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UP Police Investigation Quality Shall Be Improved; Cops Will Comply With Court Orders In Time: DGP Assures Allahabad High Court
Uttar Pradesh DGP Rajeev Krishna appeared personally before the Allahabad High Court on September 1 and assured a bench of Justice Sameer Jain that the quality of UP Police investigations would be improved and that police officers would comply with the Court's orders in time.The assurance came during the hearing of a bail application in a murder case. Justice Jain had earlier expressed...
Allahabad High Court Flags Trend Of Court Decrees Becoming Meaningless Due To Police, Revenue Authorities' Disregard
The Allahabad High Court has flagged a trend in which Civil Court decrees are becoming 'meaningless' due to the approach of police and revenue authorities, observing that such authorities appear to treat the Civil Court as "hardly a Court" and its orders and decrees as having no effect.A Bench of Justice JJ Munir and Justice Indrajeet Shukla made the observations while hearing a writ...
S.304-B IPC | Fine In Addition To Sentence Cannot Be Imposed Where Statute Does Not Provide For It: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has observed that Section 304-B IPC, a provision punishing the Dowry Death offence, does not prescribe any fine in addition to the sentence and hence, the same can not be imposed on a convict.A bench of Justice Zafeer Ahmad made the observation as it flagged a “glaring error” in the decision of a trial court to impose a fine of Rs. 20K on an accused convicted...
Done Away By Police Or Hiding From Justice? Allahabad High Court Directs CBI Probe Into Missing Man With 30 Criminal Cases
The Allahabad High Court has directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to investigate the disappearance of a Muzaffarnagar man with around 30 criminal cases.The bench prima facie observed that his absence could lead to two possible inferences, either he had been "done away" with by the police or he was himself hiding to escape the process of justice. A Bench of Justice Atul...
Collected Taxes For 8 Years, Then Initiated Eviction; Allahabad High Court Slams Meerut Cantonment Board, Sets Aside Orders
The Allahabad High Court has set aside eviction proceedings against occupants of a property in Meerut Cantonment, observing that the Cantonment Board's Chief Executive Officer, who also held the charge of Estate Officer, was aware that the petitioners were occupying the property and, despite this, remained silent for 8 years before eviction proceedings were initiated.A bench of Justice...
Noida Workers' Protest | Allahabad High Court Seeks Video Evidence Of DU Grad's Alleged Role In Stone-Pelting In NSA Case
HC asks UP Police to show footage indicating whether Aakriti Chaudhary instigated protesters to indulge in stone-pelting or set vehicles on fire during the protest.
UP DGP Appears Before Allahabad High Court, Assures Compliance With Court Orders; Bench Flags 'Tainted' Investigations
Uttar Pradesh DGP Rajeev Krishna appeared personally before the Allahabad High Court on Tuesday after being summoned by a bench of Justice Sameer Jain to explain why police officers were showing 'reluctance' to obey/comply with orders passed by the Court.The DGP's appearance came against the backdrop of the Court's earlier concern that non-compliance by police officers was resulting in...
Petitioner's Residence Can't Confer Article 226 Jurisdiction When Impugned Order Passed Outside HC Territory: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has reiterated that it cannot entertain a writ petition against an order passed by an authority situated outside its territory merely because the petitioner resides within its territory. Justice Anish Kumar Gupta relied on Lt. Col. Khajoor Singh v. Union of India, wherein the Apex Court held that jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution turns on where...
Revenue Entries Describing Plot As 'Tank' Not Conclusive To Eject Hereditary Tenant Under UP Land Reforms Act: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that a tenant whose hereditary tenancy was judicially declared before the date of vesting cannot be ejected under Section 212 of the U.P. Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950 merely because the revenue records later describe the plot as a tank. It held that the authority invoking the provision must establish that the tenant was admitted upon land...
'Deliberate Suppression' Of Material Facts: Allahabad High Court Dismisses Plea Concerning College Bank Accounts With ₹1L Costs
The Allahabad High Court last week dismissed a writ petition seeking permission to operate the bank accounts of a degree college by imposing ₹1L Costs as it found that the petitioner had "deliberately withheld" material facts concerning a long-running management dispute and previous proceedings before the Court. A Bench of Justice Shekhar B Saraf and Justice Abdhesh Kumar Chaudhary noted...