Allahabad High Court Seeks Personal Presence Of DM, SSP & SHO For 'Sheer Misuse' Of Gangsters Act

The Allahabad High Court last week took strong exception to the repeated and arbitrary invocation of the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986, against a man, allegedly to keep him inside the jail. Terming the imposition of the Gangsters Act as a 'sheer misuse of law', a bench of Justice Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal directed the...

'Police Officials Must Appear In Prescribed Uniform Before Courts': Allahabad HC Pulls Up Cop For Casual Attire

The Allahabad High Court recently objected to the conduct of a UP police officer who appeared before it in casual civil attire, rather than the prescribed police uniform. A bench Justice Sanjay Kumar Singh, who was hearing the matter, stressed that police personnel must maintain the decorum of court proceedings by appearing in proper uniform when attending in their...

'Action Improper': Allahabad HC Grants Transit Anticipatory Bail To Woman Summoned To Delhi Police Station At 9 PM

The Allahabad High Court last week granted transit anticipatory bail to a woman from Sitapur who was summoned by the Delhi Police to appear at the Mayapuri Police Station (District West Delhi) at 9:00 PM for questioning in connection with an FIR. A bench of Justice Rajeev Singh granted relief to Sushila Yadav in light of the Supreme Court's judgment in Priya Indoria v. State...

'Value Gap B/W Constitutional & Social Norms': Allahabad HC Slams Family's Objection To Woman Marrying Man Of Choice

Strongly condemning familial resistance to a woman's decision to marry a person of her choice, the Allahabad High Court recently protected a 27-year-old woman who feared abduction, purportedly because she wanted to marry a person of her choice. A bench of Justice JJ Munir and Justice Praveen Kumar Giri termed such objections 'despicable' and underscored that the right to marry a person...

'Disgusting That No Progress Made Till Now': Allahabad HC Seeks DGP's Affidavit In Missing Varanasi Man's Case

Almost a week after it passed a strongly worded order criticizing the state police officials for evading their duty to receive and address public grievances, the Allahabad High Court has now directed the newly-appointed Director General of Police (DGP), IPS Rajeev Krishna, to file an affidavit in connection with the case of a missing 21-year-old man from Varanasi. A bench...

Allahabad High Court Dismisses Petition Challenging Election Of BJP MLA From Tundla

The Allahabad High Court recently dismissed a petition challenging the election of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Prem Pal Singh Dhangar from the Tundla assembly seat of the state's Firozabad district. A bench of Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal dismissed the plea filed by Prem Pal Singh on the ground of non-disclosure of material facts while filing the election petition. In brief,...

Allahabad HC Rejects PIL To Stay NEET-UG 2025 Results Declaration, Quash & Re-Conduct 'Physics' Section Of Paper

A vacation bench of the Allahabad High Court today rejected a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea seeking to stay the to-be-announced results of NEET-UG 2025 and to quash the physics section of the paper and order re-conduct of the same.A bench of Justice Saurabh Lavania and Justice Syed Qamar Hasan Rizvi dismissed the PIL plea filed by Deenbandhu Samgra Swasthya Avam Siksha Shodh Sansthan....

Anticipatory Bail Plea Maintainable In NDPS Act Cases; S. 482 BNSS Prevails Over 'CrPC (UP Amendment) Act 2018': Allahabad HC

In a significant order, the Allahabad High Court has held that with the enforcement of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) 2023, anticipatory bail plea would now be maintainable in NDPS Act cases in the state of Uttar Pradesh, as the previous bar under the state's CrPC amendment has effectively been repealed by the BNSS. A bench of Justice Manish Mathur ruled that with...

'Didn't Even Dream Of Offending Dignity': DM Apologizes After Being Rapped For 'Reminding' Allahabad HC Of Legal Provision

IAS Officer Jasjit Kaur, presently serving as the District Magistrate, Bijnor, recently tendered an 'unconditional' and 'unqualified' apology to the Allahabad High Court after the Court took strong exception to an affidavit filed by her, which it viewed as an "attempt to insult" HC's understanding of the law. The issue arose when the DM, in her affidavit, referred to a provision...

Bahraich Mazar Demolition | Allahabad HC Orders Status Quo After UP Govt Assures Of No Coercive Action For 4 Weeks

The Uttar Pradesh Government on Tuesday submitted before the Allahabad High Court that it has stopped the demolition drive at Lakkad Shah and 3 other Mazars in Bahraich, and assured that no coercive measures would be taken by it for the next 4 weeks. For context, four mazars, including Hazrat Syed Hashim Shah alias Lakkad Shah Mazar, where Urs has been celebrated since the 16th...

PIL Opposing Demolition Of Lucknow Family Court Building, Seeking Heritage Status: Allahabad High Court Seeks UOI, HC Stand

The Allahabad High Court has called for a short counter from the High Court administration as well as the Union of India in response to a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea challenging the auction for the demolition of the main building of the Family Court in Lucknow. Filed by social activist Gautam Bharti, the PIL contends that the Family Court building, also known as “Chandi...

Police Carve Larger-Than-Life Image But Show Apathy In Abduction Cases: Allahabad High Court

In a strongly worded order passed last week, the Allahabad High Court observed that while police officials often carve out a larger-than-life image for themselves, they shield themselves from receiving and addressing public grievances. A bench comprising Justice JJ Munir and Justice Anil Kumar-X further noted that the police generally exhibit apathy in abduction/kidnapping cases,...