Allahabad High Court
Marks in recruitment screening test have substantial bearing on final selection: Allahabad HC
The court further held that the January 9, 2020 office memorandum would not apply to the recruitment in question and set...
Hookah cannot be served even in designated smoking areas, says Allahabad HC
The bench observed that the fundamental right of non-smokers to breathe clean air in public places outweighs the right t...
Pious institution of marriage should not be taken lightly: Allahabad HC
The court relied on the Supreme Court's judgment in the case 'Lata Singh vs State of Uttar Pradesh', which held that an ...
Budaun double murder case: Allahabad HC acquits four persons on death row
Subsequently, the accused moved a criminal appeal before a division bench of high court which noted that the eyewitness ...
Allahabad HC summons senior govt officials for not paying full compensation for land acquired in 1959
According to LARA, Rs 38.25 lakh was payable to the petitioner as of August 2025. The petitioner’s counsel, Amit Jaiswal...
HC stays proceedings in caste discrimination allegations at National Law University
The single judge had observed that allegations were serious and required examination by an impartial agency without expr...
HC seeks reply on ad hoc appointments in UP medical colleges
The petitioner had challenged the order dated June 3, 2025, whereby his contractual appointment was cancelled on the gro...
Allahabad HC seeks UP govt's explanation on SC reservation in 2026-2027 MBBS counselling
Subsequently, a dispute arose over compliance with an order passed on September 16 in another writ petition....
Allahabad High Court Acquits Man in Brother’s Murder Case, Holds Circumstantial Evidence Chain Incomplete
Court says FIR is not substantive evidence, alleged axe recovery was not proved under Section 27, and Section 106 cannot...
Allahabad High Court Upholds Attempt-to-Murder Conviction, Sets Aside SC/ST Act Charge in Bulandshahr Firing Case
Court finds injured witness and medical evidence reliable, but rules that caste-based intent and minimum ten-year punish...
Allahabad High Court Rejects Teacher’s Writ Against Private Unaided School, Citing Purely Contractual Dispute
Court says termination challenge against private trust-run educational institution does not raise a public law issue and...
Allahabad High Court Questions Judicial Inquiry in University Complaint Case, Stays Writ Proceedings
Court says Equal Opportunity Cell should ordinarily handle student complaints if University Regulations provide for it; ...
Allahabad High Court Refuses to Quash Dowry Death Case Against Mother-in-Law
Court says allegations of dowry demand and cruelty within seven years of marriage must be tested at trial; post-mortem o...
Allahabad High Court Grants Temporary Injunction to Rekha Saxena, Bars Forcible Dispossession in Raebareli Property Dispute
Court says long, peaceful possession since 1987 must be protected during pendency of suit; ex parte decree cancelling sa...
Allahabad High Court Upholds Confiscation of Vehicle Used to Transport 80 Kg of Beef
Court says owner’s presence in vehicle and forensic confirmation of beef triggered statutory presumption under Uttar Pra...
Allahabad High Court Quashes Tender Cancellation Over Bank Guarantee Error, Orders Contract to Proceed
Court says inadvertent mention of 0.75% ePBG instead of 3% to 5% was a curable defect; successful bidder directed to dep...
Allahabad High Court Quashes Termination of Sainik School House Matron, Orders Regular Pay-Scale and Pension Refixation
Court holds that a candidate selected against a sanctioned post through statutory recruitment cannot later be treated as...
Allahabad High Court Rejects NEET-UG 2026 Challenge to Answer Keys
Court says it will not refer disputed questions to experts on the objection of a single candidate, especially after NTA ...
Allahabad High Court Grants Rs 8 Lakh Compensation for Death of 7-Month Foetus in Railway Accident
Court holds unborn child in mother’s womb beyond five months can be treated as a “person” and a separate compensable los...
Allahabad High Court Upholds Rejection of Candidate for Registrar Post, Says Experience in Punjab National Bank Not Equivalent to Government Office Service
Court holds that being a “State” under Article 12 or a “public servant” under the IPC does not automatically make a nati...
Allahabad High Court Quashes Censure Against Police Chowki In-Charge Over Explosives Explosion Case
Court holds negligence cannot be presumed without proof that officer received fresh information about illegal stockpilin...
Allahabad High Court Seeks State Policy on Compensation in Fire Tragedy Cases, Orders Free Treatment for Injured Victim
Court says compensation outside statutory schemes must follow clear parameters to avoid arbitrariness; asks Union to ver...
Allahabad High Court Protects Remarried Ex-Spouses From Interference, Orders Police to Ensure Peaceful Marital Life
Court says major adults are free to marry by choice; directs authorities to prevent harassment and facilitate marriage r...
Allahabad HC seeks affidavit on sleeper bus permits, safety checks after fire
“It appears that AC sleeper buses are operating without proper checks and without proper safeguards, such as fire exting...
Allahabad High Court Quashes Rejection of Compassionate Appointment Claim, Orders Fresh Consideration
Court says authorities cannot deny relief merely because application was filed after five years when claimant was a mino...
Conviction SCST Act requires proof that the offence was committed on the ground of the victim's caste.
Allahabad High Court Upholds Attempt-to-Murder Conviction, Sets Aside SC/ST Act Charge in Bulandshahr Firing Case, Mere ...
Cong MP Rakesh Rathore discharged in rape case; HC cites consensual extramarital relationship
The complainant had lodged an FIR at the Kotwali police station in Sitapur in January 2025, alleging that Rathore had ra...
Allahabad HC orders probe into a seized SUV taken out of police station for raid
The high court said that the incident was not a routine procedural lapse but involved "unauthorised removal and use of a...
C P Upadhyay elected Allahabad High Court Bar Association president
In an unfortunate turn of events, the former vice-president of the High Court Bar Association, Advocate Rahul Pandey, su...
Allahabad High Court Acquits Shahrukh and Hasnera in Firozabad Murder Case, Citing Incomplete Circumstantial Chain
Court says motive was unproved, alleged confession before police was inadmissible, brick recovery was not linked to accu...
Police procedures can't be ground for refusing treatment to someone hurt in road accident: Allahabad HC
The guidelines state that failure by a doctor to respond in an emergency arising from a road accident, where the doctor ...
Sultanpur Bar Association polls: Allahabad HC directs identification of advocates involved in 'looting' of ballot boxes
The district judge and Elders Committee have been asked to finalise the mechanism and schedule for polling and counting ...
Allahabad High Court Quashes Rent Fixation for PDS Godowns, Rejects Indirect Use of Inapplicable Policy
Court says State cannot recall a justification certificate without reasons and must reconsider rent afresh for Sudha Aga...
HC says foetus of over 5 months sufficiently developed, orders Railways to compensate for death
"Since Savitri was carrying a seven-month-old foetus, the unborn child had to be treated separately," the court observed...
HC directs activation of school transport safety committees across UP
Each district magistrate will have to submit information regarding compliance with the court's directions within one mon...
High Court Upholds Confiscation of Vehicle Used in Excise Offence, Orders Probe Into Police’s Unauthorized Use of Seized Car
Allahabad High Court refuses to interfere with confiscation under the U.P. Excise Act, but directs DGP to investigate ho...