Allahabad High Court
Allahabad High Court Weekly Round-Up : May 26 - June 1, 2025
NOMINAL INDEX Meenu Rajvanshi v. Brijesh 2025 LiveLaw (AB) 191 Azhar Ali v. State Of U.P. And 2 Others 2025 LiveLaw (AB) 192 Rajendra Prasad Tripathi vs. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited Through Chairman 2025 LiveLaw (AB) 193 In re Ashok Pandey 2025 LiveLaw (AB) 194 Lavkush Tiwari And 1486 Others v. The State Of U.P. And 2 Others 2025 LiveLaw (AB) 195 Tinku...
Marriage Can Be Dissolved By Mutual Consent If One Spouse Files Criminal Case Against The Other Within 1 Year: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that if after filing of criminal case by one spouse against other, the parties have approached the court for divorce by the mutual consent, the same must be granted by invoking the proviso to Section 14 (1) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955.Section 13-B of the Hindu Marriage Act provides for divorce by mutual consent. Section 14 of the Act mandates that no...
Chhattisgarh Liquor Scam | 'Grounds Of Arrest Not Supplied In Writing': Allahabad HC Declares Arrest Of Two Accused In UP FIR 'Illegal'
The Allahabad High Court last week declared the arrests of Anwar Dhebar, a businessman and brother of the former Raipur Mayor, and former IAS officer Anil Tuteja, both accused in a money laundering case linked to the alleged ₹2,000 crore Chhattisgarh liquor scam, as illegal.A bench of Justice Siddhartha Varma and Justice Madan Pal Singh granted them bail in the FIR lodged agains them...
Allahabad HC Seeks UP Govt's Reply On PIL Against Proposed Demolition For Banke Bihari Temple Corridor Project
The Allahabad High Court has sought a response from the Uttar Pradesh Government on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition challenging the proposed demolition of the 'Kunj Galis' (lanes) of Vrindavan and the temples surrounding the revered Thakur Shri Bankey Bihari Ji Maharaj temple. The plea, filed by Pankaj Saraswat in 2023, urges the authorities not to alter...
Allahabad High Court Rejects Patanjali's Plea Against ₹273.5 Crore GST Penalty
The Allahabad High Court has directed continuation of proceedings under Section 122 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 against M/s Patanjali Ayurved limited's 3 plants even though proceedings under Section 74 of the Act have been dropped against them.The bench of Justice Shekhar B. Saraf and Justice Vipin Chandra Dixit held “Under the present GST regime, persons who are not...
Moradabad Mob Lynching | Allahabad HC Seeks UP Govt's Reply On Plea Of Victim's Brother For SIT Probe, ₹50 Lakh Compensation
The brother of a 37-year-old man killed on suspicion of slaughtering cattle in Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad district has moved the Allahabad High Court seeking a probe into the incident by a Special Investigating Team (SIT) and Rs. 50 Lakh as compensation for the family of the deceased. Hearing the plea last week, a bench of Justice Siddharth and Justice Ram Manohar Narayan...
[Employees Provident Fund Act] No Appeal Lies Against Rejection Of Review Plea, Writ Petition Is Maintainable: Allahabad High Court
Relying on its earlier decision in Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology Vs. Regional Provident Fund Commissioner-II and Another, the Allahabad High Court has reiterated that a writ petition would be maintainable against the order in review under Section 7-B of the Employees Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 as no statutory appeal is provided...
Return Of 'Stridhan' Must Be Determined In Proceedings Under Hindu Marriage Act, Not On Separate Application U/S 27: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that distribution of properties of the parties, including return of “stree dhan”, must be determined in proceedings under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 and not upon separate application being made under Section 27 of the Act.The bench of Justice Arindam Sinha and Justice Avnish Saxena held, “return of 'stree dhan' has to be an issue, to be determined...
Court Must See If Company Is A Threat To Commercial World For Winding Up U/S 433(f) Of Companies Act: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that for winding up of a company under Section 433(f) of the the Companies Act, the Court must opine that the company is a threat to the commercial world if it remains in existence.Rejecting the application for winding up of a company, Justice Pankaj Bhatia held “To appreciate a case for winding up of a company on the ground that it is just and equitable, it...
Chief Justice Of India BR Gavai Inaugurates Allahabad High Court Advocates' Chambers & Multilevel Parking
Chief Justice of India Justice B.R. Gavai on Saturday (May 31) inaugurated the High Court Advocates' Chambers and Multilevel Parking in Prayagraj. The building is situated behind the Allahabad High Court building but within the premises of the High Court.Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was present as the Guest of Honor. Union Minister of Law and Justice Arjun Ram Meghawal was...
'CrPC (UP Amendment) Act 2018' Containing Restrictions On Grant Of Anticipatory Bail Stands Impliedly Repealed By BNSS: Allahabad HC
The Allahabad High Court has observed that with the enactment of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023, the Criminal Procedure Code (UP Amendment) Act, 2018 - which imposed restrictions on the grant of anticipatory bail in the State (effective from June 6, 2019), in cases under specific laws including the UP Gangsters Act - stands 'impliedly repealed'. A bench...
'Process Underway; Grievance May Resolve By July': Allahabad HC Adjourns PIL For Expeditious Filling Of Judicial Vacancies In HC
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, the Allahabad High Court today noted that the process is underway.A bench of Justice Vivek Kumar Birla and Justice Jitendra Kumar Sinha briefly heard the matter and adjourned it to July, as it orally remarked that grievances raised...