Topic: high-court | Valkya Editorial

Gade Ramana Reddy v. State of Telangana: PIL on 70-90% municipal reservation dismissed for sweeping generalisation

Telangana HC DB (CJ Aparesh Kumar Singh and G.M. Mohiuddin J.) dismissed a PIL alleging ward-wise reservation between 70% and 90% in Telangana municipalities, finding the data did not substantiate the claim and reaffirming the horizontal-within-vertical reservation framework.

Valkya Editorial·2 Jun 2026·9 min

Landmark JudgmentSupreme Court of India

Asian Resurfacing v. CBI and its 2024 overruling: the rise and fall of the auto-vacation of stay orders

On 28 March 2018, a three-judge Bench held in Asian Resurfacing of Road Agency v. CBI that interim stays of trial granted by a High Court in civil and criminal proceedings would automatically vacate after six months, unless extended by a speaking order. The rule operated for almost six years before, on 29 February 2024, a five-judge Constitution Bench in High Court Bar Association, Allahabad v. State of UP held it constitutionally unsustainable and overruled it. A digest of both judgments, the practitioner architecture they produced, and the constitutional position that now obtains.

Valkya Editorial·31 May 2026·7 min