Telangana High Court orders DGP to identify police officials who misbehaved with women MLAs
The Telangana High Court on Tuesday directed the Director General of Police to “look into the incident (prevention of BRS legislators from entering the Assembly on September 7) and identify the officials who misbehaved/manipulated the legislators.
Justice T. Madhavi Devi of the Supreme Court, modifying an earlier order passed on September 7 in a petition filed by the BRS legislature party, also directed the DGP to submit a report of the incident to the Speaker to take necessary action. The judge directed the DGP to report the incident to the senate if it occurred outside the assembly premises i.e. at the entry point of the assembly.
The BRSLP moved the HC on September 7 when their members were prevented by the police from entering a rally at the main entry point on the first day of the eighth session of the assembly. Justice Madhavi Devi issued an order the same evening directing the authorities not to prevent the legislators from entering the Assembly from the next day.
Clarification that in case of violation of the rules of the assembly, it is up to the chairman and not the police. The judge also directed the DGP to identify the erring police officials in the incident, take strict action against them and submit a report to the court. The Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad has filed an interim application along with counter affidavit seeking to set aside this order.
Presenting his submissions, Advocate General A. Sudarshan Reddy said that while the police asked BRS legislators not to enter the assembly wearing black T-shirts with slogans, BRS MLA T. Harish Rao threatened police personnel. BRS MLA KT Rama Rao made inappropriate and insensitive comments against women police officers. When the women legislators were allowed to enter the assembly, MLAs D. Sudheer Reddy, Gangula Kamalakar, Padi Kaushik Reddy, T. Harish Rao and others tried to enter the assembly and hid behind them, the AG said.
The AG said that many legislators took off their shirts in front of policewomen, which was undesirable. These acts at the entrance gate of the Assembly fell within the meaning of the “area of the House”, the AG said. Referring to the Hyderabad police commissioner’s claim that the BRS legislators had violated prohibitory orders, the judge said the first information report issued on the incident did not mention any such violation.
Even prohibitions were against public meetings or process in or around the 4 km radius of the assembly. There was no bar against MLAs entering the assembly or the council, the judge observed. The authorities did not explain why the women legislators were taken to BRS Bhavan when they did not violate any directives of the Speaker.
There was no allegation or evidence that the lawmakers also misbehaved with police, the order said.
Published – 29 Sep 2026 21:13 IST