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...

"Was State Circular Allowing Relaxed Timings For Muslim Employees During Ramzan Ultra-Vires & Anti-Secular?" Telangana High Court To Consider

A PIL has been filed in the Telangana High Court praying for directions to the Union and State governments that no holidays (whether partial or complete) in the current year or future years would be declared only for adherents of a particular religion.The matter was taken by the Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Renuka Yara at the filing stage, who addressed...

'When Terror Bombings Strike At Innocent Civilians, Death Penalty Emerges As Only Sanction': Telangana HC In Dilsukhnagar Twin Blast Case

"When terror bombings strike with calculated ferocity at innocent civilians, the death penalty emerges as the only sanction capable of matching the crime's existential threat," said the Telangana High Court while upholding death penalty imposed on five Indian Mujahideen operatives convicted for orchestrating the 2013 Dilsukhnagar twin bomb blasts which killed 18 and injured 131 persons.In...

'Got No Govt Funding': Aga Khan Trust For Culture Tells Telangana HC In PIL Alleging Catastrophic Failure In Conserving Qutub Shahi Tombs

The Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) has told the Telangana High Court that it has under taken conservation of not only seven Qutub Shahi Tombs but also 86 individual other monuments, adding that it has not received government funding for conservation of the same. The submission was made in AKTC's counter affidavit filed in response to a Public Interest Petition taken up by the high court...

Further Examination-In-Chief Cannot Be Allowed To Fill Lacunae In Case Under Prevention Of Corruption Act: Telangana High Court Clarifies

In a case pertaining to challenge of conviction under the Prevention of Corruption Act, the Telangana High Court held that any attempt by the prosecution to introduce “further chief examination” after the cross examination to fill lacunae of the evidence is not permitted under the Indian Evidence Act.Justice K Surender stated that “Under Sections 137 and 138 of the Indian Evidence Act,...