File counter in PIL over Municipalities Act: HC

Telangana High Court on Monday directed the State government to file counter affidavit in a PIL petition that had challenged a provision of new Telangana Municipalities Act empowering government to demolish illegally built structures without prior notice. Hearing contentions of the petitioner, a division bench of Chief Justice Raghvendra Singh Chauhan and Justice A. Abhishek … Read more

HC takes up PIL on unauthorised temple

Taking a serious note of authorities becoming mute spectators to emergence of structures in the name of freedom of religion on government lands, Telangana High Court on Wednesday said the State government cannot keep quiet on such matters. Hearing a PIL plea challenging construction of a temple in Rock Gardens of Madhavapuri Hills of Ameenpur … Read more

PIL plea on bank notice for NPR document

A PIL petition was filed in the Telangana High Court, seeking stay on a stipulation by the State Bank of India that all its customers should present a ‘letter issued by the National Population Register as part of updating KYC. The petition filed by lawyer Khaja Aijazuddin is likely to come up for hearing in … Read more