]The Court directed the authorities to survey and demarcate the affected portions after notice to the landowners and determine...
S.126 Electricity Act Can't Be Invoked For Every Regulatory Violation; 'Unauthorised Use' Must First Be Established: Telangana High Court
The Telangana High Court has held that proceedings under Section 126 of the Electricity Act, 2003 cannot be initiated merely because the use of electricity allegedly violates other provisions of the Act or applicable regulations. [2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 142]The distribution licensee must independently establish that the alleged conduct falls within the statutory expression “unauthorised use...
Telangana High Court Directs Forest Officials Not To Interfere With Mosque, Madrasa At Ananthagiri Hills Without Due Process
The Telangana High Court has directed Forest Department officials not to interfere with the peaceful possession, administration and management of a mosque and madrasa situated at Ananthagiri Hills in Vikarabad District without following due process of law. [2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 141]The Court, however, clarified that its order cannot be used to encroach upon any Reserve Forest area and the...
Extension Of Land Acquisition Timeline Should Also Extend Landowners' Time To File Objections: Telangana High Court
The Telangana High Court has held that when authorities extend the timeline for land acquisition proceedings, the timeline available to landowners to file objections must also run parallel with the extended period. [2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 140] The Court said that an extension of the acquisition proceedings cannot extinguish the landowners' right to object. Justice N.V. Shravan Kumar made...
Land Acquisition Illegal If Known Owners Are Omitted, Right To Object Under S.5-A Dispensed Without Genuine Urgency: Telangana High Court
The Telangana High Court has set aside land acquisition proceedings for road widening at Liberty Cross Roads, Hyderabad, after finding that the authorities omitted the names of admittedly known co-owners from the acquisition proceedings and invoked the urgency provision under Land Acquisition Act without demonstrating genuine urgency to dispense with their right to object. [2026 LiveLaw...
LiveLaw Telangana High Court Weekly Round-Up : August 17 - August 23, 2026
Nominal Index [Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 129 – 138]N.V.N. Constructions Pvt. Ltd. v. The Southern Power Distribution Company of Telangana Limited & Ors. 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 129R. Jaya Laxmi v. State of Telangana & Ors. 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 130Vangeti Satyanarayana Reddy & Ors. v. State of Telangana & Ors. 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 131Kubeer Prashanth v. Union of India & Ors....
Wife's Enrolment As Advocate Does Not Prove Sufficiency Of Income To Deny Her Maintenance Claim: Telangana High Court
The Telangana High Court has held that merely being enrolled as an advocate and engaged in independent legal practice does not establish that a wife has sufficient independent income to disentitle her from maintenance under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. [2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 138]The Court stressed that the statutory test is the sufficiency of income actually available, and...
Public Purpose Of Rehabilitating Displaced Families Doesn't Justify Denying Landowners' Right To Oppose Acquisition: Telangana High Court
The Telangana High Court has set aside land acquisition used for creating a Resettlement Zone for families displaced by the Mid Manair Reservoir Project, holding that the existence of a public purpose is distinct from an urgency serious enough to justify depriving landowners of their statutory right to object to the acquisition. [2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 137]The Court held that an enquiry under...
Election Duties Of Staff Can't Excuse Delay In Filing Appeal: Telangana High Court Slams Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation
The Telangana High Court has dismissed two appeals by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) against an order setting aside its revocation of Layout Regularisation Scheme (LRS) permissions for two plots, after refusing to condone delays of 820 and 794 days in filing the appeals. [2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 136] The Court also found little prima facie merit in GHMC's allegation that the...
Children Of Central Govt Employees Transferred Outside Telangana Entitled To 'Local Candidate' Benefit For MBBS Admissions: High Court
The Telangana High Court has directed that children of Central Government, Central Government Corporations and Central Public Sector Undertakings (CPSUs) employees who studied outside State due to their parent's posting, must be given benefit of local candidature for medical and dental admissions on same terms as children of State Government employees. [2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 135]A Division...