Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Tuesday directed ‘status quo’ on the notification issued in the name of the Governor and the Chief Electoral Officer nominating Prof M. Kodandaram and Amer.
The use of the word ‘rape’ by the minor victim in the absence of corroborative evidence cannot be the sole basis to assume that penetrative sexual assault had taken place, the Court said.
The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a Telangana High Court verdict that had held that the Telangana Value Added Tax (Second Amendment) Act, 2017 was unconstitutional.
The Telangana High Court has upheld Sections 5, 6 and 15 of the Press and Registration of Books Act, opining that they constitute reasonable restrictions to regulate newspaper publication.