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Future Prospects Must Be Considered For Fixed-Salary Employees In Accident Claims: AP High Court

Enhancing motor accident compensation from ₹3.85 lakh to ₹7.74 lakh the Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that future prospects must be added while calculating the income of a deceased person who was employed on a fixed salary.The Court observed that the deceased, who was working as a security guard and earning ₹4,238 per month, was entitled to a 40% addition towards future prospects. It further held that the multiplier must be determined based on the age of the deceased, rather than the age of...

Failure To Deposit Stamp Duty Within 15 Days Renders Auction Sale Void, Executing Court Cannot Extend Deadline: AP High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that failure to deposit the prescribed stamp duty within 15 days of an auction renders the sale void, and the executing court cannot extend the deadline by invoking its inherent powers under Section 151 of the Code of Civil Procedure (CPC).It further observed that under Order XXI Rule 85 CPC, as applicable in Andhra Pradesh, the auction purchaser...

Aadhaar Card Age Not Conclusive: AP High Court Relies On Age Mentioned In Post-Mortem Report To Enhance Accident Compensation

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has ruled that age recorded in an Aadhaar card cannot be accepted as conclusive proof and relied on the age mentioned in the post-mortem report of an accident victim to calculate the accident compensation to be granted to his kin. In doing so the court enhanced the compensation from Rs. 7.33 Lakh to Rs.11.27 Lakh, noting that the age mentioned in Aadhaar card...

Transit Remand Not Mandatory If Arrested Person Is Produced Before Jurisdictional Magistrate Within 24 Hours: AP High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that obtaining transit remand from a Magistrate in the place of arrest is not mandatory where a person arrested outside the jurisdiction is produced directly before the jurisdictional Magistrate within 24 hours of arrest, excluding the time necessary for the journey.While dismissing a habeas corpus petition challenging the remand of a man arrested...

AP High Court Quashes Preventive Detention Order, Says Reliance On Previously Nullified Grounds Vitiates Subjective Satisfaction

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has quashed a man's preventive detention order, holding that grounds forming part of an earlier detention order quashed by the Court could not be relied upon again, even alongside fresh grounds of detention.The Court held that such reliance vitiated the detaining authority's subjective satisfaction, warranting the detenu's release unless required in another...

AP High Court Quashes Criminal Case Against Panel Advocate, Says Lawyers Cant Be Prosecuted For Giving Legal Opinion

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that advocates cannot be unnecessarily implicated in criminal cases merely for rendering a legal opinion, in the absence of tangible evidence connecting them with the alleged conspiracy. [2026 LiveLaw (AP) 268]While quashing criminal proceedings against a panel advocate of Shriram Finance Limited, a Single Judge Bench of Justice Tuhin Kumar Gedela...

NHAI Has Expertise In Development & Maintenance Of Highways, Courts Cant Interfere In Project Unless Mala Fide Shown: AP High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has dismissed a PIL seeking an alternative location for the proposed Chittoor-Thatchur Highway interchange, holding that the petitioners failed to establish any ground to doubt the alignment approved by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI). [2026 LiveLaw (AP) 267]The Court declined to direct a fresh feasibility assessment, observing that highway...

Application Under Provincial Insolvency Act Cannot Be Dismissed For Lack Of Verification In Affidavit: Andhra Pradesh High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has recently held that the mere non-mention of solemn verification in an affidavit, despite the presence of solemn affirmation, ipso facto does not warrant rejection of an application as such a defect is curable. [2026 LiveLaw (AP) 266]In view of this, the court set aside an order of the insolvency court dismissing an application seeking to set aside an...

Villagers Concerns Over Groundwater Depletion Not Enough To Halt Beverage Factory With Statutory Approvals: AP High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has dismissed a petition challenging a beverages manufacturing unit in Nagarapalem village, Srikakulam district. It held that unsupported fears of environmental damage and groundwater depletion cannot justify halting an industrial project that has obtained statutory approvals. [2026 LiveLaw (AP) 265]The Court noted that the petitioners had failed to...

Repeated Extensions Do Not Give Temporary Employees Right To Continue In Service: AP High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that temporary employees cannot claim continuation in service as a matter of right after expiry of their fixed tenure, even if their engagements have been extended repeatedly. [2026 LiveLaw (AP) 264]The Court made the observation while dismissing a plea by 12 temporary employees of Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, challenging the discontinuation...

AP High Court Upholds 3-Year Deadline For Date Of Birth Correction In School Certificates, Cites Risk Of Age Manipulation For Jobs

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has upheld the three-year limitation prescribed under a 1992 state government order for entertaining applications seeking correction or alteration of date of birth in Secondary School Leaving Certificate. [2026 LiveLaw (AP) 263]The Court held that the limitation has a rational nexus with the objective sought to be achieved and that a change in date of birth cannot...