In a historic first, the High Court for Telangana delivered a judgement in Telugu in an appeal suit pertaining to dispute over four acres of land between two siblings.
This was the first ever complete verdict issued in Telugu by Telangana High Court, which was constituted on January 1, 2019 following bifurcation of the Andhra Pradesh HC for the States of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. A division bench of Justices P. Naveen Rao and Nagesh Bheemapaka delivered the verdict in Telugu along with a copy of the same in English as well.
At the end of the Telugu verdict, the bench noted that it was being pronounced in Telugu for the benefit of the litigants and people. For the official purpose, the English order copy was also incorporated. The bench clarified that people can refer to the English version of the verdict in case of any printing mistakes or doubts.
