RTI Applicant Can't Directly Seek CCTV Footage Covered By Section 8(1)(g), May Approach Court/Commission: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that CCTV footage sought under the Right to Information Act, 2005 cannot be supplied directly to the applicant when it is covered by the exception contained in Section 8(1)(g) of the Act. It held that a Court or Commission has the power to call for such footage and to direct its preservation, and may do so once the applicant files a complaint before...

Protection Against Termination Under Section 21 UP Secondary Education Act Not Available To Ad Hoc Teachers: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that the protection of prior approval of the Board under Section 21 of the Uttar Pradesh Secondary Education Services Commission and Selection Boards Act, 1982 is not available to a teacher appointed on ad hoc basis. It held that the safeguard operates in favour of teachers regularly appointed on the recommendation of the Board, or at least regularised...

Excluding Legally Unavailable Posts From Ongoing Recruitment Doesn't Amount To Changing “Rules Of Game” Midway: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that withdrawing vacancies from a running recruitment, because those posts could not lawfully be filled under the rules named in the advertisement, does not amount to altering the “rules of the game” midway. It held that correcting the vacancy position is different in kind from changing eligibility or selection criteria. It held that only the latter is...

Service Rendered Before Regularisation Counts Towards Pension Eligibility, Not Towards Computation Of Pension: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that the service rendered by a government servant before his regularisation, whether as a seasonal, ad-hoc, work-charged or temporary employee, must be counted while determining whether he has the qualifying service required to make him eligible for pension. It held that the pension itself can be computed only on the basis of the regular service rendered...

'Sar Tan Se Juda' Slogan Challenges India's Sovereignty; Can't Equate It With 'Allahu-Akbar', 'Jai Shri Ram': Allahabad High Court

Rejecting the bail plea of Maulana Taukir Raza Khan in connection with the September 2025 Bareilly violence case, the Allahabad High Court today observed that the slogan "Gustakh-e-Nabi Ke Ek Hi Saja, Sar Tan Se Juda, Sar Tan Se Juda" cannot be equated with religious slogans such as "Nara-e-Takbir, Allahu-Akbar", "Jo Bole So Nihal Sat Sri Akal", "Jai Shri Ram" or "Har Har Mahadev".A bench...

'Despotic' Officers Will Turn UP Into 'Orwellian Dystopia' : Allahabad High Court Slams Noida DM For NSA Detention Of Student

HC says Noida DM Medha Roopam sought to "set an example" out of student activist Akriti Chaudhary; orders ₹5L compensation recovered from DM and other officers' salaries while quashing NSA detention.

Advocate, Family Received ₹23L+ Across Cases; Allahabad High Court Orders UP-Wide Inquiry Into 'Misuse' Of SC/ST Act Benefits

The Allahabad High Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh Government to undertake an inquiry into the manner in which benefits under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, and the Rules framed thereunder are claimed and disbursed, particularly in cases involving repeated claims by the same persons or their family members. The direction was passed...

MV Act | Claim Petition Can't Be Dismissed At Final Stage For Want Of Territorial Jurisdiction Without Any Prejudice: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that a Motor Accident Claims Tribunal cannot dismiss a claim petition at the close of a full trial merely on the ground that it lacked territorial jurisdiction, where none of the opposite parties has shown that it suffered any prejudice from the case being tried there.Section 166(2) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 leaves the choice of forum to the claimant....

Authority Sanctioning Building Plan Can't Decide Private Title Dispute: Allahabad High Court Sets Aside Rejection Of Map Sanction

The Allahabad High Court has held that an authority deciding an application for sanction of a building map has no jurisdiction to hold that ownership of the land is disputed, except where the land belongs to the government or the Gaon Sabha or is the subject matter of proceedings. It held that where the dispute is private, the only question is whether an injunction is in force.Justice...

Routine Retail Sale Of Codeine Cough Syrup Without Prescription Violates Drugs & Cosmetics Act, Not NDPS Act: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that where a medical store sells codeine-based cough syrup containing a permitted quantity of codeine in the course of routine sale without a medical prescription, the lapse is a violation of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act and not an offence under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. It held that the position changes only where a large...

Civil Court Can't Determine Agricultural Land Boundary Based On Advocate Commissioner's Report: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that where the real controversy in a suit for injunction is the boundary between two adjoining agricultural holdings, the Civil Court cannot settle that boundary on a map prepared by an Advocate Commissioner. It held that Section 24 of the U.P. Revenue Code, 2006 provides a statutory mechanism of survey and demarcation before the competent...

Public Holiday Preventing Joining On Due Date Can't Postpone Accrual Of First Increment: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that where an appointment stood validly made and the appointee could take charge only on the next working day because the intervening day was a public holiday, the holiday cannot by itself postpone the accrual of a service benefit otherwise due to him.Paragraph 8(2) of the Government Order dated 22.12.2016, issued under the Seventh Pay Commission with effect...