Allahabad High Court Tells Finance Ministry To 'Consider Training' DRT Officer Who Passed Similar Orders Without Application Of Mind

Noting similar orders being passed in cases by the Debt Recovery Tribunal, Lucknow without any application of mind, the Allahabad High Court observed that the Ministry of Finance must consider imparting training to the officers so that DRT can function smoothly.Petitioners approached the High Court against the order of the DRT rejecting their application for interim relief. Though an appeal...

Probe Ordered After Woman, Her Counsel Deny Filing Writ For Protection In Allahabad High Court, Alleges Foul Play By Husband To Aid Divorce Case

The Allahabad High Court has recently directed investigation in a case where the woman, who was petitioner no.1, denied filing the writ petition and suspected that her husband could have filed the writ petition alleging her marriage with someone else to aid their divorce proceedings.Since the lawyer whose name was mentioned on the petition as counsel for the petitioner also denied filing the...

Narsinghanand Case | 'Zubair's Tweets Apparently Within Freedom Of Speech But Probe Can Reveal If Offences Made Out': Allahabad HC

Refusing to quash an FIR lodged against Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair over his tweets ('X' posts) on the 'controversial' speeches of Yati Narsinghanand, the Allahabad High Court on Thursday observed that while Zubair's posts do not appear to be violating freedom of speech and expression, it was only through an investigation that it can be determined whether any offence, as alleged,...

Narsinghanand Case | 'Fair Probe Required' : Allahabad HC Refuses To Quash FIR Against Mohd Zubair, Protects Him From Arrest

The Allahabad High Court today refused to quash an FIR against Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair over his tweets ('X' Posts) on Yati Narsinghanand's 'derogatory' speech.The Court, however, extended the interim protection against arrest to him during the course of the investigation.A bench of Justice Siddhartha Varma and Justice Dr. Yogendra Kumar Srivastava, passed this order as it...

Relief For Litigants As Allahabad High Court Suspends ₹500 Charge For Photo Identification, Permits Affidavits Sworn Before Any Public Notary

The Allahabad High Court has, as an interim measure, directed that the charge of Rs. 500/- towards photo identification by the Bar Associations is not to be realized from the litigants. Justice Pankaj Bhatia in his order said that it is high time that in the era where efforts are being made to "promote digital India, continuing with a regressive practice of the litigants traveling from far...

'Very Disturbing': Allahabad HC On 'Minor' Spending A Year In Regular Jail As Trial Court Failed To Decide Juvenility Plea

The Allahabad High Court recently expressed its concern over a 16-year-old minor languishing in a regular jail alongside undertrial accused persons and convicts, due to the trial court's failure to decide his application claiming juvenility. A bench of Justice Subhash Vidyarthi observed that if the trial court ultimately concludes that the applicant is a juvenile in conflict with law,...

Allahabad High Court Judge Recuses From Hearing PIL Seeking Expeditious Filling Of Judicial Vacancies In HC

Allahabad High Court Judge, Justice Mahesh Chandra Triptahi, today recused himself from hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea seeking a direction for the timely and expeditious filling of all the current judicial vacancies in the High Court in a time-bound manner. The matter will now be heard in July. The PIL plea, filed in March this year, states that HC is "facing...

[Fake Marriages] 'Verifiable Registration System Needed': Allahabad HC Suo Moto Directs UP Govt To Amend 2017 Rules

In a significant order, the Allahabad High Court, in its suo moto writ jurisdiction, directed the State Government to amend Uttar Pradesh Marriage Registration Rules, 2017, within 6 months so that a robust and verifiable marriage registration mechanism comes into existence, ensuring the validity and sanctity of marriages. A bench of Justice Vinod Diwakar passed this direction...

Manav Sharma Suicide | 'General Allegations': Allahabad High Court Grants Bail To Wife's Mother & Sister

In the abetment of the suicide case of 25-year-old TCS Manager, Manav Sharma, the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday granted bail to his mother-in-law as well as his sister-in-law.A bench of Justice Sameer Jain noted that only general allegations have been levelled against them and that there was merit in the argument of the applicants that there is no cogent evidence of abetment against them...

Allahabad HC Recalls Direction To Bank Of Baroda To Compensate Auction Purchaser Over Its 'Arbitrary' Action

The Allahabad High Court last week recalled its direction to Bank of Baroda to compensate the successful bidder (the auction purchaser) for its alleged 'arbitrary' action to return the auctioned property to the defaulting borrower (the original borrower), despite accepting the earnest money from the bidder. For context, on April 9, the court passed this order while dealing with a...

Sambhal Masjid A Protected Monument; Hindu Plaintiffs Only Seek Access, Religious Character Not Being Changed: Allahabad HC

Rejecting the Mosque Committee's plea against the trial court's November 2024 order directing an Advocate Commissioner to survey the Sambhal's Shahi Jama Masjid, the Allahabad High Court today upheld the trial court's order.With this, a bench of Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal opined that prima facie the suit filed by the Hindu plaintiffs - claiming that the Mosque was built in 1526...

BREAKING | Sambhal Masjid Row: Allahabad High Court Upholds Trial Court's Survey Order, Says Hindu Plaintiffs' Suit 'Not Barred'

The Allahabad High Court today rejected Mosque Committee's plea against the trial court's order passed on November 19 directing an Advocate Commissioner to survey the mosque in a suit which claimed that the mosque was built after destroying a temple.With this, a bench of Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal has upheld the trial court's survey order. It also added that the Hindu Plaintiffs is prima...