Allahabad High Court
Routine Retail Sale Of Codeine Cough Syrup Without Prescription Violates Drugs & Cosmetics Act, Not NDPS Act: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that where a medical store sells codeine-based cough syrup containing a permitted quantity of codeine in the course of routine sale without a medical prescription, the lapse is a violation of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act and not an offence under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. It held that the position changes only where a large...
Civil Court Can't Determine Agricultural Land Boundary Based On Advocate Commissioner's Report: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that where the real controversy in a suit for injunction is the boundary between two adjoining agricultural holdings, the Civil Court cannot settle that boundary on a map prepared by an Advocate Commissioner. It held that Section 24 of the U.P. Revenue Code, 2006 provides a statutory mechanism of survey and demarcation before the competent...
Public Holiday Preventing Joining On Due Date Can't Postpone Accrual Of First Increment: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that where an appointment stood validly made and the appointee could take charge only on the next working day because the intervening day was a public holiday, the holiday cannot by itself postpone the accrual of a service benefit otherwise due to him.Paragraph 8(2) of the Government Order dated 22.12.2016, issued under the Seventh Pay Commission with effect...
Codeine Cough Syrup Within Permitted Quantity Attracts NDPS Act If Stocked Or Sold For Intoxication: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that codeine-based cough syrup carrying codeine within the permitted limit is not a narcotic drug so long as it is sold or transported for medicinal use, but that the moment it is stocked, sold or transported to be used as an intoxicant, the exemption is lost and it becomes a codeine preparation attracting the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances...
Accused Taken From Rajasthan Or Found In UP? UP Police Accused Of 'Fake Encounter'; Allahabad High Court Seeks ADGP, CP Reports
In a plea alleging a fake encounter by police officials, the Allahabad High Court has sought reports from senior officers of the Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan Police after conflicting versions emerged regarding the arrest of a theft accused from Jaipur (Rajasthan) and his subsequent injury in an alleged police encounter in Firozabad (UP).A Bench of Justice Ajay Bhanot and Justice Divesh...
Can't Wait Perennially: Allahabad High Court Rejects Absconding Accused's 1982 Attempt-To-Murder Appeal On Merits In Her Absence
The Allahabad High Court has dismissed a 42-year-old attempt-to-murder appeal on merits despite the absence of the absconding accused-appellant while holding that it was not bound to wait perennially until she was traced and produced before the Court.A bench of Justice Vani Ranjan Agrawal was hearing a Criminal Appeal filed in 1982 by the absconding accused, Phulmati, against the Trial...
Creating Email ID In Another's Name Prima Facie Not 'Identity Theft' U/S 66-C IT Act: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) has prima facie observed that merely creating an email ID in another person's name does not constitute an offence under Section 66-C of the Information Technology Act, 2008, which deals with the punishment for 'identity theft'.Section 66-C IT Act provides punishment where a person fraudulently or dishonestly makes use of the electronic signature,...
LiveLaw Allahabad High Court Weekly Round Up: August 31 - September 06, 2026
NOMINAL INDEX Shiv Narain @ Surya Narain vs. State of U.P. and connected appeals 2026 LiveLaw (AB) 636 Shailesh Singh vs. State of Uttar Pradesh and 3 others 2026 LiveLaw (B) 637 Shiv Shankar Singh v. Committee of Management Nehru Vidyapeeth Inter College and another 2026 LiveLaw (AB) 638 The State Bank of India and 5 others vs. Priyanshu Arya and 39 others 2026...
UP Panchayat Raj Act | Inquiry Against Gram Pradhan For Fund Misuse Not Wiped Out Merely Because Her Tenure Ended: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that a pending inquiry under Section 95(1)(g) of the U.P. Panchayat Raj Act, 1947 against a Gram Pradhan cannot be treated as infructuous, or allowed to be stalled, merely because her tenure in office has since come to an end. The Court held that such proceedings must be carried to their logical conclusion, given the consequences that survive the end of...
NEET | Debarring Candidate Who Vacates Allotted Medical Seat From Next Session's Admission Process Is Valid: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has upheld a Government Order debarring a candidate who leaves a medical seat before completing the course, from the admission process of the subsequent academic session.The Court held that while considering the rights of a candidate seeking to vacate an allotted seat, the rights of another candidate who was denied that seat cannot be lost sight of.The Government...
NDPS Act | IO's Oral Apprehension Of Seized Items Being Drug-Sale Proceeds No Ground To Withhold Them: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that merely on the basis of the investigating agency's oral apprehension that articles recovered from an accused's personal search could be proceeds of illegal narcotics sale, the accused cannot be deprived of their use.A bench of Justice Dr. Gautam Chowdhary observed thus while setting aside an order of the Varanasi trial court refusing to release gold...