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Telangana witnessed a statewide bandh on Saturday. The protest was called by BC JAC against the High Court's stay on a 42 percent reservation for Backward Classes in local body elections. The ruling Congress, BRS, and BJP extended their support to the bandh. Leaders from various parties participated in protests, demanding the implementation of the reservation. Essential services remained unaffected. A statewide bandh called by the BC JAC to protest against the High Court's stay order on the 42 ...Read More >
Hyderabad: A statewide bandh was observed in Telangana on Saturday as Backward Classes (BC) organisations joined to protest against the High Court's recent stay on a government order granting 42% reservation for BCs in local bodies. The bandh was backed by major political parties, including the ruling Congress, Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The protest, which was a result of the Telangana High Court's interim order on October 9, saw participation from various se ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Oct 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Road Transport Corporation buses went off the roads across Telangana while most of the shops, business establishments and educational institutions remained closed on Saturday as the state-wide bandh called by Backward Classes JAC and supported by all political parties evoked a near total response. The bandh called by the Joint Action Committee (JAC), consisting of 136 Backward Classes associations in support of 42 per cent reservation for Backward Classes (BCs ...Read More >
The Supreme Court has dismissed the Telangana government's plea challenging a high court order that stayed a government order granting 42% reservation to Backward Classes in local bodies. The high court had previously issued an interim stay, citing petitions that argued the increased quota breaches the 50% reservation ceiling. The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the Telangana government's plea challenging a high court order which stayed a government order providing 42 per cent reservation t ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: Justice K Lakshman of the Telangana High Court on Friday dismissed two writ petitions seeking an inquiry into the alleged illegal sale of Bhoodan lands in Maheshwaram mandal, Rangareddy district. The first petition, filed by Vadthya Ramulu, sought a Commission of Inquiry to probe the alleged illegal transfer of about nine acres in Survey Nos. 194 and 195 of Nagaram village. The petitioner claimed that Revenue officials, in collusion with private persons, had replaced the names of ori ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: The Telangana High Court on Friday asked the government and the State Election Commission (SEC) when will be the rural local body elections would be conducted, and gave them two weeks to reply with regard to the revised poll schedule. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh and Justice G.M. Mohiuddin was hearing a petition filed by Renka Surender, advocate from Mancherial district, who challenged the SEC's notification dated October 9, which put the local body e ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Following the Telangana Backward Class Joint Action Committee (BC JAC) call for a statewide bandh on October 18 over the High Court's stay on the 42% BC reservation in local body elections, several schools in the state have reportedly announced holidays. However, no official directive has been issued regarding school closures. The bandh has received support from multiple political parties, including the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), Telangana Jagruthi, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), a ...Read More >
The Telangana High Court was addressing a lunch motion petition filed by BRS candidate for Jubilee Hills, Maganti Sunitha Gopinath, and BRS working president K T Rama Rao. The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday informed the Telangana High Court that it is examining allegations of nearly 12,000 illegal bulk additions and fraudulent voter entries to the electoral rolls for the forthcoming Jubilee Hills Assembly constituency by-election. Further, the Commission stated to a Division Ben ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Thursday dismissed a petition filed by BRS working president KT Rama Rao (KTR) and party candidate Maganti Sunitha that alleged widespread irregularities in the voter list for the Jubilee Hills Assembly constituency. The court observed that the Election Commission of India (ECI) was already examining the objections in accordance with the law, and hence, no specific judicial intervention was necessary. The petitioners had sought a judicial directive to inv ...Read More >
A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta agreed to hear the plea challenging the high court's October 13 order and sought a response from the state of Telangana. "Issue notice, returnable in four weeks. In the meantime, the effect and operation of the impugned order shall remain stayed," the bench said. Senior advocate Siddharth Dave and advocate P Mohith Rao appeared for petitioners Pogadadabnda Revathi and Bandi Sandhya. Revathi is the Managing Director of Pulse News, and Sandhya i ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Thursday disposed of a writ petition filed by Maganti Sunitha, contesting candidate in by elections of Jubilee Hills assembly constituency from the BRS, and minister K.T. Rama Rao alleged that nearly 12,000 bogus votes were added in the latest electoral voters list of Jubilee Hills Assembly Constituency. The petitioners sought directions to the Chief Electoral Officer, Telangana, to update the voters list before conducting elections. Senior counsel Dama S ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed a Telangana High Court order that had upheld the police custody of two women journalists booked for allegedly circulating a video containing "derogatory" comments against Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on social media. A two-judge bench comprising Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta agreed to hear the plea challenging the High Court's October 13 order and sought a response from the state of Telangana. "Issue notice, returnable in four weeks. ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 16 (PTI) In a setback to the Telangana government, the Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed its petition challenging a high court order which stayed a government order providing 42 per cent reservation to Backward Classes in local bodies. "You continue with your elections with the same reservation which was existing. Dismissed," a bench of justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta said. The Congress government in Telangana had issued the government order (GO) on September 26 to prov ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 16 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday has dismissed the Telangana government's plea challenging the Telangana High Court's interim order that stayed the State government's decision to increase Other Backward Classes (OBC) reservation in local body elections in the State to 42 per cent which took the overall reservations in the States' local bodies to 67 per cent. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta, however, clarified that their decision to dismiss Tel ...Read More >
The Congress has decided to implead itself in the Special Leave Petition (SLP) which the Telangana government is scheduled to file in the Supreme Court challenging the Telangana High Court's recent decision to stay the implementation of 42% quota for the Backward Classes in local bodies polls. Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) President B. Mahesh Kumar Goud, who is in New Delhi along with Minister Vakati Srihari held wide ranging consultations with the legal experts, including Rajya S ...Read More >
The ruling Congress and the national Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) both view Hyderabad's Jubilee Hills bypoll as a pivotal opportunity to consolidate their influence in the state's urban constituencies. A high-stakes political contest is brewing in Hyderabad's Jubilee Hills, with a crucial bypoll poised to serve as a barometer for urban voter sentiment in Telangana. Scheduled for November 11, the election was necessitated by the death of the sitting Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLA, Maganti Gop ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Telangana government's Special Leave Petition (SLP) challenging the Telangana High Court's interim stay on 42 per cent reservations for Backward Classes (BCs) in local body elections will come up for hearing in the Supreme Court on Thursday. The state government moved the Supreme Court on Tuesday against the High Court's September 9 order suspending GO 9, which enhanced the BC quota in local bodies to 42 per cent. The SLP, filed by advocate Devina Sehgal on behalf of the state go ...Read More >
The Supreme Court has ordered former SIB chief T Prabhakar Rao to provide his iCloud password to Telangana police in the presence of forensic experts. The court extended his interim protection from coercive action, while the Solicitor General alleged his non-cooperation and destruction of evidence. Rao's counsel refuted these claims, calling the investigation politically motivated. The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed former chief of Special Intelligence Bureau (SIB) in Telangana T Prabhakar R ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader Errabelli Dayakar Rao on Friday, October 10 criticised the Telangana government for the 42 percent reservation for backward classes in the local body elections. Addressing a gathering in Warangal, the former Telangana minister questioned the Congress as to why it did not push for the Backward Classes (BC) quota in elections during its 55 year rule in India. He further claimed that the Telangana High Court put a stay on the 42 percent BC quota since ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: A division bench of the Telangana High Court comprising Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh and Justice G M Mohiuddin on Wednesday adjourned the hearing to 2.15 pm on Thursday on a batch of seven writ petitions challenging the state government's decision to enhance reservations for Backward Classes (BCs) to 42% in the ensuing local body elections. The petitions sought suspension of GO Ms No 9 issued by the BC Welfare department on September 26, 2025, increasing BC reservations from 23% ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: Hours after the Telangana State Election Commission issued a notification for conducting the elections to the local bodies in the state on Thursday, the Telangana High Court ordered an interim stay on the Panchayat elections. Allowing the batch of petitions filed challenging the 42% reservations to the backward classes in the elections and after hearing at length the petitioners and the state counsels, a division bench of Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh and Justice GM Mohiuddin dire ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Thursday commenced hearings on the contentious issue of Backward Class (BC) reservation, marking the first time the matter has been argued in the state's apex court. Both sides presented their arguments before the bench as the debate over the implementation of the BC quota gained momentum. Advocate General Sudarshan Reddy represented the state government and outlined the steps taken to ensure a fair and comprehensive process. He told the court that the cab ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Within hours of the State Election Commission (SEC) announcing the panchayat poll schedule, BC welfare minister Ponnam Prabhakar and animal husbandry minister Vakiti Srihari urged all political parties to file affidavits in the high court affirming their support for the 42 per cent reservation Bills passed in the assembly and council.At a media conference in Gandhi Bhavan, joined by BC association leaders, the ministers also appealed to petitioners to withdraw the case filed against t ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: Justice Anil Kumar Jukanti of the Telangana High Court has quashed proceedings in Crime No.483 of 2025 registered at Punjagutta Police Station, holding that a raid on Blue Bells Spa was carried out without jurisdiction under the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 (PITA Act). The court noted that Section 13 of the Act requires the government to appoint Special Officers not below the rank of Inspector to deal with such cases. In this instance, the raid, search and seizure were cond ...Read More >
Hyderabad: A case registered against a Punjagutta spa was struck down by the Telangana High Court after it found that the police Sub-Inspector who conducted raids on the premises had no powers under the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act (PITA). The officer had raided Bluebells Spa based on allegations of running a brothel and exploiting women for commercial sex, seizing mobile phones and other items. Justice Jukanti Anil Kumar, who heard the petition filed by the woman working as a manager at t ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Backward Classes (BCs) community is poised to benefit substantially from the government's decision to implement 42 per cent reservations in the local bodies elections, opening up an estimated 24,000 additional posts across gram panchayats, mandal parishads and zilla parishads, and taking the total to nearly 55,000. This is nearly double of what the community got in the 2019 local body elections held under the BRS regime with 23 per cent reservations. Although the government has ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Congress on Monday urged all political parties to submit affidavits in the Telangana High Court supporting the state government's decision to provide 42 per cent reservation to the Backward Classes communities in local bodies, saying it was time for them to prove their sincerity on social justice. Addressing a press conference at Gandhi Bhavan, Ministers Ponnam Prabhakar and Vakiti Srihari, along with other Congress BC community leaders, said the government had taken every step t ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Backward Classes (BC) Welfare minister Ponnam Prabhakar has appealed to all political parties to have their counsels file their affidavits before the Telangana High Court bench headed by the chief justice , expressing their support to the state government's decision to go ahead with conduct the Telangana local body elections by implementing 42 percent reservations for BCs. Addressing the media at Gandhi Bhavan on Monday, September 29, he said that the arguments in the High Court on t ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: After four days of relentless downpours, Telangana is expected to have a brief respite on Monday, with no rainfall alerts issued. However, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) placed the state under a yellow alert for thunderstorms. IMD data showed that Papannapet in Medak district received the heaviest 24-hour rainfall at 10.6 cm, followed by Manoor in Sangareddy with 9.28 cm and Nallabelly in Warangal at 9.15 cm. The statewide average rainfall for the day stood at 7.3 mm, nota ...Read More >
A day after the Telangana government issued an order providing 42% reservations to the other backward classes (OBCs) in the local bodies, the state high court on Saturday questioned the propriety of issuing an administrative order to implement the reservations, when the bill passed by the state assembly is pending with governor for approval, people familiar with the matter said. A division bench of the state high court comprising Justice S Abhinand Kumar and Justice B Vijaysen Reddy directed th ...Read More >
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