Telangana High Court
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...
'No Coercive Steps': Telangana HC Halts Till Thursday Tree Felling At Kancha Gachibowli Near Hyderabad Central University Campus
The Telangana High Court on Wednesday (April 2) has stayed felling of trees on land in Kancha Gachibowli located near Hyderabad Central University campus (HCU), while hearing a plea against a government order stated to be alienating 400 acres of green cover land in the area for setting up IT infrastructure. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Renuka Yara passed...
Cohabitation Built On Deception Without Proven Customary Divorce From First Wife Amounts To Rape: Telangana HC
The Telangana High Court has held that cohabitation built on deception without proven customary divorce from first wife amounts to rape. A division bench of Justices Moushumi Bhattacharya and BR Madhusudhan Rao held: "Under section 5(i) read with section 11 of the 1955 Act, if the husband is already a married man, the subsequent marriage is void ab initio and has no sanctity in law. Since...
Telangana High Court Issues Notice On PIL To Declare 400 Acres Land Being Auctioned By State For Development Of IT Park As 'National Park'
A Public Interest Litigation has been filed before the Telangana High Court, challenging a GO issued by Telangana State Industrial Infrastructure Corporation to alienate 400 acres of green cover land in Kancha Gachibowli, Serlingampally Mandal for the setting up of IT infrastructure.The plea alleges the GO to be in contravention of the Forest Conservation Act, 1980 and prays to cancel all...
Order Rejecting Jurisdictional Objections U/S 16 Of Arbitration Act Can Be Challenged U/S 34, Not Under Writ Jurisdiction: Telangana HC
The Telangana High Court bench of Justice P. Sam Koshy and Justice Namavarapu Rajeshwar Rao has held that an order rejecting jurisdictional objections under Section 16 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (Arbitration Act) can only be challenged under section 34 of the Arbitration Act after an award is passed, and no writ petition against such an order can...
Telangana HC Upholds Reservation Policy For Children Of Armed Forces Personnel In Medical Entrance, Which Excluded Children Of CAPF Personnel
The Telangana High Court upheld the constitutionality of the Andhra Pradesh/ Telangana Unaided Non-minority Professional Institutions (Regulations of Admissions into Under Graduate Medical and Dental Professional Courses) Rules, 2007 and the Telangana Medical and Dental Colleges Admission, (Admission into MBBS & BDS Courses) Rules, 2017, which directed the reservation of 1% seats for...
Telangana High Court Partly Stays Land Acquisition Notification For Setting Up Multipurpose Industrial Park In Vikharabad District
The Telangana High Court has suspended part of a Notification, issued to acquire land for setting up a Multiple purpose Industrial Park in Vikharabad District after certain land owners moved the court contending that the study for Determination of Social Impact and Public Purpose under the Land Acquisition Act could not be dispensed with.  Justice J. Sreenivas Rao passed the...
Anti-Arbitration Suit Giving Short-Shrift To Sec 16 A&C Act Is Hit By Order 7 Rule 11(d) Of CPC: Telangana High Court Reiterates
The Telangana High Court has reiterated and clarified that suits initiated before Civil Courts to curb arbitration proceedings ignore section 16 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act,1996, and deserve to be rejected under Order 7, Rule 11(d) as being barred by statute.The order was passed in a commercial court appeal by a Division Bench of Justice Moushumi Bhattacharya and...
S.17 Of Arbitration Act Casts Weighty Burden On Party To Persuade Court To Hold Onto S.9 Proceedings After Formation Of Tribunal: Telangana HC
The Telangana High Court has held that the 2015 amendment to the Arbitration and Conciliation Act grants a bouquet of protections to a party during the course of arbitral proceedings. It clarified that section 9 (3) restricts a party from seeking interim protection before a Court, once a tribunal has been constituted. After the amendment, once the Tribunal has been constituted, the parties...
Telangana HC Imposes 25K Cost On Man Who Filed PIL Against Panchayat Act For Prohibiting Candidates With Over 2 Children From Participating In Polls
The Telangana High Court has dismissed a public interest filed challenging Section 21(3) of the Telangana Panchayat Raj Act, 2018. Section 21(3) restricts individuals who have more than 2 children from contesting in the Panchayat elections.The Division Bench of Chief Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Renuka Yara dismissed the petition at SR stage, imposing a cost of 25 thousand, noting that...
Telangana Tunnel Collapse: High Court Closes PIL To Rescue 8 Trapped Workers After State Gives Assurance
The Telangana High Court on Monday (March 3) closed proceedings in a PIL petition praying that the State takes all necessary and immediate steps to remove 8 workers who are stated to be trapped in the Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) Tunnel in Nagarkurnool. A Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Renuka Yara closed the matter owing to the reassurance given...