Telangana High Court Weekly Round-Up : May 04 – May 10, 2026

Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 60 - 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 69 Nominal IndexX v. Y 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 60X v. Y 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 61 Pinninti Rachana Reddy & Anr. v. State of Telangana & Ors. 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 62Ms. Venkata Aswini Reddy Koyya @ Ashu Reddy v. Mr. Yetimulla Satyanarayana Murthy & 32 Ors. 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 63Madisetti Samelu v. State of Telangana & Ors. 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 64Baqtawar Begum & 11 others v. Government of Andhra Pradesh & 9 others 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 65Girigalla Srinivas v. Union of India & Ors. 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 66The Warden & Correspondent, St. George's Grammar School & another v. State of Andhra Pradesh & others 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 67Syed Arshed Ahmed @ Arshad Hashmi v. V. Srinivasa Rao 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 68Sri Naralasetty Pavan Chandra Nagoor v. Sri Ravi Kumar Meruva 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 69Judgments/Orders This Week'Unprecedented': Telangana High Court Quashes Restraint Order Against Wife, Says Filing Criminal Cases Against Husband Don't Justify CurbsCase Title: X v. YCitation: 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 60The 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.Courts Least Equipped To Infer 'Psychiatric Disorder' From Marital Incidents Without Expert Medical Evidence: Telangana High CourtCase Title: X v. YCitation: 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 61Quashing 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 married persons, requires a high benchmark of justification. It remarked that family court does not disclose any such credible reasons.Where Allegations Are Against Cops, Investigation By Same Agency Raises Reasonable Apprehension Of Bias: Telangana High CourtCase Title: Pinninti Rachana Reddy & Anr. v. State of Telangana & Ors.Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 62The 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 made against police officials themselves, investigation by the same agency may give rise to a reasonable apprehension of bias. Even in the absence of proven mala fides, reasonable likelihood of bias is sufficient to warrant transfer of investigation.”Telangana High Court Protects Actress Ashu Reddy From 'Irreversible Digital Harm', Bars Publication Of 'Defamatory' ContentCase Title: Ms. Venkata Aswini Reddy Koyya @ Ashu Reddy v. Mr. Yetimulla Satyanarayana Murthy & 32 Ors.Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 63The 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.Rowdy Sheet Can't Be Mechanically Renewed In Absence Of Concrete Material Showing Disturbance To Public Peace: Telangana High CourtCase Title: Madisetti Samelu v. State of Telangana & Ors.Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 64The 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 rowdy sheet has been carried out at annual intervals, contrary to the requirement of periodic review as contemplated under the Standing Orders; the proposal for renewal submitted by the Sub Inspector of Police contains generalized and unsubstantiated allegations, such as the petitioner being “young and energetic” and allegedly encouraging tribals to encroach upon lands; the recommendation made by the Circle Inspector and the approval granted by the Sub-Divisional Police Officer appear to be mechanical, with endorsements such as “permitted,” without recording any independent reasons or satisfaction based on material; and there is no specific material placed on record demonstrating any recent overt act by the petitioner affecting public peace or law and order.Telangana High Court Rejects Plea To Exclude Land...

Telangana High Court Weekly Round-Up : May 04 – May 10, 2026

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