The petitioner stated that the lives of the 17 victims in the Gulzar Houz fire accident could have been saved if the fire brigade vehicles were fully equipped.
The Telangana High Court Thursday granted four weeks to the state authorities to respond to a suo-motu public interest litigation (PIL) in connection with the May 2025 Gulzar Houz fire accident that led to the death of 17 members of a family, including eight children, in Hyderabad.
The division bench of Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh and Justice G M Mohiuddin was dealing with a PIL taken up based on a letter to the Chief Justice seeking directions for a judicial inquiry into the mishap by a sitting or retired judge of the high court. Stating that she lost her daughter and 16 other family members, the applicant sought fixing of responsibility on the authorities concerned for any alleged serious lapses, gross negligence, incompetency, and lack of tools and equipment during the rescue operations.
