Land Acquisition Authority Award Executable As Decree By District Judge, However Can't Entertain Objections On Merits: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that an award of the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Authority (LARRA) under the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, being a deemed decree, is executable by the District Court.Justice Jaspreet Singh held that the District Court executing it acts merely as an executory...

Landlord Need Not Personally Occupy Premises For Son's Business To Support Eviction: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that the expression “required by landlord” in the first limb of Section 21(2)(m) of the Uttar Pradesh Regulation of Urban Premises Tenancy Act, 2021 does not require the landlord to be in physical occupation of the premises himself. It held that where premises in their existing form are sought for setting up or carrying on the business of the landlord's...

Land Acquisition Authority Has No Power To Execute Its Own Award, Power Of Execution Can't Be Read Into Statute: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Authority (LARRA) constituted under the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 has no power, authority or jurisdiction to execute its own award. It held that no such power has been conferred by the Act, that no rules conferring it...

Meritorious Reserved Candidates Must Be Adjusted In Unreserved Category At Screening Stage, Not Only Final Selection: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that a reserved category candidate who scores above the unreserved cut-off must be counted in the unreserved category at the preliminary or screening test stage itself, and not only when the final select list is drawn up, where the marks of the screening test are carried into the final merit. Condition no. 10 of the advertisement dated 22.12.2025 stipulated...

Unchallenged Order Directing Salary Payment Cannot Validate Appointment Based On Forged Approval: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that an administrative order directing payment of salary confers no enforceable right to salary from the State exchequer, even where it was never challenged or set aside, if the approval order on which the appointment rests is later found to be forged. It held that the finality attaching to an administrative order is distinct from the legality of the...

Parents Cannot Invoke Habeas Corpus To Compel Adult Daughter To Reside With Them Against Her Will: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has observed that the parents cannot invoke the writ of habeas corpus to compel their adult daughter to live with them against her express will. The High Court observed that once an adult consciously and voluntarily chooses where to reside, her autonomy and decisional freedom deserve due recognition. A bench of Justice Sandeep Jain made the observation while...

LiveLaw Allahabad High Court Monthly Digest: September 2026 [Citations 638 - 772]

CITATIONS: 2026 LiveLaw (AB) 638 to 772 [Nominal Index Provided at the Bottom] JUDGMENTS/ORDERS OF THE MONTH Active Concealment Of Material Facts By Advocate Interferes With Administration Of Justice: Allahabad High Court Case Title: Shiv Shankar Singh v. Committee of Management Nehru Vidyapeeth Inter College and another 2026 LiveLaw (AB) 638 Case Citation : 2026 LiveLaw...

Jaunpur Custodial Death 2021: Allahabad High Court Denies Bail To 4 Accused Cops, Notes CBI Allegation Of Torture, Murder

The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday rejected the bail applications of 4 Uttar Pradesh police personnel accused in connection with the 2021 Jaunpur custodial death case. In its 95-page order, Justice Samit Gopal reproduced the CBI chargesheet's allegation that the accused police personnel caused grievous injuries to the deceased Krishna Kumar Yadav alias Pujari to extract a confession...

50% Pre-Deposit For Appeal Not Exhausted At Filing Stage Where Rent Liability Is Recurring: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that where the order appealed against fixes a liability recurring from month to month, the fifty percent pre-deposit required by the proviso to Section 35(1) of the Uttar Pradesh Regulation of Urban Premises Tenancy Act, 2021 is not exhausted by the deposit made at the stage of filing the appeal. It held that the requirement continues to operate on the...

Dispute Over Sale Consideration Doesn't Invalidate Registered Sale Deed: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that a registered sale deed cannot be declared void under Section 54 of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882 merely on a dispute over payment of sale consideration by the purchaser. It held that a seller who complains of non-payment must sue to recover the money, and cannot have the sale deed cancelled on that ground.Section 54 of the Transfer of Property Act,...

Writ Court Can't Sit As Academic Expert To Decide Equivalence Of Degrees Where Rules Prescribe None: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that where the service rules prescribing the qualification for a post make no provision for consideration of equivalent degrees, the writ court cannot decide whether a degree not named in the rules is equivalent to the one prescribed. It held that in exercise of its power under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the Court cannot sit as an academic...

Teacher's Challenge To Termination By Private Unaided Trust Not Maintainable In Writ, Dispute Is Contractual: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that a writ petition challenging the termination of a teacher by a private unaided educational institution run by a trust is not maintainable under Article 226 of the Constitution. It held that the dispute being a purely contractual one between employer and employee.Distinguishing between the amenability of a private body to writ jurisdiction and...