'Gifts Given In Marriage Normally Not Taken As Dowry': Allahabad HC Grants Relief To Relatives In Alleged Conversion, Dowry Demand Case

Observing that gifts exchanged during marriage ceremonies are not normally taken as dowry, the Allahabad High Court stayed criminal proceedings against 3 persons booked under the Dowry Prohibition Act and the UP Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act. Noting that the matter may be an afterthought and as such, a detailed scrutiny is required, a bench of Justice Vikram D...

MACT Award Unpaid For 43 Yrs: Allahabad HC Raps DM Over 'Objectionable' Justification, Mulls ₹10 Lakh Costs On Officials

Last week, the Allahabad High Court came down heavily on the Sultanpur administration for its continued failure to execute a Recovery Certificate issued in 2011 for a Motor Accident Claim Tribunal (MACT) award passed around 43 years back, in August 1982. During the hearing of the case, a bench of Justice Rajan Roy and Justice Om Prakash Shukla took exception to the stand of the...

Allahabad High Court Stays Arrest Of Cricketer Yash Dayal In FIR Over Sexual Exploitation Allegations

The Allahabad High Court today stayed the arrest of Cricketer Yash Dayal, who plays for Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), in connection with an FIR lodged against him for allegedly sexually exploiting a woman for 5 years.A bench of Justice Siddhartha Varma and Justice Anil Kumar-X granted him the relief till the next date of listing by orally observing thus:"you could have been fooled for 1...

Allahabad High Court Directs Sensitisation Of UPSRTC Officers Towards Rights Of Persons With Disabilities Under PwD Act

The Allahabad High Court has directed the Managing Director, Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation, to ensure that all officers are sensitised towards the rights of persons with disabilities guaranteed under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016.While dealing with a case of an employee who was denied any post after suffering from disability while working with the...

Moradabad Mob Lynching | Allahabad HC Directs UP Govt To File Better Affidavit On Compliance With SC's 'Tehseen Poonawalla' Directions

The Allahabad High Court last week directed the UP to file a better counter affidavit addressing compliance with the Supreme Court's guidelines/directions laid down in Tehseen S. Poonawalla v. Union of India (2018), on preventing and addressing incidents of mob lynching and mob violence, specifically the directions in paragraphs 40.13 to 40.21 of the judgment. A Bench of Justice...

Advocate's Repeated Non-Appearance In Listed Cases Amounts To Professional Misconduct: Allahabad High Court

Taking exception to advocates not appearing in the majority of listed cases, that too on multiple dates, the Allahabad High Court last week termed their conduct as 'professional misconduct', which, the Court said, tantamounts to 'bench hunting' or 'forum shopping'.A bench of Justice Krishan Pahal observed thus while dealing with a bail application in which, despite repeated listings [5...

Mere Absence Of Activity At Principal Place Of Business Doesn't Mean Invoices Issued To Assessee Are Fake: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that merely because there was no activity at the principal place of business of the assessee, it cannot be presumed that the invoices issued in favour of such assessee are fake. Petitioner approached the High Court seeking quashing of the penalty order under Section 129(3) of the CGST Act and seeking release of the goods confiscated under...

'Manifestly Illegal': Allahabad HC Raps Ballia SP For Treating Court's Order As Written First Information Itself, Seeks Explanation

In a strongly worded order passed earlier this month, the Allahabad High Court came down heavily on the Superintendent of Police, Ballia, Omvir Singh, for treating the Court's earlier direction to register an FIR as the written First Information itself. The Court expressed surprise that its order dated May 29, 2025, had been directly entered as the FIR (chik FIR), instead of following...

'Undermines Judicial System, Harshest Penalty Required': Allahabad HC Deprecates Trend Of Prosecuting Agencies Targeting Lawyers

In a series of strongly worded orders, the Allahabad High Court recently took serious note of allegations that UP police officers threatened a 90-year-old petitioner and attempted to intimidate his lawyer in connection with a pending Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea filed alleging encroachment. A bench of Justice JJ Munir decried the trend of investigating lawyers for...

UP Govt Opposes Maintainability Of Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind's PIL In Allahabad HC For Enforcing SC Directives On Mob Lynching In State

The Uttar Pradesh Government has opposed the maintainability of a Criminal Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea filed by Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind before the Allahabad High Court, which seeks compliance with the Supreme Court's guidelines laid down in Tehseen S. Poonawalla v. Union of India (2018), on preventing and addressing incidents of mob lynching and mob violence.On Thuesday, a bench...

Allahabad HC Asks UP Govt If Action Proposed Against Books By Self-Styled Godman Rampal Allegedly Targeting Hindu Deities

The Allahabad High Court has sought a response from the Uttar Pradesh Government on whether it proposes to take any action on a representation filed before it seeking forfeiture of books, pamphlets, and other literature allegedly published at the instance of self-styled godman Sant Rampal Maharaj, which purportedly contain indecent portrayals of Hindu Gods and Goddesses. A Bench...

Review Plea Filed Against Allahabad HC Order Refusing To Entertain PIL Seeking Cancellation Of Rahul Gandhi's Citizenship

A review petition has been filed in the Allahabad High Court challenging its May 2025 order, in which it refused to entertain a fresh PIL plea moved by a BJP Member (S. Vignesh Shishir) seeking the cancellation of Congress leader and LoP in LokSabha Rahul Gandhi's citizenship. For context, the said PIL plea was dismissed as withdrawn as a division bench had pointed out that...