Allahabad High Court
Allahabad High Court Monthly Digest: March 2023
NOMINAL INDEX Maneesh Pathak vs. State of U.P. 2023 LiveLaw (AB) 80 Vinod Bihari Lal vs. State of U.P. and Another and connected matter 2023 LiveLaw (AB) 81 Ali @ Ali Ahmad @ Mohd Ali Ahmad vs. State of U.P. 2023 LiveLaw (AB) 82 Mohd. Abdul Khaliq Vs. State Of U.P. And Another 2023 LiveLaw (AB) 83 The Indian Express Pvt. Ltd vs Union Of India And 15 Others 2023 LiveLaw...
Society's Dark Face That Families Still Feel Shy Marrying Their Son/ Daughter Out Of Caste: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court recently observed that it is society's dark face that Indian families still feel shy to get their son or daughter married to someone from outside their caste.The bench of Justice Rahul Chaturvedi observed thus while dealing with a joint plea filed by a woman (victim) and her husband (accused) seeking to quash the chargesheet filed against the accused under sections...
'Legally Impermissible' To Quash Rape, POCSO Act Cases On The Basis Of Compromise Between Accused-Victim: Allahabad HC
The Allahabad High Court has observed the quashing of a Rape case or cases POCSO Act on the basis of the compromise entered between the accused and the victim is legally impermissible. The bench of Justice Ajai Kumar Srivastava-I observed thus while it refused to quash a 9 year old rape case filed by the victim against the accused on the ground that the matter had been compromised between...
Local Body Polls: Allahabad High Court Directs UP Govt To Upload OBC Commission's Report On Its Website In 4 Days
The Allahabad High Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh government to upload on its website the report prepared by the dedicated Uttar Pradesh Backward Classes Commission to study the representation of Other Backward Class (OBCs) in urban local bodies. It may be noted that the commission was set up in January this year tasked with the primary responsibility to collect empirical data on...
Comment About PM: Allahabad HC Issues Notice To UP Govt On Congress Leader Pawan Khera's FIRs Quashing Plea
The Allahabad High Court today issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh Government on Congress Spokesperson Pawan Khera's plea seeking quashing of FIRs against him for his alleged 'Narendra Gautam Das Modi' Remark against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Khera has moved the High Court days after Supreme Court clubbed the FIRs against him at Varanasi and Assam over the alleged comment and transferred...
‘Can’t Permit Such Offences To Flourish’: Allahabad HC Denies Relief To Man Accused Of Making Objectionable FB Post Against Lord Shiva
The Allahabad High Court today refused to quash criminal proceedings against one Asif accused of making objectionable remarks against lord Shiva on Facebook employing objectionable language. “Offences of the kind that have a tendency to promote hatred between classes of people or communities, have to be put down with a heavy hand. These offences cannot be permitted to flourish in...
Local Body Polls: Allahabad High Court Directs UP Govt To Submit OBC Commission Report
The Allahabad High Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh government to present before it the report prepared by the dedicated Uttar Pradesh Backward Classes Commission to study the representation of Other Backward Class (OBCs) in urban local bodies.It may be noted that the commission had the primary responsibility to collect empirical data on the political backwardness of the community and to...
Allahabad HC's 7 Judges Bench Takes Serious View Of Kanpur Bar Association's Continued Strike, Directs Its Office Bearers To Appear Before It Tomorrow
Taking serious note of the continued strike of the Kanpur Bar Association and the Lawyers Association, the Allahabad High Court's 7 Judges bench today directed the office bearers of the Associations to appear before the Court tomorrow.A full bench of Chief Justice Pritinker Diwaker, Justice Sunita Agarwal, Justice Surya Prakash Kesarwani, Justice Manoj Kumar Gupta, Justice Anjani Kumar...
Mass Religious Conversion 'Racket' Case| Allahabad High Court Grants Bail To Islamic Scholar Maulana Kaleem Siddiqui
The Allahabad High Court today granted bail to Islamic scholar Maulana Kaleem Siddiqui who was arrested in September 2021 by the Anti-Terrorist Squad of Uttar Pradesh Police on the charges of running a mass religious conversion racket in the State and converting the religion of over 1000 people across the state. The bench of Justice Attau Rahman Masoodi and Justice Saroj Yadav passed this...
Krishna Janmabhumi Case: Allahabad HC Gives Last Chance To Respondents To File Reply In Plea Seeking Transfer Of Pending Suits
The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday granted a last chance to the respondents to file their replies in a plea filed before the HC seeking the transfer of suits pending before the Mathura Court praying for various reliefs pertaining to the Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah Mosque dispute.The Bench of Justice Arvind Kumar Mishra-I passed this order today weeks after it entertained and agreed...
GYANVAPI| 'Lethargic Attitude': Allahabad HC Raps ASI DG For Failure To File Reply On Safe Evaluation Of 'Shiva Linga' Age
The Allahabad High Court today rapped Archaeological Survey of India's Director General V. Vidyavathi for her failure to file a reply giving an opinion as to whether a safe evaluation of the age of the 'Shiva Linga', purportedly found inside the Gyanvapi Mosque complex, can be done.Calling her attitude as 'LETHARGIC', the bench of Justice Arvind Kumar Mishra-I observed that her inaction...
Lucknow Terror Conspiracy Case 2021: Allahabad High Court Grants Bail To An Alleged Al-Qaeda Terrorist
The Allahabad High Court today granted bail to an alleged al-Qaeda terrorist who was arrested in 2021 in connection with a conspiracy to carry out a pressure cooker bombing in Lucknow. Earlier, the special NIA court had dismissed his bail plea. The bench of Justice Attau Rahman Masood and Justice Saroj Yadav passed this order on the bail plea moved by the accused Mohd. Moeed. A detailed copy...