Appointment To Posts Of DGC/ADGC (Crl) Only A Professional Engagement Which Can Be Terminated Sans Notice/Reason: Allahabad HC

The Allahabad High Court has clarified that appointment to the posts of District/Additional Government Counsel (Criminal) [DGC/ADGC (Crl.)] by the State Government is a professional engagement of an advocate and the same is not a civil post and hence, such an engagement can be terminated on either side without notice and without assigning any reason.Holding that the action of the State in...

Hapur Incident: Judicial Committee Constituted By Allahabad High Court To Redress Lawyers' Grievance To Convene On Sept 16

The Judicial Committee constituted by the Allahabad High Court to address the grievances raised at the Bar with respect to the Hapur Incident will convene on 16th September at 11:00 am.As per a notice released by the Senior Registrar (Judicial),“The Hon'ble Chairperson of the Committee has been pleased to direct that the Committee shall hold its meeting in the Committee Room, of the...

Lawyers Strike: Allahabad High Court Refrains From Making Observations On Bar Council's Competence To Issue Resolutions For Abstinence From Work

"Exercising judicial restraint", the Allahabad High Court today refrained from making any observations on the (lack of) authority of the UP Bar Council to issue resolutions calling for lawyers strike, contrary to the statute and judgments of the Supreme Court.Justice Kshitij Shailendra however penned his dismay at the continued strike by lawyers over Police lathicharge on lawyers in...

Lawyers Grievance Not Greater Than Tears & Pain Of Litigants: Allahabad High Court On Continuous Strike By Lawyers

The Judges of the Allahabad High Court on Tuesday expressed displeasure over the continued abstinence from work by the lawyers since 30th August, 2023. The lawyers have been abstaining from work across the State of UP due to the Police lathicharge on lawyers in Hapur District. Justice Kshitij Shailendra observed that the Registrar General had issued due communication on Monday for...

Allahabad High Court To Hear Bunch Of Pleas Concerning Gyanvapi-Kashi Title Dispute On September 18

The Allahabad High Court will hear on September 18 the pleas concerning the Kashi Vishwanath-Gyanvapi land title dispute including a petition against the Varanasi Court's ASI survey order of 2021.The bench of Chief Justice Pritinker Diwaker today heard the cases and posted the matter for further hearing on September 18.This development comes a day after the CJ bench's order of August 28 was...

'In Politics, There Are No Permanent Friends Or Enemies': Allahabad HC, Says Election Pleas Ought To Be Decided At The Earliest

The Allahabad High Court, while dismissing an election petition filed by one Rajendra Kumar, a BJP leader, challenging the election of the then Bijnor BJP MP Kunwar Bhartendra Singh in the 2014 Loksabha polls, observed that in political life, there are no permanent enemies or friends.Noting that not only the term of Lok Sabha 2014-2019 was over but the term of subsequent Lok Sabha 2019-2024...

GST | Allow Assesee To Upload ITC-01 To Claim Input Tax Credit: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has allowed the assessee-petitioner to upload ITC-01 to enable him to avail of Input Tax Credit for shifting from the Composite Scheme to the Normal Scheme.The Petitioner was initially registered under the Composition Scheme for the Financial Year 2022-23. However, with an increase in its turnover of the Financial Year, it converted into a normal scheme after submitting...

Gyanvapi-Kashi Title Dispute | 'Procedural Aberration, Jurisdictional Impropriety': Allahabad HC CJ Specifies Reasons For Withdrawing Cases From Single-Judge

In a significant order, the Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court has specified the reasons for the withdrawal of the cases concerning the Kashi Vishwanath-Gyanvapi land title dispute (from the bench of Justice Prakash Padia) by stating that the decision was taken by him (CJ) on the administrative side "in the interest of judicial propriety and judicial discipline as well as the...

Allahabad HC Introduces Facility For Advocates/Parties To Argue Cases Before It Via VC Mode From Sept. 12 Onwards

In a significant development, the Allahabad High Court will now allow the parties/advocates to appear/argue cases before it through Video Conferencing mode from September 12 onwards.Those interested in appearing through Video Conferencing before the Allahabad High Court at Allahabad and its Bench at Lucknow through virtual mode (Video Conferencing), can send their request via the following...

Allahabad High Court Refuses To Order Child's DNA Test For Husband To Establish Adultery Allegations Against Wife

The Allahabad High Court has refused to order the DNA test of a child on the plea of a man seeking to prove adultery allegations he levelled against his wife by demonstrating that the child was not his legitimate son.The child in question was born within 9 months of the man's marriage with his wife (respondent).A bench comprising of Justices Saumitra Dayal Singh and Rajendra Kumar-IV...

Once Termination Held Illegal, Labour Court Bound To Award Back Wages To Workman: Allahabad High Court Reiterates

The Allahabad High Court has reiterated the principle that once Labour Court holds that the termination of workman was illegal and the workman is reinstated in service, it is bound to award back wages.“If a termination order is set aside being illegal, the consequence would be that the order of termination was never passed and therefore, reinstatement in service with full back wages is...

Objection U/S 47 CPC Cannot Be Raised In Proceedings For Execution Of Arbitral Award: Allahabad High Court Reiterates

The Allahabad High Court has recently dismissed a petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India against the rejection of objection under Section 47 of CPC at the stage of execution of arbitral award.A bench comprising of Justice Neeraj Tiwari reiterated that arbitral award is not a decree under Section 2(2) of CPC, therefore, an objection filed under Section 47 of CPC in...