Telangana HC Stops Garbage Dumping on Banjara Hills Road No. 12
The judge was dealing with a writ plea filed by Y. Achuyuth Reddy and three other residents of the locality. The petitioners alleged that the GHMC had permitted the dumping of garbage and hazardous waste in the MLA Colony area.
Hyderabad: Justice B. Vijaysen Reddy of the Telangana High Court restrained the GHMC and other authorities from dumping or burning garbage and hazardous waste on an open land located between MLA Colony and Road No. 12, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad.
The judge was dealing with a writ plea filed by Y. Achuyuth Reddy and three other residents of the locality. The petitioners alleged that the GHMC had permitted the dumping of garbage and hazardous waste in the MLA Colony area.
According to the petitioners, the dumping site lay in close proximity to residential localities, hospitals, dairies, and the police commissionerate, and posed serious health and environmental risks. The petitioners sought directions to the authorities to immediately stop all illegal dumping and burning of waste in the area.
They also sought directions to consider their representations and to take preventive measures, including restricting and barricading access to the site, installing CCTV cameras, and deploying surveillance, to prevent further violations.
The petitioners contended that open burning of waste at the site had resulted in severe nuisance, air pollution, and health hazards to residents. Despite several complaints and representations made to the authorities, no effective action had occurred to curb the illegal activities, they alleged.
Taking note of the grievances, the judge passed an interim direction ordering the respondent authorities to forthwith stop the dumping and burning of waste at the site, pending further consideration of the matter.
Rape Survivor, 24 Weeks Pregnant, Seeks MTP
Hyderabad: Justice Nagesh Bheemapaka of the Telangana High Court on Monday directed the superintendent of the Government Maternity Hospital, Petlaburj, Hyderabad, to conduct an urgent medical examination of a 17-year-old rape survivor and submit a detailed report on the feasibility of terminating her pregnancy, which has crossed 24 weeks. The judge was dealing with a writ petition filed by the Telangana Legal Services Authority (TLSA) seeking permission for termination of pregnancy under the provisions of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act.
The minor girl, a resident of Jangaon district, is a survivor in an case registered at Tharigoppula police station under provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. As per the medical records placed before the court, the pregnancy reached 24 weeks and three days, as confirmed by a scan report of December 2025, issued by the Mother and Child Hospital (MCH), Jangaon.
The writ petition was taken up on January 2, 2026, as a house motion, with the judge noting the urgency involved due to the advanced stage of pregnancy. The TLSA submitted that the minor became pregnant under traumatic circumstances and that continuation of the pregnancy would cause severe physical, psychological and emotional harm. Medical authorities reportedly declined to proceed with termination in the absence of specific court orders owing to the advanced gestational period. Taking note of the time-sensitive nature of the matter, the judge directed that the minor be brought to Hyderabad.
On Monday, the administrative officer of the TLSA produced the minor child before the court. After hearing the petitioners and the government pleader the judge referred the minor to the superintendent of the Government Maternity Hospital, Petlaburj, for medical examination. The judge directed the Superintendent to submit a sealed medical report by 10.30 am on January 6, assessing whether termination of the pregnancy is medically feasible at this stage.
Plea challenges maintenance of parents Act
A two judge panel of the Telangana High Court took on file a writ plea challenging Rule 21(3) of the Telangana Maintenance of Parents and Senior Citizens Rules, 2011 which enables parents or senior citizens to file a complaint for maintenance if not adequately supported. The panel comprising Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh and Justice G.M. Mohiuddin was dealing with a writ plea filed by R. Srinivas against whom his father initiated proceedings before the district collector for his eviction. Baglekar Akash, counsel for the petitioner, pointed to multiple rulings of the apex court and argued that by creation of such a tribunal presided over by the district collector lacked legal authority. He pointed out that the tribunal was carrying out an essential judicial function which ought to be exercised by a judge or by a regular court or by a tribunal having a judicial member.
The petitioner contended that the collector, being primarily an executive officer, lacked judicial training and was not equipped to deal with the procedural and substantive complexities inherent in eviction proceedings. He argued that the rule was ultra vires to the parent statute, the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 and amounted to excessive delegation of legislative power. The panel while granting time to the respondents to file their response directed that coercive steps not be against the petitioner.
