Parents Supporting Wife During Distress Doesn't Absolve Husband Of Duty To Pay Maintenance: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has observed that a wife cannot be denied maintenance from her husband under Section 125 CrPC merely because her parents support her financially during times of distress. A bench of Justice Garima Prashad added that the income of the wife's parents cannot be treated as the income of the wife, and parental assistance is not a substitute for the legal obligation...

Welfare Scheme House Allotment To Wife Doesn't Disentitle Her From Claiming Maintenance U/S 125 CrPC: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has recently observed that allotment of a residential house to a woman under a welfare scheme cannot be treated as a source of livelihood, disentitling her from claiming maintenance from her husband under Section 125 CrPC. A bench of Justice Garima Prashad also added that a husband cannot avoid his statutory obligation to maintain his wife merely by asserting that...

Allahabad High Court Seeks Judge's Explanation For Denying Bail To One Accused But Granting Relief To Identically Placed Co-Accused

Judicial consistency and uniform application of legal principles are matters of institutional importance, Allahabad HC remarked.

'Old Torn Hymen' Can't Give Benefit Of Doubt In Rape Case If Victim's Testimony Reliable: Allahabad High Court Upholds 1983 Conviction

Rape is a 'legal term', not a 'medical term', says Allahabad High Court

Small Cause Court Should Return Plaint Where Bona Fide Title Dispute Can't Be Summarily Decided: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that it is not mandatory for the Small Causes Court to return the plaint on title dispute but where substantial issues are found to be involved, then the plaint must be returned to be placed before the regular court of competent jurisdiction.Referring to Section 23 of the Provincial Small Cause Courts Act, 1887, Dr. Justice Yogendra Kumar Srivastava...

Allahabad High Court Grants Last Opportunity To UP Govt To Submit OBC Commission Report On Panchayat Reservation

On Thursday, a vacation bench of the Allahabad High Court granted last opportunity to Uttar Pradesh Government to submit the OBC Commission report on OBC reservations on the post of Gram Pradhan and Members of the Gram Panchayat. Petitioner approached the High Court against orders passed by the respondents under Section 12(3-A) of the Uttar Pradesh Panchayat Raj Act, 1947 which was held to be...

No Fundamental Right To Use Particular Road For Religious Rites: Allahabad High Court Rejects Plea For New Muharram Procession Route

The Allahabad High Court has observed that while Article 25 of the Constitution of India guarantees the Fundamental right to freedom of religion, it doesn't entitle a community to use a particular road for the performance of religious rites. [2026 LiveLaw (AB) 333] A bench of Justice JJ Munir and Justice Arun Kumar added that it is the civil and police administration that is responsible...

Belated POSH Complaints Can't Be Rejected At Threshold Without Considering Reasons For Delay: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has reiterated that sexual harassment complaints under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 cannot be rejected at threshold due to delay, without specific consideration of reasons.While remitting the matter back to the internal complaints committee for fresh inquiry into the complaints against Associate...

'Individual Interest Must Yield': Allahabad High Court Refuses To Halt UP Govt's '24 Kosi' Pilgrimage Route For Proposed Cold Storage

Pilgrimage route construction is an 'important public project'; individual interest must yield to larger public interest: Allahabad HC

'Prima Facie Mala Fide': Allahabad High Court Stays LDA's Selective Demolition Action During Pending Appeal, Mulls Penal Proceedings Against OSD

The Court will consider taking penal action against the OSD under Section 26-D of the UP Urban Planning Act.

Only Parliament Can Modify SC List: Allahabad High Court Rejects Plea To Treat Nishad, Kevat As Synonyms Of 'Majhwar' Caste

The Allahabad High Court on Monday rejected a petition seeking a direction to treat the communities of Nishad, Kashyap, Kewat, Mallah and Bind as synonyms or generic names of the caste Majhwar, which is already a notified Scheduled Caste in Uttar Pradesh. A Division Bench of Justice Alok Mathur and Justice Amitabh Kumar Rai clarified that neither State Governments nor courts have...

Law Doesn't Require Eyewitnesses To Sign Inquest Report; Testimony Unaffected If Their Names Absent From Police Papers: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court recently affirmed the life imprisonment of a man convicted of a brutal daylight murder in 1998, as it clarified that the testimony of a credible eyewitness cannot be discarded merely because they did not sign the inquest report and other police papers, including spot recovery memos. A bench of Justice Salil Kumar Rai and Justice Ajay Kumar-II added that there...