Archive · 7 Dec 2025
Court Rulings on Pregnancy Termination and Promotion Cases
In one case, a court in Hyderabad decided that a woman and her parents did not do anything wrong when they ended a pregnancy without the husband's permission.
The judge said the husband waited too long to complain and that the woman has the right to make decisions about her pregnancy.
In another case, the court said no to reopening an old promotion process from 2011 because the panel was no longer valid.
In a third case, the court told a university to hire two local candidates as teachers because the original hiring process was not fair.
The court allowed the already hired teacher to keep their job but said the new candidates should also be hired with the same seniority.
Telangana High Court quashed an FIR against a woman and her parents for terminating a pregnancy without the husband's consent, citing the woman's right to make decisions about her pregnancy.
The court noted the husband's delay in filing the complaint and the couple's living together during the relevant time, making it unlikely he was unaware of the pregnancy.
The court dismissed a plea to reopen a decade-old promotion process, stating that no rights survive for candidates on a lapsed panel.
The court directed P.V. Narasimha Rao Telangana Veterinary University to appoint two local candidates as assistant professors, finding the recruitment process contravened the original notification.
The existing appointee was allowed to continue, but the petitioners were to be appointed with notional seniority from the same date, without retrospective monetary benefits.
- Who
- Justice E.V. Venugopal, Amtul Vakil Sidra, M. Venkateswarlu, Banothu Raveendar, Ravi Guguloth
- What
- Court rulings on pregnancy termination, promotion case, and job appointments
- When
- Case 1: January 2024 (complaint), July 2024 (FIR); Case 2: 2011 (selection process), 2017 (candidate's death); Case 3: 2021 (appointment)
- Where
- Telangana High Court, Hyderabad
- Why
- Case 1: To quash FIR against woman for abortion without husband's consent; Case 2: To reopen promotion process; Case 3: To appoint local candidates as assistant professors
- Case 1: Pregnancy Termination
- FIR quashed against woman and her parents for abortion without husband's consent
- Case 2: Promotion Case
- High Court dismisses plea to reopen decade-old promotion process
- Case 3: Job Appointments
- High Court directs PV varsity to appoint two local candidates as assistant professors
- Judge in Case 1
- Justice E.V. Venugopal
- Judge in Case 2
- Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh and Justice G.M. Mohiuddin
- Judge in Case 3
- Justice Nagesh Bheemapaka
- Court
- Telangana High Court
