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Hearing eight writ petitions together, Justice Maheswara Rao Kuncheam held that police have no jurisdiction to determine civil rights between parties, and left them free to act only where a cognizable offence is made out.
Justice Purushottam Kumar Chintalapudi set aside a Narasaraopet executing court order that threw out a decree-holder because the mortgaged plot was assigned land, and sent the matter back for a reasoned finding on whether the house site can lawfully be sold.
Justice Purushottam Kumar Chintalapudi set aside ten dismissal orders, holding that a reference court's award is a decree and that absence of a proper party does not justify dismissal without inquiry.
Justices Ravi Nath Tilhari and Purushottam Kumar Chintalapudi quashed a Goondas Act detention, holding a single vicious ground is enough to vitiate the order.
Justice K. Sreenivasa Reddy set aside the cancellation of a police constable's selection, holding non-disclosure of a criminal case cannot be met with a rigid formula.
A Division Bench of Justices Ravi Nath Tilhari and Subhendu Samanta set aside two Tribunal orders, holding there is no negative parity under Article 14 and illegality cannot be perpetuated.
Justice Balaji Medamalli holds that a clause conferring jurisdiction on the courts at Visakhapatnam identifies the seat, so a Section 34 challenge to an international commercial award lies there.
Justice Balaji Medamalli holds that the label attached to an engagement cannot decide a regularisation claim where the duties are perennial and discharged against a sanctioned vacancy.
The Government Pleader's answer was that the police do not interfere in civil matters. The judge replied that he is seeing a series of such cases, and called for every guideline the Home Department and the DGP have issued.
The Andhra Pradesh High Court dismissed a writ petition by a Mines and Geology officer seeking promotion consideration despite a pending CBI trial over alleged facilitation of illegal limestone quarrying causing Rs 124 crore exchequer loss.
The Andhra Pradesh High Court quashed FIR No. 449 of 2025 against three YSRCP politicians, holding that mere participation in a political rally without specific overt acts cannot sustain prosecution under multiple BNS provisions.
Dismissing a civil revision challenging a plaint amendment, the Andhra Pradesh High Court holds Article 65, not Article 58, governs limitation for declaratory relief over immovable property.
Justice Subhendu Samanta dismissed a petition to quash CC No. 808/2024, holding the complaint disclosed cognisable offences including cheating and property fraud beyond mere perjury.
The Andhra Pradesh High Court dismissed a criminal revision filed by a wife seeking to restore her husband's conviction under Section 498-A after the appellate court had acquitted him on the same evidence that exonerated his co-accused sister.
The Andhra Pradesh High Court found that police obscured a boy's Aadhaar date of birth and produced him before a Magistrate instead of the Juvenile Justice Board, rendering his remand illegal.
The Andhra Pradesh High Court dismissed a mother's habeas corpus petition for custody of her two minor sons, finding she had concealed a signed MOU granting custody to the father and a Telangana HC order quashing criminal proceedings against him.
Justice Balaji Medamalli set aside G.O.Rt.No.39 of 2022 appointing the second-ranked candidate as President of Vijayawada District Consumer Commission, holding the State Government had no authority to depart from the Selection Committee's merit panel.
Justice Sumathi Jagadam dismissed two writ petitions challenging a 2017 revision order granting ryotwari patta over 11.15 acres in Mudasarlova village, finding no ground for certiorari jurisdiction.
The Andhra Pradesh High Court dismissed a habeas corpus challenge, holding that the Advisory Board's opinion is required only for confirmation, not for arrest under a detention order.
The High Court of Andhra Pradesh found prima facie ambiguity in applying the Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Act to a doctor who was himself a victim, and granted anticipatory bail with conditions.
The Andhra Pradesh High Court held that marking an application "Permanently Rejected" on an online portal without reasons violates natural justice and Section 43 of the Electricity Act, 2003.
The Andhra Pradesh High Court dismissed a father's habeas corpus petition seeking enforcement of an ex parte Family Court custody order, holding the mother's address was fraudulently suppressed.
Retired Sangam Dairy employees entitled to fresh consideration of higher pension claims; EPFO directed to verify its own records and not penalise employees for employer defaults.
