Allahabad High Court Weekly Round-Up: March 23 To March 29, 2026

NOMINAL INDEX Shailesh Kumar Yadav Ips vs. Union Of India And Others 2026 LiveLaw (AB) 127 State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Tax And Registration Deptt. U.P. Govt. Lko And Another vs. Anshul Jagannath 2026 LiveLaw (AB) 128 Lakshmi And 10 Others Versus State of U.P. and others 2026 LiveLaw (AB) 129 Bihari Lal vs. State Of U.P. And 4 Others 2026 LiveLaw (AB)...

Allahabad High Court Summons Husband's ITRs To Determine Income, Remands Matter To Trial Court To Decide DV Case

Recently, the Allahabad High Court summoned the income tax returns of a woman's husband for ascertaining his income.In proceedings under the Domestic Violence Act, the wife-applicant had filed an application seeking production of the income tax returns of the husband as he had disputed being an architect and claimed to be a labour. The Trial Court rejected the application under Section 91 of...

Kerala High Court Upholds 2024 Amendment To Kerala Lok Ayukta Act

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday (31 March) upheld the amendments made to the Kerala Lok Ayukta Act (KLAA) in 2024. The Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Syam Kumar V.M delivered the judgment. "We have upheld the constitutionality of the amendments ...but we have said that having regard to Section 12, the provision which has been amended, should be read as...

Disciplinary Authority Cannot Reject Medical Records Without Ascertaining Authenticity Before Dismissing Delinquent: J&K&L High Court

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh at Jammu has held that neither the Court nor disciplinary authorities can refuse to consider medical records produced by an employee without first ascertaining their veracity, and that failure to do so vitiates disciplinary proceedings.The Court was hearing a writ petition challenging the petitioner's removal from service in the Central...

Wife Absolute Owner Of 'Streedhan'; Husband May Use But Has Obligation To Restore It: Allahabad HC Quashes 406 IPC Case Against Wife

The Allahabad High Court has observed that a woman is the absolute owner of her 'streedhan' property and a legally wedded wife can't face a criminal trial for alleged breach of trust under Section 406 IPC for allegedly taking it away. A bench of Justice Chawan Prakash observed that properties given to a woman before, at the time of, or after marriage constitute her 'streedhan' and do...

'Govt Must Step In To Ensure Essential Services Not Affected': Kerala High Court On Private Hospital Nurses' Strike

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday (March 31) orally remarked that the government must step in to ensure that essential services in private hospitals are not affected by the strike by the nurses.Justice P. Gopinath was considering a batch of petitions, including a plea preferred by the Kerala Private Hospital Association seeking intervention to address the indefinite strike called in the State...

X Asks Centre To Reconsider 'Disproportionate' Order To Block 12 User Accounts

X Corp has asked the Central Government to review the order directing to block 12 Twitter accounts, including parody account “Dr. Nimo Yadav”, calling the blocking order disproportionate. On March 19, X wrote an objection letter to the Union Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, saying that the blocking order issued on March 18 fails to comply with Section 69A of...

Mere Common Ancestry Not Enough To Prove Joint Family Property: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, in a property dispute where the parties are descendants of a common ancestor, has held that the property cannot be presumed to be a joint family property merely on that basis, and that the burden of establishing a prima facie case that the property is joint family property lies on the plaintiff. The bench of Justice Vivek Jain observed; "The Appellate Court...

Delhi High Court Orders ₹1 Crore Ex-Gratia To Kin Of School Vice Principal Who Died Of COVID-19 While Supervising Relief Work

The Delhi High Court has set aside the Delhi Government's decision denying ex-gratia compensation to the kin of a government school Vice Principal who succumbed to COVID-19 during the second wave. Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav allowed the plea filed by the widow of late Dr. Raja Ram Singh and directed the authorities to release ₹Rs. 1 crore compensation under the Delhi Government's...

Principle Of Subsistence Of Rights Can't Apply Where Basis Of Engagement Stands Displaced By Administrative Restructuring: J&K&L High Court

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has held that the principle of subsistence of right cannot be invoked where the very basis of engagement ceases to exist due to relocation or administrative restructuring of an Anganwadi Centre following migration of the local population, and that a fresh selection process for the relocated centre constitutes a valid and independent...

Can Women Above 50-Years Of Age Be Permitted To Avail Assisted Reproductive Technology Services? Bombay High Court To Decide

The Bombay High Court is set to decide whether women above 50-years of age can be held to be 'medically fit' to bear a child and give birth with the help of Assisted Reproductive Techniques (ART).A division bench of Justice Ravindra Ghuge and Justice Abhay Mantri heard two petitions filed by women - a 55-year-old and a 53-year-old - both challenging the validity of the Section 21 (g) of...

'Poverty Can't Be Ground For Incarceration': Rajasthan High Court Releases Convict Kept In Jail For Not Paying Costs Despite Settlement

The Rajasthan High Court has held that when prosecution under Section 138 Negotiable Instruments Act stood settled and the complainant had no subsisting grievance, continued incarceration of the accused solely due to non-compliance of condition of costs for impounding, could not be sustained in absence of willful default. The bench of Justice Farjand Ali held that the costs contemplated by...