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Muslim Marriage | Maintaining Second Wife Not Ground To Deny Maintenance To First Legally Wedded Wife: Allahabad High Court
While dealing with maintenance dispute arising in a Muslim marriage, the Allahabad High Court has held that a husband maintaining second wife cannot be a ground to deny maintenance to the lawfully wedded first wife who is wholly dependent on her parents for financial support.Briefly put, husband approached the High Court against a Family Court order awarding Rs. 20,000 monthly maintenance to...
Teachers' Absence In Schools Frustrates RTE Act: Allahabad High Court Directs UP Govt To Frame On-Time Attendance Policy In 3 Months
Observing that the absence of teachers frustrates the very purpose of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009, the Allahabad High Court recently refused to interfere with the suspension of primary school teachers who were found absent from their school during an inspection. A bench of Justice Prakash Padia, while disposing of the writ petitions, also...
Husband's Attempt To Shift Case After Obtaining Ex-Parte Divorce Reflects 'Ulterior Motive To Delay': Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that the husband himself filing for divorce in one Court and after the decree seeking transfer of recall proceedings to another city shows his ulterior motive to cause delay in conclusion of divorce proceedings.Justice Syed Qamar Hasan Rizvi held,“The conduct of the applicant to prefer the Family Court at Gonda for instituting the proceeding and thereafter...
Trial Court's Order To Deport Convict 'As Per Rules' Doesn't Compel Deportation; Authorities To Act As Per Law: Allahabad HC
The Allahabad High Court recently DISMISSED a criminal revision petition filed by a woman convicted under the Foreigners Act, as it clarified that the trial court's order to authorities to take action for her deportation 'नियमानुसार' ["in accordance with rules"] does not amount to a mandatory direction to deport. The Bench of Justice Anil Kumar-X observed that...
Allahabad High Court Sets Aside UP Bar Council Ex-Parte Order Suspending Lawyer Accused Of Bigamy For 10 Years
Recently, the Allahabad High Court set aside a 10-year suspension imposed by the Uttar Pradesh State Bar Council on a lawyer on the ground that no opportunity of hearing was afforded to him. The lawyer was charged with moral turpitude for alleged bigamy. A bench of Justice Shekhar B Saraf and Justice Manjive Shukla observed thus: "The show cause notice was issued on February 17, 2025...
Allahabad High Court Seeks Details Of RBI Guidelines For Loans To Foreign Firms With Guarantors & Assets Abroad
The Allahabad High Court recently sought specific instructions from the Union of India regarding Reserve Bank of India (RBI) guidelines pertaining to loans given to foreign companies on foreign soil, where the collateral security is from a foreigner. A bench of Justice Atul Sreedharan and Justice Anish Kumar Gupta was dealing with a Writ petition filed by one Mohammed Farouk,...
'Larger Conspiracy Not Ruled Out': Allahabad High Court Refuses To Quash 2017 Rioting FIRs Against MP Chandrashekhar Ravan
The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday DISMISSED a batch of petitions filed by Chandrashekhar Ravan, the sitting MP from Nageena Constituency in UP and BHIM Army Chief, seeking to quash proceedings concerning 4 FIRs lodged against him in connection with the 2017 Saharanpur rioting incident. A bench of Justice Sameer Jain noted that merely because incidents occurred on the...
Prefixing 'Hon'ble' For Bureaucrats A 'Subtle' Way To Diminish Status Of Constitutional Authorities, Courts: Allahabad HC
The Allahabad High Court recently took strong exception to the practice of prefixing the title 'Honourable' to the names of bureaucrats and administrative officials. A Division Bench of Justice Ajay Bhanot and Justice Garima Prashad termed this 'trend' a "subtle but certain way to diminish the status of constitutional authorities and courts". Briefly put, the HC was hearing a...
Allahabad High Court Registers Suo Moto PIL Over Delays In Termination Of Pregnancy Of Rape Survivors
The Allahabad High Court recently registered a suo-moto Public Interest Litigation (PIL) regarding the issue of delay at different levels in taking appropriate steps while dealing with cases of termination of pregnancy of rape survivors. The matter has been titled as: In Re Framing Of Guidelines For Sensitizing All Concerned In Cases Of Termination Of Pregnancies The...
Allahabad High Court Converts 2014 PIL On Regulating Sale Of Acid In UP Into Suo Moto Proceeding
The Allahabad High Court recently converted a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea filed in 2014 regarding the restriction and regulation of acid sales in Uttar Pradesh into a Suo Moto proceeding. The order was passed after the original petitioner (Anubhav Verma) submitted that he was not inclined to pursue the litigation any further. Permitting him to withdraw from the case,...
Allahabad High Court Rejects PIL Challenging Appointments Of Yogi Adityanath, KP Maurya As UP CM & Dy CM In 2017
The Allahabad High Court today dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea filed before it in 2017, which challenged the legality of the appointment of Yogi Adityanath as Chief Minister and Keshav Prasad Maurya as Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh in 2017. A bench of Justice Rajan Roy and Justice Rajeev Bharti observed that there is nothing in the Constitution which prohibits...