Allahabad HC Rejects Rahul Gandhi's Plea Against Summoning Order In Defamation Case Over 'Remarks' On Indian Army

The Allahabad High Court (Lucknow bench) today DISMISSED a plea filed by LoP Rahul Gandhi against a Lucknow Court's order summoning him in a Defamation case filed over his alleged remark on the Indian Army during his Bharat Jodo Yatra in 2022.A bench of Justice Subhash Vidyarthi passed this order on Gandhi's plea, who had moved the HC challenging the defamation case as well as the summoning...

Classic Case Of Encroachment Being Claimed As A Waqf : Allahabad HC 'Surprised' At 'Illegal' Constructions On NHAI's Property

The Allahabad High Court has expressed surprise on the actions of the Waqf Madarsa Qasimul Uloom encroaching the land belonging to National Highways Authority of India, creating construction on the same, sub-letting it and charging rent on the property.Noting that the petitioner Waqf had encroached upon the land owned by NHAI, Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal observed that “This Court is...

DM Not Required To Decide Representations Of Persons Affected By Transmission Line Unless Telegraph Authority Refers It: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that under the Indian Telegraph Act the District Magistrate is only required to decide matters which have been referred to it by the Telegraph Authority. It held that District Magistrate is not required to pass orders on representations in every case where persons are affected by a transmission line.The bench of Justice Shekhar B. Saraf and Dr. Justice...

Allahabad High Court Refers Questions On High Court's Power To Quash FIR U/S 528 BNSS To Nine-Judge Bench

In a significant order, the Allahabad High Court on Tuesday referred to a nine-judge bench two key questions concerning the High Court's power to quash an FIR and the ensuing investigation using its inherent powers under Section 482 of the CrPC (corresponding to Section 528 of BNSS). A bench of Justice Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal referred the matter to a larger bench, given the HC's...

Allahabad High Court Grants Bail To BJP Leader Accused Of Beheading Friend In Agra

The Allahabad High Court on Monday granted bail to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Tinku Bhargav @ Yatendra, who was arrested in 2022 on the allegations of murdering his friend, Naveen Verma, a jeweller. A bench of Justice Ajay Bhanot granted him bail, noting that he is not a flight risk, has always cooperated with the investigation, and he undertook to cooperate with...

Village Policemen Not Equal To Home Guards: Allahabad High Court Refuse To Interfere With Their Remuneration

The Allahabad High Court has held that Village Policemen are not equal to Policemen working in regular establishment and Home Guards and are thus not entitled to basic pay disbursed to policemen working in regular police force. It held that the duties of the Village Policemen, who were first appointed during British Raj era, have now become rudimentary and have been taken over by...

Allahabad HC Rejects Advocate's Plea To Recall Order Sentencing Him To 6 Months In Jail For Calling Judges 'Goondas'

The Allahabad High Court on Monday refused to recall its April order sentencing Lucknow-based Advocate Ashok Pandey to six months' simple imprisonment for using abusive language against HC judges and calling them 'goondas' in open court in 2021. Pandey was found guilty of committing criminal contempt of court by a bench of Justice Vivek Chaudhary and Justice Brij Raj Singh, as...

When Two Procedures Exist Under Standing Orders, Management May Select Either Unless Mala Fide Proven: Allahabad HC

Allahabad High Court: A single judge bench of justice Brijraj Singh dismissed a writ petition, holding that Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) properly followed their Standing Orders by striking off the employee's name following his unauthorised absence. The court found that the employee was given adequate opportunity through show cause notices, and that the petition suffered...

Jamia Urdu "Distributing Degrees" Without Proper Classes: Allahabad High Court Denies Relief Of Appointment To Such Degree Holders

Stating that the minority educational institution Jamia Urdu, Aligarh is "distributing degrees" without proper classes, the Allahabad High Court denied to such degree holders any right to appointment as Assistant Teacher (Urdu Language) in Primary Schools run by Uttar Pradesh Basic Education Board.Petitioners (in connected cases) pleaded that they had all obtained degrees in Adib-E-Kamil...

Allahabad HC Stays Consumer Complaint Proceedings Against WhatsApp On Its Plea Against SCDRC's Order

The Allahabad High Court on Monday issued notice on the plea moved by Meta-owned instant messaging app WhatsApp challenging a recent order of the Uttar Pradesh State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (UPSCDRC) wherein it held that since WhatsApp provides 'services' to its 'users' in India, a consumer complaint against it would be maintainable. A bench of Justice Pankaj...

Spouse Can't Amend Pleadings To Seek Restitution Of Conjugal Rights After 10 Years Into Divorce Case, Dilatory Tactics: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that an amendment application in divorce proceedings cannot be allowed after a delay of 10 years when the party was aware of the facts at the time of institution of suit. It held that such amendment application is only to prolong litigation and cannot be entertained at the stage of final hearing.While dealing with wife's plea against allowing husband's...

Krishna Janmabhoomi Case | 'Pauranic Illustrations Considered Hearsay Evidence': Allahabad HC Rejects Deity-Radharani's Impleadment Plea

The Allahabad High Court last week rejected an application moved by Deity-Shriji Radha Rani Vrishbhanu Kumari Vrindavani (Goddess Radha) seeking impleadment as a party to one of the 18 suits pertaining to the Mathura Krishna Janambhoomi-Shahi Idgah dispute pending in the HC. The application, moved through next friend (Advocate Reena N Singh), claimed that the...