Allahabad High Court
S. 4 SC/ST Act | Dissatisfaction With Police Probe Alone No Ground To Prosecute Cops For Wilful Neglect: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has observed that the dissatisfaction of a complainant with a police investigation or the failure of policeto invoke particular provisions of the SC-ST Act 1989, does not by itself constitute "wilful neglect of duty" by public servants under Section 4 of the Act.A bench of Justice Santosh Rai observed that prosecution under Section 4 (Punishment for neglect of...
Allahabad High Court Imposes ₹25K Costs On Litigant For Filing Forged Documents, Disallows Withdrawal
The Allahabad High Court has held that a litigant who files a writ petition along with forged documents cannot be permitted to withdraw it in order to escape the consequences of the proceedings. Dismissing the petition as an abuse of the process of the Court, the Court imposed costs of Rs. 25,000 on the petitioner.The bench of Justice Shekhar B. Saraf and Justice Amitabh Kumar Rai...
Pressurizing Only Son To Abandon His 68-Year-Old Widowed Mother Is Mental Cruelty: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that persistent pressure by a wife upon her husband, the only son of his 68-year-old widowed mother, to leave the mother and set up a separate household amounts to mental cruelty and entitles the husband to a decree of divorce under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955.The bench of Justice J.J. Munir and Justice Indrajeet Shukla held,“The attempt...
Allahabad High Court Declines Mother's Plea Seeking CBI Probe Into Bhojpuri Actress Akanksha Dubey's Death
HC noted that no protest petition had been filed against the post-mortem report or the police charge sheet submitted under S. 306 IPC.
'Oudh Bar Must Lead By Example In Democratic Conduct': Allahabad High Court Calls For Free, Fair & Peaceful Bar Elections
Elections to bar bodies must reflect the highest standards of integrity, fairness and transparency : HC said
Freedom Of Religion Does Not Entitle Christian Community To Seek Specific Plot For Housing Cemetery: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that the right to freedom of religion, including the right to perform last rites in accordance with religious beliefs, does not entitle a community to claim a specific plot of land belonging to a local body for establishing a cemetery. A Bench of Justice JJ Munir and Justice Indrajeet Shukla made the observation while dismissing a writ petition filed by...
Cops To Face Contempt Action For Misbehaving With Govt Advocates Communicating Court Orders: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police (DGP) to issue a circular to all police officers warning that misbehavior with government advocates communicating court orders for compliance would amount to contempt of court and be dealt with strictly in accordance with law.The Court directed thus while taking exception to the conduct of Rajesh Kumar Singh,...
Will Can't Be Invalidated For Undue Influence Merely Because Beneficiary Son Was Caring For Aged Father: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that the advanced age of a testator, taken together with the fact that the son in whose favour the Will was made was looking after him and his property, does not by itself raise a presumption of undue influence. It held that a registered Will, which carries a presumption of validity, cannot be cancelled on that ground alone.Justice Siddharth Nandan...
'Fraud In Educational System': Allahabad High Court Orders Inquiry Into Alleged Dummy School Racket Linked To Coaching Academy
The Allahabad High Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh government to inquire into the functioning of a school in Azamgarh and a coaching academy operating under the same umbrella to determine whether the institutions are running a racket in which students were allegedly shown as admitted to a “dummy school” without their knowledge.A bench of Justice Siddharth Nandan observed that...
Black-Marketing Or Obstruction Of Essential Supplies? Allahabad High Court Explains When NSA Applies & When PBMSEC Act Prevails
Using NSA to extend detention in black marketing cases beyond the PBMSEC Act's limit of 6 months is a "perversion of law": HC
LiveLaw Allahabad High Court Weekly Round-Up: October 5 - October 11, 2026
NOMINAL INDEX Rekha Saxena and another v. Roman Catholic Diocese Allahabad Pvt. Ltd. Thru. Director General the Bishop and another 2026 LiveLaw (AB) 793 Fanindra Das v. The General Manager and another 2026 LiveLaw (AB) 794 Rajeshwar vs. State of U.P. and 3 others 2026 LiveLaw (AB) 795 National Insurance Co. Ltd. Faizabad Thru. Manager Legal vs. Reeta and 4 others 2026 LiveLaw...
FIR Stayed, Yet Chargesheet Filed Against Student Leader Who Alleged UP SI Exam Irregularities: High Court Seeks SHO's Explanation
The Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) has directed the Station House Officer (SHO) of a Police Station in Lucknow to explain how a chargesheet was forwarded in a case after the Court had stayed the FIR against student leader Ashutosh Kumar Pandey over his Facebook post alleging irregularities in the State Sub-Inspector Recruitment Examination, 2025.A Bench of Justice Rajnish Kumar and...