Teachers' Absence Violates Poor Students' Right To Education: Allahabad High Court Seeks Strict Rules Ensuring Full Attendance In Rural Schools

In a significant order underscoring the sanctity of a teacher's duty and the constitutional right of every child to education, the Allahabad High Court recently called for the formulation of strict rules to ensure that teachers in rural primary and junior schools remain present throughout the school hours. A bench of Justice Praveen Kumar Giri observed that absenteeism among teachers...

Act Against Erring Cops If Minors Found Falsely Implicated In Rioting Case: Allahabad High Court Directs Bahraich SP

The Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) recently directed the Superintendent of Police, Bahraich, to look into the 'false implication' of two minors, aged 13 and 11 years, in an FIR lodged under various provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and the SC-ST Act. A Bench of Justice Rajesh Singh Chauhan and Justice Amitabh Kumar Rai directed appropriate action against erring...

Allahabad High Court Stays Rs.110 Crore GST Demand On Dabur's Hajmola Candy

The Allahabad High Court on October 10 stayed a ₹110 crore GST show cause notice issued to Dabur India Ltd. over the classification of its Hajmola Candy Tablets.A bench of Justice Saumitra Dayal Singh and Justice Indrajeet Shukla passed the interim order in a petition filed by Dabur challenging the DGGI notice issued earlier this year.The dispute revolves around how Hajmola Candy Tablets...

Serious Doubt That ED Clerk Assigned To Desk Work Can Serve Summons: Allahabad High Court Flags 'Improper' Service In PMLA Case

The Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) recently raised serious doubts over the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) action to serve summons in a money-laundering case linked to the alleged UP Police recruitment paper leak, though an Upper Division Clerk (UDC), who is typically assigned desk works. Granting anticipatory bail to the accused, Justice Subhash Vidyarthi observed that the service...

'Systemic Failure': Allahabad High Court Seeks Explanation From Judicial Officers For Ignoring SC & HC Directives On Maintenance

In a sternly worded order, the Allahabad High Court recently expressed serious concern over what it termed as a "systemic failure" and "state of indifference" by subordinate courts in ensuring compliance with binding directions of the Supreme Court and the High Court in matters concerning maintenance under the Domestic Violence Act, 2005. A bench of Justice Vinod Diwakar observed...

Allahabad High Court Dismisses SP Leader's PIL Seeking Restoration Of NSG Cover For Ex-CM Akhilesh Yadav

The Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) last week dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea filed by a leader of the Samajwadi Party (SP) seeking a direction to the Union Government to restore National Security Guard (NSG) cover to SP President and Ex-Chief Minister, Akhilesh Yadav. A Bench of Justice Rajan Roy and Justice Rajeev Bharti categorically noted that the petition...

Sunday Sitting | Allahabad High Court Protects Advocate Alleging Retaliatory FIR By Police After HC Summoned SP In Habeas Corpus Case

In an urgent Sunday sitting, the Allahabad High Court granted protection from arrest to an advocate who alleged that a mala fide FIR was lodged against him at the instance of the Superintendent of Police, Fethgarh, Arti Singh, just days after the SP was summoned by the Court in a separate habeas corpus case. The Bench of Justice JJ Munir and Justice Sanjiv Kumar directed that...

'Can't Curtail Liberty Under Social Pressure': Allahabad High Court Sets Interfaith Couple Free, Orders Inquiry On 'Illegal' Detention By Cops

Calling the detention of an interfaith couple by the police as 'illegal' and a "violation of their fundamental rights under Article 21 of the Constitution", the Allahabad High Court today set free an interfaith couple (a Muslim man and a Hindu woman) who had gone missing after attending a court hearing earlier this week and were detained by the cops. A Bench of Justice Salil Kumar...

Cohabitation With Adult Husband To Invite POCSO: Allahabad High Court Directs Minor Mother To Stay In Shelter Home Till She Turns 18

The Allahabad High Court recently declined to release a 17-year-old girl, who is both a minor and a mother of two-month-old child, from a government shelter home as it said that she must remain there until she attains majority on October 5, 2026. A Bench of Justice JJ Munir and Justice Sanjiv Kumar passed the order on a habeas plea filed on behalf of the minor girl and her child as...

Allahabad High Court Bars Commercial Use Of Educational Institutions' Properties Across UP, Directs Govt To Issue Circular

In a significant order, the Allahabad High Court this week held that immovable properties belonging to educational institutions across state, including their playgrounds, cannot, under any circumstances, be used for 'commercial' purposes such as exhibitions, trade fairs, melas or sales. Emphasizing that such infrastructure must remain exclusively devoted to educational...

'Urgent Matter': Allahabad High Court To Hold Special Saturday Sitting As Inter-Faith Couple Goes 'Missing' Post Hearing

Calling it an 'urgent' matter, the Allahabad High Court on Friday directed the Uttar Pradesh police authorities to produce before the Court an inter-faith couple who purportedly went missing after attending a hearing at the HC earlier this week. A bench of Justice Salil Kumar Rai and Justice Divesh Chandra Samant will be holding a special sitting on Saturday (October 18), a non-working...

Kamlesh Tiwari Murder Case | Allahabad High Court Denies Bail To Alleged Killer Arrested In October 2019

The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday refused bail to Ashfaq Hussain, one of the two prime accused in the 2019 murder case concerning Hindu Samaj Party leader Kamlesh Tiwari. A bench of Justice Krishan Pahal noted that the material on record, including eyewitness identification, CCTV footage and recovery of a .32 bore pistol from the accused, did not make the case fit for his release...