Allahabad High Court
Allahabad High Court Sets Aside Disciplinary Action Against UP Government Officer Over Oral Instruction Allegations
Court Emphasizes Written Confirmation of Oral Directions, Orders State to Avoid Ambiguity in Administrative Instructions...
Allahabad High Court Rejects Anticipatory Bail for RPF Personnel Accused in Custodial Death Under SC/ST Act
Court Emphasizes Seriousness of Custodial Death Allegations and Places Burden of Proof on Police Personnel to Rebut Char...
Allahabad High Court Upholds Motor Accident Compensation, Emphasizes Evidence-Based Income Assessment
Court Rules That Social Status Cannot Substitute Proof of Income in Motor Accident Claims; No Enhancement Granted Withou...
Allahabad High Court Grants Habeas Corpus to Woman Detained by Father Over Interfaith Marriage
Court Upholds Fundamental Right of Adult Woman to Choose Her Life Partner, Declares Detention by Father Illegal...
Allahabad High Court Allows Late Submission of Key Document in Long-Pending Rent Eviction Suit, Emphasizes Fair Adjudication Over Procedural Delay
Court sets guidelines for accepting additional documents post-evidence stage, balancing procedural discipline with subst...
Allahabad High Court Issues Landmark Guidelines for Fair and Transparent Police Investigations; Grants Bail to Mother-in-Law in Dowry Death Case
Court mandates audio-video recording of witness statements under Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, emphasizes vi...
Allahabad High Court Denies Transfer of Divorce Case Despite Wife's Convenience Claim
Court emphasizes judicial discretion under Section 24 CPC, ruling that wife's convenience alone cannot warrant transfer ...
Allahabad High Court Upholds Termination of Teachers on Grounds of Forged TET Certificates
Court Rules No Need for Full Departmental Inquiry When Foundational Fraud in Appointment is Established; Terminations Va...
Allahabad High Court Upholds 5 percent Cap and Objective Test for Compassionate Appointments in U.P. Police Service Rules
Court Declares Provisions Under U.P. Sub-Inspector and Inspector Service Rules, 2015 Reasonable and Non-Arbitrary, Rejec...
Allahabad High Court Rules Against RBI-Linked Bank for Unauthorized Debit from Widow's Account in Loan Recovery Case
Bank held liable for illegal appropriation of widow's fixed deposit to recover deceased husband's dues; court orders ref...
Allahabad HC declines to interfere in FIR over alleged fraud in Maharishi Ramayan Trust land
According to the FIR, after obtaining an order in his favour from the Assistant Record Officer, Mangla Mishra executed g...
Allahabad HC adjourns hearing in Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah case
The Hindu side has filed 18 suits for possession of land after removal of the structure of Shahi Idgah Masjid as well as...
Allahabad HC pulls up Bahraich SP, DM for approving gang chart without 'due application of mind'
Finding the approvals legally unsustainable, the court quashed the gang chart dated November 15, 2021, the charge sheet ...
Allahabad High Court Grants Bail to Mubarak Ali Citing Prolonged Incarceration and Slow Trial Progress
Court Allows Bail in Case Involving Multiple IPC Sections and IT Act Charges, Emphasizing No Risk of Evidence Tampering ...
Allahabad High Court Upholds Adult's Right to Choose Religion and Life Partner, Orders Release from Unlawful Restraint
Court reiterates constitutional protection under Articles 21 and 25, affirms autonomy of adult Ayush Malik to embrace Is...
Allahabad High Court Sets Aside Special Court's Cognizance Order in SC/ST Atrocities Case, Issues Guidelines for Criminal Courts
Court quashes proceedings against police personnel citing lack of specific caste-based allegations, non-application of j...
Allahabad HC asks DGP to make audio-video recording of witness statements mandatory
It further directed the DGP to apprise all investigating officers of the guidelines so that "real culprit may be brought...
Allahabad HC stays order quashing dismissal of ex-VC Mahrukh Mirza
In respect of the remaining six, the employees' services had been terminated and their petitions were pending adjudicati...
Allahabad HC asks SBI to 'immediately' refund Rs 19.90 lakh debited from widow's FD
The bench said the SBI could proceed against the woman as the legal heir of the deceased, if legally entitled, but such ...
Allahabad HC relief to IAS officer Abhishek Prakash, vigilance inquiry quashed
The court further found that despite departmental proceedings having been initiated, the authorities proceeded to refer ...
Allahabad HC seeks reply on petition of journalist Satyam Verma
Verma has also relied upon an earlier Allahabad High Court order concerning co-detenue Akriti Chaudhary. The plea states...
Covid over, but plague of custodial deaths continues: Allahabad HC
The state opposed the pleas, stressing the seriousness of the allegations and claiming that the accused were not coopera...
Goondas Act used as tool of oppression by UP bureaucrats, state: Allahabad HC
It then observed, "It is apparent that the Act of 1970 is being used as a tool of oppression by the bureaucracy and the ...
Allahabad HC disposes of habeas corpus plea against detention of adult son by father
"From a perusal of the documents annexed with the writ petition, it prima facie appears that the corpus, Ayush Malik has...
Allahabad High Court Orders Fresh Consideration of Life Convict’s Premature Release, Emphasizes Holistic Evaluation Beyond Convicting Judge’s Opinion
Court directs Uttar Pradesh Government to apply broader criteria including socio-economic factors, post-conviction condu...
Allahabad High Court Holds Arbitration Award Declaring Claim Time-Barred as Final, Allows Challenge Under Section 34
Court sets aside Commercial Court's dismissal for non-maintainability; remands case for merits consideration despite sup...
Allahabad High Court Upholds Arrests in Massive Cyber Fraud Case, Emphasizes Substantial Compliance with Arrest Procedures under BNSS 2023
Court Rules Procedural Irregularities in Arrest Memos and Intimation to Relatives Do Not Render Arrest Illegal; Grounds ...
Allahabad High Court Quashes "Goonda" Tag on Basis of Two Criminal Cases, Awards Rs. 50,000 Damages for Arbitrary Branding
Court reiterates that mere involvement in one or two cases does not establish habitual offending under U.P. Control of G...
Allahabad High Court Dismisses Petition Seeking Expedited Maintenance Proceedings, Cautions Against Multiplication of Litigation
Court Observes That Repeated Optional Maintenance Claims Burden Family Courts and Delay Justice; Petitioner Urged to Pur...
Allahabad High Court Upholds Voidance of Land Transfers Due to Loss of Scheduled Tribe Status After Religious Conversion and Inter-Religious Marriage
Court Rules Continuity of Tribal Traits and Community Acceptance Crucial for Retaining Scheduled Tribe Status; Mere Birt...
Allahabad High Court Reads Down Railway Compensation Rules, Ensures Equal Treatment for All Claimants
Rules imposing restrictions on disbursement of compensation to illiterate and financially weak railway accident victims ...
Allahabad High Court Rules CBIC Circular Cannot Override Statutory Provisions on Provisional Release of Seized Goods
Bench upholds CESTAT's order directing provisional release of gold seized under Customs Act, emphasizing supremacy of Se...
Allahabad High Court Directs Expedited Departmental Enquiry, Keeps Suspension of Headmaster in Abeyance
Court grants petitioner opportunity to prove innocence, orders enquiry to conclude within 15 days and suspension to be s...
HC grants relief to teacher suspended over Islamic prayers
The bench, however, declined to examine the merits of the charges at this stage and said that the explanation and docume...
Allahabad HC adjourns hearing on bail plea of journalist Satyam Verma in Noida workers' protest case
The Uttar Pradesh Police has alleged that Verma played an important role in the violence, arson and spread of disorder d...
HC upholds arrest of 119 people accused of call centre fraud
Since the grounds and reasons for arrest had been communicated through the recovery memo, the court held that the arrest...