Archive · 14 Aug 2026
Telangana Courts Set Fresh Hearings in Cash-for-Vote, Disqualification, Bar Cases
Courts in India's Telangana state are dealing with several important cases at the same time.
One case is about a 'cash for vote' accusation from 2015.
Telangana's Chief Minister Revanth Reddy was a lawmaker back then, and he is one of the accused.
The Supreme Court said this case must be heard again from the start, because the judges who heard it before have retired and cannot continue.
Another case is about lawmakers who changed from one political party to another after winning an election.
The BRS party says the Speaker made a mistake by refusing to disqualify these lawmakers, and the High Court will hear that matter again on August 17.
The High Court also made a new rule: people who ask a court to cancel a police case must tell the court about any earlier similar requests they made.
Finally, the court paused new lawyer registrations in Telangana until it decides whether the enrolment committee was set up properly.
A judge will give the final order on August 31.
Supreme Court orders fresh hearings in the 2015 cash-for-vote case involving Chief Minister Revanth Reddy because the judges who earlier heard it have retired.
Revanth Reddy and BRS leader Sandra Venkata Veeraiah challenged the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) investigation; Chief Justice of India Surya Kant said the matter will be heard as a fresh case.
Telangana High Court makes it mandatory for petitioners seeking quashing of FIRs to disclose any earlier criminal petitions and their outcomes.
High Court adjourns to August 17 the BRS MLAs' petitions challenging the Speaker's dismissal of disqualification applications against turncoat MLAs such as Danam Nagender.
High Court puts Bar Council of Telangana enrolments in abeyance until August 31, pending a writ petition challenging the enrolment committee's constitution.
- Who
- The Supreme Court of India and the Telangana High Court, hearing cases involving Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, BRS leader Sandra Venkata Veeraiah, and BRS MLAs.
- What
- Telangana courts handled the 2015 cash-for-vote case, the BRS MLAs' disqualification challenge, new disclosure rules for FIR-quashing petitions, and the suspension of Bar Council of Telangana enrolments.
- When
- On Thursday (mid-August 2026), with the next hearing in the disqualification case set for August 17, 2026, and orders in the Bar Council matter due on August 31, 2026.
- Where
- Supreme Court of India; Telangana High Court in Hyderabad.
- Why
- To decide whether the cash-for-vote FIR should be quashed, review the Speaker's disqualification decision, prevent repeated quashing petitions, and validate the enrolment committee's constitution.
Petitioners and challengers
Authorities and ruling side
Disqualification of turncoat MLAs
Petitioners and challengers
BRS MLAs including Padi Kaushik Reddy argue the Speaker erred in dismissing disqualification applications against Danam Nagender, who won on a BRS ticket, joined Congress and contested the Secunderabad parliamentary seat on a Congress ticket.
Authorities and ruling side
The Speaker dismissed the disqualification applications against alleged turncoat BRS MLAs, a decision the High Court is now reviewing at a hearing set for August 17.
Constitution of Bar Council enrolment committee
Petitioners and challengers
B. Jagadishwer contends the June 6, 2026 letter constituting the interim enrolment committee is illegal and violates Section 58 of the Advocates Act, 1961, and seeks a regular committee.
Authorities and ruling side
The Bar Council of India, the Bar Council of Telangana and the enrolment committee opposed the plea, while the High Court suspended enrolments until August 31 to avoid complications.
Disclosure of earlier petitions
Petitioners and challengers
The High Court made it mandatory for petitioners seeking quashing of FIRs to disclose any earlier criminal petitions and their outcomes, citing an accused who filed a fresh petition without revealing a pending one.
Authorities and ruling side
Advocate K. Hemalatha submitted she was unaware of the earlier criminal petition, saying the petitioner had not furnished that information before the fresh petition was filed.
- Cash-for-vote case
- 2015 FIR involving Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, then a Telugu Desam legislator
- Accused challenging ACB probe
- Revanth Reddy and BRS leader Sandra Venkata Veeraiah
- Next hearing (BRS disqualification case)
- August 17, 2026
- Bar Council enrolment abeyance until
- August 31, 2026
- Impugned committee letter
- June 6, 2026, challenged by B. Jagadishwer
- Statute cited
- Section 58 of the Advocates Act, 1961
- Khammam district FIR offences
- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Essential Commodities Act, 1955
- Bench hearing disqualification appeals
- Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh and Justice G.M. Mohiuddin