SC Allows Conducting Jubilee Hills Society Polls, Restrains Declaration of Results

Hyderabad:In the dispute over the election to the governing body of the Jubilee Hills Cooperative House Building Society Ltd, the Supreme Court has allowed the process to continue but restrained the authorities from declaring the results until further orders. The Supreme Court was hearing a batch of special leave petitions (SLPs) filed by M.N. Sastry and another, issued notice to the society and all the respondents. The SLPs were filed challenging the judgment of the division bench of the Telangana High Court dated August 18, directing the state cooperative election authority to immediately resume the election process from the stage at which it had been halted.

Telangana HC Backs Govt's Decision On People Selling Misbranded Insecticides

Hyderabad:The Telangana High Court has upheld the government`s decision of invoking preventive detention against persons involved in stocking, sale and distribution of “misbranded insecticides”. The court made it clear that there was no illegality in enforcing the PD Act against such persons, holding that such activities could have consequences far beyond individual transactions and posed a threat to public order.

The court was of the view that such activities would result in disturbance to the public order and it was appropriate for the state to invoke the procedure laid down under the 1986 Act to prevent repetition of such offenses in future. Stating this, a division bench of Justice Moushumi Bhattacharya and Justice Renuka Yara dismissed a writ petition filed by Aerlam Muddangula Anuradha challenging the detention order dated September 8, 2025, issued against her husband Muddangula Aditya under the Telangana Prevention of Dangerous Activities Act, 1986.

Aditya allegedly procured fake pesticides from Uttar Pradesh, duplicated products bearing the brands of reputed companies and supplied them to farmers through agents in the Warangal police commissionerate area. The court noted that the products were found to be misbranded and ineffective, potentially exposing farmers to substantial crop losses.

The bench observed that the consequences of selling such products extended beyond individual buyers and sellers. Farmers purchasing the pesticides in the belief that they would protect their crops could suffer crop failure, financial losses and difficulties in repaying agricultural loans. Such activity, had the potential to create alarm and insecurity among farmers and disturb public order, the court said.

The court noted that Aditya had been released on bail in one of the cases but allegedly became involved in similar offences thereafter. It held that preventive detention could be justified where there was a real possibility of the person being released on bail and subsequently indulging in activities prejudicial to the public order.