'Act Not Harming Society': Allahabad HC Grants Anticipatory Bail In Case Over Alleged Post Questioning Govt After Pahalgam Attack

The Allahabad High Court on Monday granted anticipatory bail to one Azaz Ahmad, who has been booked under Sections 353(3) and 152 BNS for allegedly making a post on social media questioning the government following the recent Pahalgam terror attack in Jammu & Kashmir. While allowing the bail plea, a bench of Justice Vikram D Chauhan observed that the AGA was not able to show...

Zonal Office Committee Report For Classification Of Bank Employee As 'Fraud' Must Be Supplied To Delinquent: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held the report of Zonal Office Committee for Classification of Fraud must be provided to the delinquent employee to enable him to challenge it. It also held that if procedures prescribed in the RBI Master Direction are followed, the order labelling delinquent employee “fraudulent” can stand and he/she can pursue appropriate legal remedy against the report of...

Allahabad HC Directs SSP's Personal Appearance Over Failure To Provide Police Force To Judge Executing Commission

The Allahabad High Court last week passed an order directing the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Gorakhpur, to appear in person and explain why he failed to comply with its order to provide necessary police force to the Judge Small Cause Court, who was executing HC's Commission. A bench of Justice JJ Munir was dealing with a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by...

Litigants Can't Be Compelled To Deposit Higher Amounts For Instituting Proceedings; ₹125 Cap On Photo-Identification Fee: Allahabad HC

While partially upholding the order of the Single Judge removing excessive fee for photo identification at the Allahabad High Court, the Lucknow Bench held that amounts higher than those prescribed in office memorandum dated 22.11.2024 cannot be charged from litigants to file cases or affidavits in the High Court.While observing that there was a difference in the receipts printed at the...

Allahabad High Court Dismisses Pleas Challenging UP Govt's Primary School Merger Plan

The Allahabad High Court has dismissed two petitions challenging the Uttar Pradesh Basic Education Department's plan of merging government primary and upper primary schools that have less than 50 enrolled students.A bench of Justice Pankaj Bhatia thus upheld the State Government's decision for 'pairing' of eligible schools with nearby educational facilities so as to make the education...

'Fake' Degree Row : Allahabad HC Dismisses Plea Seeking Criminal Case Against Dy CM Keshav Maurya

The Allahabad High Court on Monday dismissed a petition seeking the registration of a criminal case against Senior BJP Leader and Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya over allegations of submitting fake educational degrees while contesting elections and obtaining a petrol pump dealership. The bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar Singh rejected the plea filed by Diwakar...

Developer Can't Be Blamed For Delay When Plea Seeking Permission For Construction Kept Pending By Development Authority: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has observed that when the application for grant of permission for construction has been kept pending by the Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA), the developer cannot be blamed for not constructing flats within the stipulated period in the lease deed.While granting relief to M/s Kinetic Buildtech Pvt. Ltd., petitioner on cancellation of allotment...

Allahabad HC Restrains UP Police From Making Late-Night Domiciliary Visits To Alleged History-Sheeter

The Allahabad High Court recently restrained the Uttar Pradesh Police from making late-night 'domiciliary' visits to a man against whom a history sheet has been opened. A bench of Justice JJ Munir and Justice Anil Kumar-X referred to the Supreme Court's judgment in the celebrated case of Kharak Singh vs The State Of U. P. & Others, wherein it was held that the police cannot...

Allahabad HC Grants Bail To Ex-IIS Officer Accused Of Killing Lawyer-Wife, Hiding In Closet To Evade Arrest

The Allahabad High Court has granted bail to former Indian Information Service officer Nitin Nath Singh, accused of murdering his wife, Renu Sinha (a lawyer by profession), in 2023 and then allegedly hiding in the storeroom of his Noida home to evade arrest. A bench of Justice Siddharth granted him bail, noting that he is a senior citizen and not a hardened criminal who could pose...

Digital Technology Altering Face Of Crime; Circulation Of Indecent Images On Social Media Can Destroy Lives: Allahabad HC

Refusing to grant bail to a man accused of circulating indecent photographs of a woman via WhatsApp, the Allahabad High Court recently observed that when such images are shared on public platforms, they have the potential to "destroy lives". "Digital technology is altering the face of crime. Indecent pictures of a person when circulated on public platforms by social media can...

'Alarming Situation': Allahabad HC Flags Non-Functioning Of DRT Prayagraj, Asks Finance Ministry To Expedite Appointments

The Allahabad High Court on Friday took note of the prolonged non-functioning of the Debts Recovery Tribunal (DRT) at Prayagraj due to a lack of a presiding officer. Terming the situation as 'alarming', it urged the Ministry of Finance to urgently fill up the vacant posts at DRT. A bench of Justice Shekhar B Saraf and Justice Praveen Kumar Giri passed the order while hearing a...

'Criminality Stood Washed Off': Allahabad HC Grants Bail To POCSO Convict Noting Marriage With Prosecutrix, Birth Of Child

The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday granted bail to a man convicted under the POCSO Act, noting that he had married the prosecutrix and the couple were living together as husband and wife, with a child born out of their wedlock. Though observing that the convict's act was "not only illegal but also immoral", a bench of Justice Rajeev Misra opined that the "criminality, if any,...