Allahabad HC Affirms Clean Chit To UP Officer Over 'Post' Claiming Youth In Kasganj Violence Was 'Killed By Bhagwa'

The Allahabad High Court recently dismissed a plea filed by the Uttar Pradesh Government seeking restoration of the disciplinary punishment imposed on a senior government officer over an alleged Facebook post related to the 2018 Kasganj Violence. A Bench of Justice Alok Mathur and Justice Amitabh Kumar Rai upheld the order passed by the UP Public Service Tribunal that quashed the...

Approach Karnataka HC: Allahabad HC Refuses To Entertain BJP Worker's PIL Seeking Probe Against 'Cockroach Janta Party'

The Allahabad High Court (Lucknow bench) today declined to entertain a criminal public interest litigation seeking a deep and pervasive inquiry by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against the activities of 'Cockroach Janata Party' and its founder Abhijit Dipke. A Bench of Justice Shekhar B Saraf and Justice Abdhesh Kumar Chaudhary noted...

LIC Employees Can Be Engaged As Enumerators & Supervisors For Census Duties: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has observed that the employees of the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) can legally be engaged as 'Enumerators' and 'Supervisors' for census duties.A bench of Justice Dinesh Pathak thus dismissed a petition moved by 'North Central Zone Insurance Employees', an association of Class III and Class IV employees of the LIC, challenging the entrustment of census...

Habeas Corpus Plea Not Maintainable Against Arrest & Remand Order Once Cognizance Taken; Accused Must Seek Regular Bail: Allahabad HC

In a significant verdict passed last week, the Allahabad High Court has held that once a competent Court takes cognizance on the charge sheet, an accused cannot maintain a habeas corpus petition challenging the legality of his arrest or the initial remand order passed under Section 167(2) CrPC/187(2) BNSS. A bench of Justice Siddharth and Justice Vinai Kumar Dwivedi reasoned that...

Conviction Can't Be Based On Evidence Recorded Prior To Summoning Accused U/S 319 CrPC: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court recently held that evidence recorded in the absence of an accused person, which is relied upon to summon him under Section 319 CrPC, cannot later form the basis of his conviction.A bench of Justice Rajesh Singh Chauhan and Justice Subhash Vidyarthi observed thus while acquitting a murder accused in connection with a 2008 case.The trial court had convicted the...

Lok Adalats Can't Grant Divorce; Have No Adjudicatory Jurisdiction: Allahabad HC Slams DLSA For Usurping Family Court Powers

In a significant order, the Allahabad High Court recently observed that a Lok Adalat or District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) has no legal competence or jurisdiction to grant a decree of divorce, as this power lies exclusively within the jurisdiction of regular civil and family courts. In its 11-page order, a bench of Justice Shekhar B Saraf and Justice Abdhesh Kumar Chaudhary...

Allahabad HC Directs UP Govt To Pay ₹5 Lakh Compensation To Man Arrested & Detained 'Illegally' Despite Stay Order

The Allahabad High Court on Friday directed the Uttar Pradesh Government to pay Rs. 5 lakh as compensation to a man who was arrested and kept in 'illegal detention' by UP Police despite the HC's interim order staying his arrest.A bench of Justice Siddharth and Justice Vinai Kumar Dwivedi also directed that disciplinary proceedings be initiated against the concerned SHO for "dereliction in the...

Pendency Of Civil Dispute No Ground To Discharge Accused If Allegations Disclose Criminal Offence: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has reiterated that criminal prosecution can be carried out even during pendency of civil dispute between parties if allegations make out punishable offence under criminal law. Justice Subhash Vidyarthi relied on Indian Oil Corpn. v. NEPC India Ltd. where the Supreme Court had held,“A given set of facts may make out: (a) purely a civil wrong; or (b) purely a...

Prayagraj ADM Clears Muslim Man's 'Voluntary' Conversion To Hinduism After Allahabad High Court Rap

Following a strong reprimand from the Allahabad High Court earlier this month, the Additional District Magistrate (Administration), Prayagraj, formally cleared/allowed the religious conversion application of a Muslim man who voluntarily embraced Sanatan Dharma/Hinduism in 2022. Taking note of the order passed on May 14 by the concerned officer, a division bench of Justice Ajit Kumar...

Juvenile Conviction No Bar To Issuance Of Passport: Allahabad High Court Invokes 'Right To Be Forgotten' & 'Fresh Start'

The Allahabad High Court recently observed that a conviction recorded against a person while he was a juvenile cannot be treated as a legal impediment to the issuance of a passport, by operation of law under Section 19 of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2000. A Bench of Justice Ajit Kumar and Justice Indrajeet Shukla stressed that the 'right to be forgotten' pertaining to a juvenile by removing...

'Instigating Youth To Wage War': PIL In Allahabad HC Seeks NIA-ED Probe Against Abhijit Dipke, Blocking Of 'Cockroach Janta Party'

A Criminal Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea has been moved before the Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) seeking a multi-agency Probe by the National Investigation Agency and the Enforcement Directorate against Abhijit Dipke, the founder of the 'Cockroach Janata Party'.The PIL plea has been moved by Karnataka BJP worker S. Vignesh Shishir. He has recently been in the news for...

Noida Protest | Allahabad HC Seeks State's Response On Habeas Corpus Plea Of Journalist Arrested For 'Inciting' Workers

The Allahabad High Court today sought a response from the Uttar Pradesh Government in a Habeas Corpus petition filed by Journalist Satyam Verma, who was arrested last month on the allegations of instigating workers to carry out violence during the Noida labourers' protest.A Bench of Justice Salil Kumar Rai and Justice Devendra Singh-I, after hearing Senior Advocate SFA. Naqvi, along...