SBI Illegally Debits ₹19.90 Lakh From Widow's FD For Husband's Loan: Allahabad High Court Orders Refund, ₹1 Lakh Compensation

The Allahabad High Court last week directed the State Bank of India (SBI) to refund ₹19,90,693 that it had debited from a widow's fixed deposit towards her deceased husband's outstanding personal loan and to pay ₹1 Lakh as compensation.The Court held that the Bank had no legal basis to recover the husband's dues straightaway from the wife's account. A Bench of Justice Shekhar B. Saraf...

Attempt-To-Murder Accused Gets Short-Term Bail From Allahabad High Court To Take UP Home Guard Physical Test

The Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) on Monday granted short-term bail to an attempt to murder accused lodged in jail to enable him to appear for the UP Homeguard recruitment physical test.The Court directed that he be released from jail at 4:30 AM and remain in police custody throughout the period. A bench of Justice Rajeev Bharti passed the order in a short-term bail application moved...

'Sad State Of Affairs': Allahabad High Court Slams SP, DM Over Failure To Display Fairness In Gang Chart Approval

The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday slammed the Superintendent of Police (SP) and District Magistrate (DM) posted in Bahraich district for being 'unmindful' of Constitutional Court Judgments requiring application of mind and display of fairness while approving gang charts under the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986.A bench of Justice Manish Mathur...

Man Dies In Bijnor Jail Two Days After HC Grants Him Bail; Allahabad High Court Seeks Explanation From UP Prisons DG

The Allahabad High Court has sought an explanation from the Director General, Prison Administration & Reforms Services, Uttar Pradesh, over the alleged custodial death of a prisoner in District Jail, Bijnor.The Court said that it is a "matter of serious concern" that an admitted death in custody has been met with "no satisfactory explanation" from the State. A Bench of Justice Chandra...

'Wealth & Status' Can't Buy Softer Justice: Allahabad High Court Denies Bail To Builder In PMLA Case Alleging ₹126 Crore Diversion

The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday rejected the bail application of Unnati Fortune Holdings Ltd.'s main promoter and builder, Anil Mithas, who faces money laundering charges under the PMLA over the alleged diversion of ₹126.30 crore belonging to homebuyers.In a significant observation, the bench said that white-collar crime has "grown too pervasive and too costly" to be met with...

Allahabad High Court Allows Women Lawyers Nominated After Bar Association Polls To Continue, Directs Bye-Law Amendment For 30% Representation

The Allahabad High Court has declined to quash the elections to the executive body of the Civil Bar Association, Bulandshahr, in which no woman lawyer was elected as an office bearer, holding that the requirement of 30% representation for women stood fulfilled by the nomination of four women advocates to the body within four days of the poll.The public interest litigation, filed by an...

Disciplinary Action Can't Rest On Unrecorded Oral Directions: Allahabad High Court Quashes UP Tax Officer's Punishment

The Allahabad High Court has set aside the penalty of censure and withholding of one salary increment with cumulative effect imposed on a State Tax officer, holding that a charge of not complying with oral directions issued in video conferencing meetings cannot be sustained where neither the dates of those meetings nor their minutes were placed on record. It held that such an order rests...

UP Govt Must Wake Up To Citizens' Medical Needs: Allahabad High Court Orders Inquiry Into Newborn's Death After Hospital Run

The Allahabad High Court has observed that it is "high time" that the Uttar Pradesh Government "woke up to the medical needs of the citizenry of the State", while directing an inquiry into the circumstances leading to the death of a newborn child who died within 24 hours of birth after being taken from one hospital to another. A Bench of Justice Rajan Roy and Justice Manjive Shukla directed...

'Plague Of Custodial Death Does Not Show Any Sign Of Abating': Allahabad High Court Denies Anticipatory Bail To RPF Personnel

It appears that although COVID-19 pandemic had run its course but the plague of custodial death does not show any sign of abating : High Court said

S. 180 BNSS | Allahabad High Court Asks DGP To Make Audio-Video Recording Of Witness Statements Mandatory For IOs

The Allahabad High Court has directed the Director General of Police (DGP), Uttar Pradesh, to consider making audio-video recording of statements recorded under Section 180 BNSS 'mandatory', observing that such a step would make criminal investigations more transparent and fair. A bench of Justice Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal passed the direction while dealing with a bail application filed by...

Former Cabinet Minister's Status Can't Substitute Proof Of Income In Motor Accident Claim: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that the profession or social standing of a person killed in a motor accident cannot by itself determine his income for the purpose of computing compensation. It held that income has to be established by evidence on record and that an Income Tax Return, though relevant, does not by itself prove the income disclosed in it.Justice Anil Kumar-X held,“Thus, even...

Allahabad High Court Frees Major Woman Detained Over Interfaith Marriage, Says Father Can't Force Her To Live With Him

The Allahabad High Court has set a major woman, who said she was illegally detained by her father after marrying a man of a different religion, at liberty, while observing that an adult woman has the legal right to choose whom she wants to live with.A bench of Justice Subhash Vidyarthi thus allowed the habeas corpus petition filed by one Princy through her husband/next friend Gurpreet Singh....