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,...

Telangana High Court Upholds Death Penalty Of Five Indian Mujahideen Operatives In 2013 Dilsukhnagar Twin Bomb Blast Case

The Telangana High Court on Tuesday (April 8) has upheld a 2016 death penalty imposed by an NIA Court upon five Indian Mujahideen operatives, who were found guilty of orchestrating the 2013 Dilsukhnagar twin bomb blasts which killed 18 and injured 121 persons. A division bench of Justice K. Lakshman and Justice P Sree Sudha passed the order in a reference made by the Sessions Judge...

Natural Gas Can Be Equated With Petroleum Gas, To Be Taxed Under Entry 23 Of 6th Schedule Of APGST Act: Telangana High Court

In a case pertaining to the taxation of Natural Gas, the Telangana High Court has held that Natural Gas shall fall under Entry 23 of 6th Schedule, under the category of petroleum gases, and not Entry 118. The different entries change the percentage of tax levied. Justice Narsing Rao Nandikonda held that “This bench is of the firm opinion that the findings given by the...

Kancha Gachibowli Case: Telangana High Court Defers Hearing Till April 24, Notes Supreme Court Is Seized Of The Issue

The Telangana High Court on Monday (April 7) deferred till April 24 hearing of various petitions filed with respect to tree felling at State's Kancha Gachibowli forest area near the Hyderabad Central University campus.At the outset a division bench of Acting Chief Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Renuka Yara was informed that the matter was listed today for response by the State, which has not...

Kancha Gachibowli Tree Felling: Telangana High Court Extends Interim Order Halting Deforestation; Next Hearing On April 7

The Telangana High Court on Thursday (April 3) extended its interim order of status quo with respect to tree felling at State's Kancha Gachibowli forest area near the Hyderabad Central University campus.A division bench of Acting Chief Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Renuka Yara further granted time till April 7 to the State, to file its counter affidavit in the matter. On Wednesday the court...