Allahabad High Court
WhatsApp Moves Allahabad HC Against SCDRC's Order Holding A Consumer Complaint To Be Maintainable Against It
Meta-owned instant messaging app WhatsApp has moved the Allahabad High Court 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. In its petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India,...
Can't File Miscellaneous Application To Seek Interest On Gratuity After Disposal Of Writ Petition: Allahabad HC
Allahabad High Court: A single judge bench of Justice Prakash Singh dismissed an application seeking interest on delayed gratuity, filed by a retired office assistant. The court held that once a writ petition is finally decided, a miscellaneous application seeking substantive reliefs like interest, is not maintainable. The court explained that gratuity and pension are statutory rights...
“Prayagraj Is Under Grip Of Medical Mafias”: Allahabad High Court On Condition Of Swaroop Rani Nehru Hospital, Issues Directions
Noting the pathetic condition of the State run Swaroop Rani Nehru Hospital, the Allahabad High Court observed that there is a nexus between medical mafias and the staff of the hospital which is forcing the poor patients to approach private facilities of the doctors working in government hospitals.While dealing with a case arising from consumer forum where a doctor working at the Swaroop...
Allahabad HC Issues Notice On Plea Alleging Distinction Between The Words 'Institution' And 'University'
The Allahabad High Court at Lucknow has recently issued notice in a writ petition alleging distinction between the word 'institution' and 'university' under the University Grants Commission Act, 1956.The petitioners obtained degrees in Bachelors Degree in Physiotherapy and Bachelors Degree in Science (Medical Laboratory Technology) in different years from Sanskriti University, which is...
Allahabad High Court Upholds Denial Of EWS Reservation To 69,000 Assistant Teachers As Recruited Candidates Were Not Made Party To Suit
The Allahabad High Court has upheld the order of a Single Judge, denying the benefit of reservation under the Economically Weaker Section category for recruitment to the post of Assistant Teachers held in 2020.The Single Judge had refused to extend the benefit to the candidates of the recruitment held in 2020 as the process was initiated before the enactment of the Uttar Pradesh Public...
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...