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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...
Allahabad HC Seeks Parties' Stand On Justice Mathur Commission Report Suggesting Reforms In UP PCS(J) Exam Process
The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday took on record a Preliminary Report submitted by a one-man Commission led by Justice Govind Mathur (Former Chief Justice of Allahabad HC), recommending immediate reforms and procedural amendments in the conduct of the Uttar Pradesh PCS(J) Competitive Examinations. A bench of Justice Manoj Kumar Gupta and Justice Ram Manohar Narayan Mishra...
Tenants Can't Resist Demolition Of Dilapidated Building, Protecting Life More Important Than Enforcing Tenancy Rights: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that protection from threat to life of tenant in a dilapidated building is more important than the tenancy rights of individuals under the U.P. Regulation of Urban Premises Tenancy Act, 2021.The bench of Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra and Justice Jayant Banerji held“The tenants, however, will not be entitled to object to the expeditious demolition of the...
Reasonable Care Must Be Applied Before Invoking Offence Of Endangering Sovereignty, Unity & Integrity Of India: Allahabad HC
The Allahabad High Court has observed that 'reasonable care' and 'standards of a reasonable person' must be applied before invoking Section 152 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), which criminalizes alleged acts endangering the sovereignty, unity and integrity of India. The Court added that since spoken words or posts on social media are also covered by the liberty of freedom of...
'To Err Is Human': Allahabad HC Directs Re-Checking Of NEET Aspirant's OMR Who Accidentally Mentioned Wrong Booklet Code
Recently, the Allahabad High Court directed re-checking of a National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test [NEET (UG)]-2025 aspirant's Optical Marks Recognition (OMR) sheet who had 'wrongly' mentioned the question booklet number and had secured 41 marks instead of 589 marks. While not giving any interim relief to the petitioner regarding her selection status, the bench of Justice Arindam...