High Court Initiates Suo Motu PIL Against 'Deteriorating Conditions' Of Hyderabad's Duragam Cheruvu Lake

The Telangana High Court has taken serious note of the degrading state of one of Hyderabad's iconic lakes, the Duragam Cheruvu Lake.The court has initiated sou motu proceedings against the deteriorating conditions of the Durgam Cheruvu lake following an article published in the Time of India English Daily Newspaper captioned “Durgam Cheruvu chokes on sewage. Will Hyderabad rescue its...

Telangana High Court Passes A Slew Of Directions To Ensure Speedy Disposal Of Cases Against MLAs &MPs

The Telangana High Court has passed a slew of directions to the Courts and Police Officials concerned in furtherance of the Suo Motu proceedings that were taken up by the Telangana High Court to ensure speedy disposal of cases with regards to MLAs and MPs.On the last date of hearing, the Court had directed the Registrar of the High Court of Telangana to file a report showing the number of...

Telangana High Court Dismisses Plea For Installation Of Aadhar-Linked Biometric Attendance System For Students Of Mahatma Gandhi Law College

The Telangana High Court had dismissed an appeal, in which, directions were sought on the Mahatma Gandhi Law College, Hyderabad for installing a system for recording the biometric attendance of the students based on their Aadhar cards.The Division Bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Anil Kumar Jukanti upheld the finding of the single bench, which held that the petitioner failed...

Telangana High Court Initiates Suo Motu PIL To Address Menace Of Missing Children In State

The Telangana High Court has taken suo motu cognizance of the menace of missing children after the State was ranked 8th nationwide in the count of missing children. The Division Bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Anil Kumar Jukanti have taken cognizance of the matter following a news article published in the Times of India English daily Newspaper, Hyderabad City Edition on...

Telangana High Court Directs CBFC Revising Committee To Consider Certifying Telegu Film 'Vyuham'

The Telangana High Court has directed the Revising Committee to consider the application of certification for the public exhibition of the Telugu movie 'Vyuham'. The Writ Petition was filed before Justice Surepalli Nanda by M/s Ramadhuta Creations (a distribution and production proprietorship, predominantly in the Telugu Film Industry)through their proprietor Dasari Kiran Kumar.“This...

Telangana High Court Launches 'Virtual Justice Clock For District Judiciary' To Enable Public To Track Real-Time Case Disposal Statistics

The Telangana High Court recently launched the 'Virtual Justice Clock for District Judiciary of Telangana', a web portal enabling users including the general public to track real-time statistics about district-wise disposal of cases.The dashboard on the web portal has various drop boxes where users can select the district and any particular court of interest. The statistics include daily,...

Right To Personal Liberty Includes Not Only Right To Travel Abroad, But Also To Possess Passport: Telangana High Court

The Telangana High Court has held that passport authorities cannot reject a person's application for passport renewal, on the ground that there is a pending criminal case against him.“This Court opines that pendency of criminal case against the petitioner cannot be a ground to deny renewal of passport to the petitioner and the right to personal liberty would include not only the right to...

Telangana High Court Sets Aside Rustication Orders In TSPSC Paper Leak Case, Says Natural Justice Principles Were Violated By Not Hearing Students

The Telangana High Court had set aside the rustication order of two students passed by the Forest College and Research Institute, Mulugu for their alleged involvement in the Telangana State Public Service Commission (TSPSC) paper leakage case. The rustication was set aside on the grounds that the college had violated the principles of natural justice by expelling the students without giving...

Telangana High Court Declines To Quash Proceedings Against Film Director & Screenwriter Kortala Siva In 'Srimanthudu' Copyright Infringement Case

The Telangana High Court has declined to quash proceedings against prominent Indian Film Director and Screenwriter, Kortala Siva in a copyright infringement case regarding the movie 'Srimanthudu'.The complaint was lodged by poet and novelist R.D. Wilison @ Sarath Chandra who claimed that the movie was a copy of his novel 'Chachhentha Prema'.“A reading of the complaint would reflect that...

'Fraud & Abuse Of Process Of Law': Telangana High Court Dismisses Appeal For Suppression Of Material Facts, Upholds 25K Costs

A Division Bench of the Telangana High Court declined to interfere with a dismissal order passed by a single judge, wherein a fine of Rs 25000 was imposed on the petitioner for approaching the Court with unclean hands.In dismissing an appeal against the single judge's order Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Anil Kumar Jukanti held the following: “If the petitioner approached the Court...

Drugs Act Applies To Products Sold As 'Drugs', Not Food Items Certified By FSSAI: Telangana High Court

The Telangana High Court has quashed criminal proceedings against True Weight Wellness Private Limited and its Directors under the Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act, 1954 ("Act"), holding that products sold by the company did not amount to "drugs" as defined under the Act.“It is not mentioned on the label that the item sold is any kind of drug which would treat...

Telangana High Court Sets Aside Rape Conviction Due To 'Suspicious & Vengeful Evidence With Improvements & Embellishments'

The Telangana High Court has held that when a victim of rape does not disclose specific details in the complaint and several instances are narrated at a belated time during the trial, such evidence is marred with improvements and embellishments and does not fall into the category of 'sterling' evidence.In allowing the appeal, and overturning the appellant's conviction by the trial court, a...