Allahabad High Court
'Bound By Supreme Court Order': Oudh Bar Association To Decide On 30% Women's Quota At July AGM, Allahabad HC Told
The Oudh Bar Association (OBA) recently submitted before the Allahabad High Court that it is bound by the Supreme Court's 2025 direction mandating a 30% reservation for women as office-bearers or executive members in Bar Associations. Appearing before a bench of Justice Rajan Roy and Justice Manjive Shukla, the Association's office bearers submitted that a final decision on which...
'Loyalty Towards Rulers, Not Constitution; Rule Of Law Treated As Inconvenience': Allahabad HC Tears Into UP Police, Bureaucracy
In the third such order passed this week, which contains strong observations on the state of affairs in the Uttar Pradesh bureaucracy, the Allahabad High Court once again delivered a damning indictment of the State's administrative machinery.A bench of Justice Diwakar also stated that officers, including police officials, are loyal to the ruling dispensation rather than to the Constitution....
'Encounter Killings, Selective Crackdowns': Allahabad HC Slams UP Police Over Targeted Actions; Flags Misuse Of Gangsters Act
While quashing criminal proceedings initiated against 3 family members over a civil dispute, the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday delivered a scathing reprimand to the Uttar Pradesh Police for the targeted use of the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986.A bench of Justice Vinod Diwakar also flagged how the encounter killings and selective crackdowns...
“Shocking”: Allahabad High Court Waives Interest Levied During Pendency Of Time Extension Application By UPSIDC
The Allahabad High Court expressed shock over levy of interest by Uttar Pradesh State Industrial Development Corporation for a period of 8 years for which time extension application filed by the allotee was kept pending by it.Noting that the petitioner allottee also did not take steps towards ensuring that the application was decided, the bench of Justice Mahesh Chandra Tripathi and...
Allahabad HC Grants Bail In Rape & Murder Case With 'Heavy Heart', Slams UP Govt Over Poor Forensic Lab Infra
The Allahabad High Court recently granted bail to an accused in a rape and murder case with a "heavy heart and great pain" due to the lack of proper scientific evidence. Expressing serious concerns over the state's Forensic Science Laboratories (FSL) infrastructure, a bench of Justice Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal remarked thus: "…outdated machine as well as incomplete infrastructure...
Allahabad HC Comes To Aid Of AIBE-20 Candidate 'Failed' Over Bonafide OMR Mistake As BCI Admits He 'Passed'
The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday directed the Bar Council of India (BCI) to manually verify the OMR answer sheet of a candidate who was declared 'failed' in the All-India Bar Examination-XX due to an inadvertent omission in filling his question booklet code. A bench of Justice Shekhar B Saraf and Justice Abdhesh Kumar Chaudhary intervened in the writ plea filed by candidate Love...
Allahabad HC Stays Arrest Of News24 Journalist Accused Of Promoting Enmity, Defaming Municipal Corp Over X Post
The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday granted interim protection from arrest to News24 Reporter Shahnawaz in connection with an FIR registered against him in Moradabad for reposting a video on X (formerly Twitter) allegedly defaming the Municipal Corporation.A bench of Justice Vikram D Chauhan and Justice Lakshmi Kant Shukla directed that no coercive action be taken against the journalist until...
'Dignity Extends Beyond Death': Allahabad HC Steps In As Stray Animals Desecrate Human Remains At Lucknow Crematorium
The Allahabad High Court has directed the Lucknow authorities to carry out immediate repair and renovation work at a public crematorium after instances of desecration of human remains by stray animals were highlighted in a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea. Stressing that the "right to live with human dignity extends beyond death", a bench of Justice Shekhar B Saraf and...
Allahabad High Court Seeks Judicial Officer's Explanation For Remanding 'Juvenile' To Jail, Summons Arresting Cops
The Allahabad High Court today ordered the immediate release of a juvenile who was sent to jail on allegations of committing theft, calling his detention prima facie 'illegal'. A Bench of Justice Rajesh Singh Chauhan and Justice Divesh Chandra Samant also sought a personal affidavit from the concerned Judicial Magistrate seeking his explanation for approving the judicial custody...
Invoking Kautilya, Allahabad High Court Flags Senior IAS Officer's Conduct To DoPT For Resisting HC Directives On Police Reforms
In an unprecedented order, the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday referred the conduct of Senior IAS Officer Sanjay Prasad to the Dept of Personnel and Training (DoPT) for the assessment of his suitability for future assignments by the Appointment Committee of the Cabinet (ACC). The stern order was passed by a bench of Justice Vinod Diwakar, who took exception to the deliberate...
'Corruption Of Mind & Purse': Allahabad HC Tells UP CM Time Has Come To Make Top Bureaucrats Criminally Liable; Here's Why
In a significant order passed on Wednesday, the Allahabad High Court has urged the UP Chief Minister to recognize that the time has come to hold senior Bureaucrats and top administrative heads accountable, and even criminally liable, for the lapses of their departments or subordinates. A bench of Justice Vinod Diwakar said that the State must adopt a doctrine of "superior...