Telangana High Court
Telangana High Court Monthly Round-Up : March 2026
Citation 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 17 - 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 36Nominal Index Rudrabatla Santhosh Kumar and Ors v The State of Telangana 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 17Dr. Karam Nikhil Kumar and seventeen others v The State of Telangana 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 18Salguti Vishnuvardhan Reddy & Ors. v. State of Telangana & Ors. 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 19Harshini Kishore v. The Kaloji Narayana Rao University of...
Telangana High Court Grants 1-Week Anticipatory Bail To Congress Leader Pawan Khera, Permits Him To Move Before Concerned Court
The Telangana High Court on Friday (April 10) granted anticipatory bail for one week to Congress leader Pawan Khera in connection with an FIR filed by Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma's wife Riniki Bhuyan Sharma, amid allegations related to her holding multiple passports.Justice K Sujana while pronouncing the order said, "The petitioner is granted time time for one week to file an application...
Telangana High Court Upholds Order Directing Inquiry Into 'Forged' Signatures On Vakalatnama
The Telangana High Court has upheld a single judge's order directing inquiry under Section 340 CrPC after finding a prima facie case that signatures of various flat-owners on the Vakalatnama filed in the writ petition–seeking demolition of alleged illegal construction, had been forged. Section 340 CrPC allows a Court to deal with offences affecting the administration of justice such as...
'Sweeping Generalisation': Telangana High Court Rejects PIL Claiming 70-90% Reservation In Municipalities, Finds No Supportive Data
The Telangana High Court dismissed a PIL challenging ward-wise reservation notifications issued for ' 2nd Ordinary Elections to Municipalities and Municipal Corporations 2026', holding that the allegation that reservation in several municipalities ranged between 70% and 90% was not backed by “comprehensive or verified data.”A Division Bench of Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh and...
Telangana High Court Reserves Order On Pawan Khera's Anticipatory Bail Plea In FIR By Assam CM's Wife Over Passport Row
The Telangana High Court on Thursday (April 9) reserved its orders in the anticipatory bail plea moved by Congress leader Pawan Khera in connection with an FIR filed by Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma's wife Riniki Bhuyan Sharma, amid allegations related to her holding multiple passports.Justice K Sujana is likely to pronounce the verdict tomorrow.The anticipatory bail petition has been filed...
Police Can't Detain Vehicle For Drunk Driving; Must Inform Relative/Friend To Take Custody: Telangana High Court
The Telangana High Court has reiterated that police officers have no power to detain or seize vehicles on the ground that the person driving was found in an intoxicated condition, and in case no one other than the intoxicated driver is there the police must inform the nearest relative or friend to take back the custody of the vehicle. Justice E.V. Venugopal in his order referred to a...
Telangana High Court Directs Old Pension Scheme Benefits For Retired HC Judge Within 8 Weeks
The 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...
Congress Leader Pawan Khera Moves Telangana High Court Seeking Anticipatory Bail In FIR By Assam CM's Wife Over Passport Row
Congress leader Pawan Khera has moved the Telangana High Court seeking anticipatory bail in an FIR filed by Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma's wife amid allegations related to her holding multiple passports. The matter is listed tomorrow (April 9) before Justice K Sujana. The FIR has been registered under Sections 175(false statement in connection with an election), 35, 36, 318 (Cheating),...
Telangana High Court Weekly Round-Up : March 30 – April 05, 2026
Nominal Index [Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 31 - 36]Konatham Dhilip Kumar @ Konatham Dileep Reddy & Anr. v. State of Telangana & Anr, 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 31Dr. Raghavender Siva Vijaya Chivukula v. Union of India & Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 32Durgam Venkatesh Kumar & Ors. v. State of Telangana & Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 33M/s. The Bottle Restaurant and Bar v. Union of...
College Can't Withhold Student's Original Certificates To Recover Fees, Must Proceed As Per Law To Recover Dues: Telangana High Court
Holding 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...
Delay In Grant Of Sanction Within 4 Months By Itself Not Enough To Quash Prosecution In Corruption Case: Telangana High Court
The 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...
Non-Ministerial Posts In Special Police Battalion Fall Under State Cadre, Promotions Must Follow State-Wide Seniority: Telangana High Court
The Telangana High Court has held that posts of Police Constable, Head Constable and Assistant Reserve Sub-Inspector in the Special Police Battalions are State cadre posts governed under Andhra Pradesh Public Employment (Organisation of Local Cadres and Regulation of Direct Recruitment) Order 1975. It further held that promotions to such non-ministerial posts cannot be governed by...