Overview

• A division bench of the Telangana High Court upheld the State Level Police Recruitment Board’s decision to reject a 29-year-old constable candidate for suppressing an FIR in a rape complaint despite his trial acquittal by compromise and marriage.
• Justice K. Lakshman ruled that the candidate’s failure to disclose the FIR rendered him unfit for disciplined service, overruling a single-judge order that had directed his appointment.
• The bench warned police personnel they would face suspension or other disciplinary measures if they interfered with proceedings in the Nagaram Bhoodan land dispute.
• Constable Venkateshwarlu of Maheshwaram police station was summoned to appear before the court after the petitioner, Vadthya Ramulu, alleged he received an intimidating call on his superior’s instructions.
• A formal Commission of Inquiry into alleged illegal occupation of donated Bhoodan lands by senior IAS and IPS officers in Rangareddy district has yet to be constituted