Allahabad High Court 'Shocked' As Cancer-Stricken Teacher's Transfer Plea Rejected Despite 'Sympathetic' Consideration Order

The Allahabad High Court on Monday expressed its strong displeasure over the conduct of the Secretary, UP Basic Education Board, Prayagraj, for rejecting the transfer representation of an Assistant Teacher suffering from breast cancer, despite a specific prior direction by the Court to consider her case 'sympathetically'. The court directed the Secretary to file his personal affidavit...

Advocate Threatened, Forced To Withdraw Vakalatnama In Courtroom? Allahabad HC Directs District Judge To Verify Allegations

Expressing serious concerns over the allegations that an advocate was ill-treated and threatened inside a courtroom, forcing him to withdraw his Vakalatnama, the Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) sought a report from the District & Sessions Judge, Lucknow verifying allegations. A bench of Justice Syed Qamar Hasan Rizvi observed that if such allegations are accepted as correct...

Bareilly Violence | Allahabad High Court Refuses To Quash FIR Involving Allegations Of Acid Attacks, Firing At Police Force

The Allahabad High Court last week refused to allow a writ petition seeking to quash the FIR in the September 2025 Bareilly violence case wherein allegations are to the effect that police force was attacked by a mob with brickbats, stones and acid bottles. A bench of Justice Ajay Bhanot and Justice Garima Prashad, however, disposed of the plea by observing that it is open to...

Predominant Purpose Of Industry Is Essential For Determining Bracket Of Cess Taxation: Allahabad High Court

The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court has held that in determining cess for an industry, the assessing authority must consider the predominant purpose of the industry. “In this case where the question is whether a particular industry is an industry as covered in Schedule I of the Act, it has to be judged normally by what that industry produces mainly. Every industry carries...

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal Cannot Pass Ex-Parte Orders Without Recording Reasons For Denying Adjournment: Allahabad High Court

While hearing an appeal under S. 260A of the Income Tax Act, the Allahabad High Court has held that the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal cannot reject adjournment applications and pass ex-parte orders without recording reasons for such dismissal. It was held that if the Tribunal was allowed to do such a thing, it would hamper the right of the parties to a reasonable opportunity...

Final Orders U/S 125 CrPC Must Contain 'Points For Determination' As Per S. 354 (6): Allahabad High Court To UP Family Courts

The Allahabad High Court has directed all the family court across the state mandatorily frame 'points for determination' in all final orders passed under Section 125 CrPC, in compliance with Section 354(6) CrPC. A bench of Justice Madan Pal Singh also directed that its order be circulated to all District Judges and all Principal Judges of Family Courts for strict compliance. The...

'No Further Demolition Required': Allahabad High Court Records UP Govt's Assurance On Fatehpur's Noori Jama Masjid

The Allahabad High Court on Monday disposed of a writ petition filed by the Fatehpur-Noori Jama Masjid Managing Committee after the Uttar Pradesh government gave a categorical undertaking that no further demolition of the religious structure is required. A Bench of Justice Atul Sreedharan and Justice Anish Kumar Gupta, however, granted the petitioner liberty to apply for demarcation...

Transfer Of Property Act | Agreement To Sell Does Not Create Interest In Property: Allahabad High Court Reiterates

The Allahabad High Court has reiterated that as per Section 54 of the Transfer of Property Act, an agreement to sell would not create an interest in the property to be sold.Justice Manish Kumar Nigam relied on judgments of the Apex Court in State of U.P. v. District Judge & Ors., Rambhai Mandeo Gajre v. Narayan Bapuji Dotra through LRS, to draw the distinction between an agreement to sell...

In-Person Litigants Often Unaware Of Law, File Defective Petitions And Refuse Amicus Help: Allahabad High Court Imposes ₹5K Costs

The Allahabad High Court has imposed cost of Rs. 5000 on a party appearing in-person, for filing defective writ petition and making prayers contrary to law.While dealing with a petitioner in-person who had approached the Court against an order of extension of his contractual appointment, Justice Saurabh Shyam Shamshery observed,“Court is repeatedly facing difficulty in dealing cases...

'Invariably Reproduce Injury Details From Medical Reports In Judgments': Allahabad High Court Directs Trial Courts In UP

The Allahabad High Court has issued a stern direction to all the trial court Judges across the State of Uttar Pradesh to 'invariably' reproduce the injury details recorded in medical reports in their judgments. A bench of Justice Rajeev Misra and Justice Dr. Ajay kumar-II said that it was 'pained' to observe that trial courts were omitting this crucial forensic detail in...

Crime Heinous But Not Premeditated: Allahabad High Court Commutes Death Penalty To Life Term Sans Remission In 5-Month-Old Cousin's Rape-Murder Case

The Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) on Tuesday upheld the conviction of a 27-year-old accused for the rape and murder of his 5-month-old cousin. The HC however declined to confirm the death penalty imposed by the trial court and commuted it to Life Imprisonment for the remainder of his natural life without remission. In it 65-page judgment, a Division Bench of Justice Rajnish...

Allahabad High Court Grants Benefit Of 'Probation Of Offenders Act' To Kidnapping Convicts 30 Years After Incident

The Allahabad High Court last week upheld the conviction of 2 for the kidnapping of a minor girl in 1995 but modified their sentence by extending them the benefit of Section 4 of the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958. A bench of Justice Pramod Kumar Srivastava took note of their advanced age, clean antecedents and the fact that the matter has lingered for nearly 30 years. The order...