Telangana High Court Weekly Round-Up : April 06 – April 12, 2026

Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 37- 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 43Nominal Index Sri 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 & Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 40Gade Ramana Reddy v. State of Telangana & Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 41Rayapudi Siva Kumari & Ors. v. Nimmagadda Darahasa Lahari & Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 42Pawan Khera v/s The State of Telangana, 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 43Judgments/Orders This WeekDelay In Grant Of Sanction Within 4 Months By Itself Not Enough To Quash Prosecution In Corruption Case: Telangana High CourtCase Title: Sri Azmeera Kailas v. State of Telangana & Anr.Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 37The Telangana High Court refused to quash disproportionate assets case against a public servant, holding that mere delay in grant of sanction by itself is not enough to abort a corruption case.This, when the Anti-Corruption Bureau had consistently pursued sanction and the accused had not invoked available remedies at the relevant time.Referring to Supreme Court's decision in Vijay Rajmohan v CBI (2023) where it was held that that the sanctioning authority is required to grant sanction within 3 months along with an additional period of 1 month and upon expiry the complainant, accused or victim is entitled to approach the appropriate Writ Court to seek appropriate remedies, Justice Juvvadi Sridevi observed:"In the instant case, the petitioner failed to challenge the legality of the delay, neither before the trial Court nor before the High Court to seek necessary directions. This inaction constitutes a neglect of the remedy explicitly made available under law and a failure to utilize the statutory and judicial safeguards designed to address such delays. While the judgment in Vijay Rajmohan's case was expressly relied upon by the learned Senior Counsel for the petitioner, no attempt was made to invoke the remedies available, thereby undermining the petitioner's reliance on the delay in granting sanction. Hence, in view of the law laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the aforesaid judgment, mere non-compliance with the mandatory requirement of granting sanction within four (4) months cannot, by itself, constitute a ground to quash the proceedings against the petitioner. The delay, in the absence of any other substantive illegality, does not entitle the petitioner to the relief claimed.”College Can't Withhold Student's Original Certificates To Recover Fees, Must Proceed As Per Law To Recover Dues: Telangana High CourtCase Title: CH. Muralidhar v. State of Telangana & Ors.Case Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 38Holding that a college cannot retain a student's original academic certificates as a means of enforcing any monetary claim, the Telangana High Court has directed a private engineering college to forthwith return the original certificates of a student who had discontinued his B.Tech. course.The court was hearing an engineering student's plea who had a quarrel with certain senior students wherein the petitioner alleged he was physically attacked by his seniors; subsequently one of the senior students had committed suicide pursuant to which a case was lodged against the petitioner and after which he had discontinued his studies.Telangana High Court Directs Old Pension Scheme Benefits For Retired HC Judge Within 8 WeeksCase Title: Justice G. Sri Devi v. Union of India & Ors.Case Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 39The Telangana High Court has asked the concerned authorities to expeditiously implement benefits of old pension scheme entitlement to retired High Court judge Justice G Sri Devi within 8 weeks.In doing so the court disposed of the judge's plea after noting the submission of the authorities that they had granted sanction to her entitlement to pension under the Old Pension Scheme.A Division Bench of Justice P. Sam Koshy and Justice Narsing Rao Nandikonda observed:“The learned ASGI, assisted by the learned counsel appearing for the Accountant General, today produced order dated 13.03.2026 issued to the Under Secretary, Government of India, Ministry of Law, Justice and Company Affairs (Department of Justice), New Delhi granting approval and sanction so far as the pension payable to the petitioner under the Old Pension Scheme is 5 concerned and also granting calculation of pension which the petitioner would be entitled for, including all the arrears the petitioner would be entitled for from the date of her superannuation till date. The learned ASGI further submitted that since the present order from the office of the Accountant General had been issued by speed post on 13.03.2026, it is only a matter of time for the department to actually implement the same and in all probability, the same would be executed at the earliest and that considering the claim of the petitioner, it would expedited on priority basis.”Police Can't Detain...

Telangana High Court Weekly Round-Up : April 06 – April 12, 2026

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