Taj Mahal Is 'Tejo Mahalaya' Temple: Plea In High Court Against Agra Court's Refusal To Appoint Advocate-Commissioner For Survey

A petition has been filed before the Allahabad High Court challenging an order of the Agra Court refusing to appoint an Advocate-Commissioner to conduct inspection, photography, and videography of the Taj Mahal. The petition has been filed on behalf of the deity, "Lord Sri Agreshwar Mahadev Nagnatheswar Virajman," through next friend, Advocate Hari Shankar Jain, along with...

Senior Citizens Act Can't Be Invoked To Decide Title Dispute Unless Transfer Is Challengeable Under Section 23: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that Section 23 of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 cannot be invoked to decide title disputes which fall beyond the scope of the provision. It held that unless the conditions provided in Section 23 are met, title disputes cannot be decided by the Tribunal under the Act. For context, Section 23 allows senior citizens to...

No Matter What SC Says, Police Act On Their Own Whims: Allahabad High Court Orally Slams Cop For Ignoring 'Satender Antil' Verdict

The Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) today came down heavily on the police machinery for blatantly flouting Supreme Court guidelines on arrest, orally remarking that police officers have “nothing to do with reading and studying” the law and choose to act entirely on their own whims. A bench of Justice Rajesh Singh Chauhan and Justice Divesh Chandra Samant made the oral...

Allahabad High Court Refuses To Intervene In UP ATS Probe Into Funding Of 4,000+ Unaided Madrassas

The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday refused to interfere with the Uttar Pradesh Anti Terrorist Squad's probe into the funding of more than 4,000 unaided madrassas being run in the state.A bench of Justice Neeraj Tiwari and Justice Vivek Saran dismissed a petition moved by the Madrasa Management Committee and the Teachers' Association, Madrasas Arabia.For context, the petitioners had sought...

S. 362 CrPC No Bar To Altering Bail Conditions: Allahabad High Court Revokes 'Onerous' ₹64 Lakh Deposit Condition After 12 Yrs

The Allahabad High Court has ruled that the statutory bar under Section 362 CrPC (Court not to alter judgment) does not apply to the modification or relaxation of conditions imposed in a bail order. "…an order granting bail is a merely an interlocutory order and it would not fall withing the scope and ambit of the phrase 'a judgment or final order disposing of a case' used in...

Objections By Apartment Association Can't Override Consent Of Individual Flat Owners For Additional Development: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that objections by Apartment Owner's Association cannot invalidate the consent given by individual flat owners for further development and purchase of additional FAR (floor area ratio) by the developer. Justice Arun Kumar held,“A representative body cannot, merely by passing a resolution, invalidate contractual declarations and consents furnished by hundreds...

POCSO Act Prevails Over Personal Law: Allahabad High Court Refuses To Quash FIR Over 'Repeated Rape' Under Guise Of Nikah Halala

The Allahabad High Court on Thursday refused to quash an FIR lodged against 9 persons accused of raping the informant when she was a minor during a 2016 'nikah halala', and later subjecting her to gang rape as an adult during a second, 'double' halala in 2025.In its 19-page judgment, a bench of Justice JJ Munir and Justice Tarun Saxena categorically stated that "when it comes to criminal...

Places Of Worship Act Only Prohibits 'Conversion' Of Religious Character, No Bar On State Acquisition For Public Purpose: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has ruled that the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991, prohibits only the 'conversion' of the religious character of a place of worship from one religious denomination to another, but it does not bar the State from acquiring such properties for 'secular' and 'public' purposes. With this, a Bench of Justice JJ Munir and Justice Arun Kumar dismissed...

Shia Body Moves Allahabad High Court Against UP Police's 'Forced' Removal Of Ali Khamenei Portraits, FIRs Against Mourners

A body of Shia scholars has moved the Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench), challenging the 'arbitrary' police action in the State, including the alleged forced removal of religious posters from private properties and the registration of FIRs against 'peaceful' mourners belonging to the State's Shia community. The Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea, moved by Majlis Ulema-e-Hind through...

Is A Doctor's Specific 'Fit State Of Mind' Certificate Necessary To Rely On A Dying Declaration? Allahabad High Court Answers

doctor's endorsement regarding the mental fitness of the deceased to make his/her declaration is not a rule of law or a mandatory provision, but merely a rule of prudence : Allahabad HC

Sniffer Dog Evidence Can't Be Relied Upon Without Handler's Testimony & Tracking Panchnama: Allahabad High Court Sets Aside Conviction Of 4

The Allahabad High Court has ruled that sniffer dog evidence cannot be relied upon in the absence of a complete record of the exact manner in which tracking was done (the proceedings of the sniffer dog) in the Panchnama and the examination of the dog handler in the court. A bench of Justice JJ Munir and Justice Vinai Kumar Dwivedi added that there must be no discrepancy between the...

Understanding Of Law At An All-Time Low: Allahabad High Court Rejects PIL Seeking Recall Of Murder Convict's Bail, Imposes ₹50K Cost

The Allahabad High Court last week dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea that sought a direction to the police and the State of UP to recall a Division Bench's orders granting bail and suspending the sentence of a murder convict. Strangely, the PIL plea also prayed that the appeal pending before the High Court be sent to the MP/MLA Court, which the Court noted is essentially...