Allahabad High Court
Allahabad High Court Directs UP DGP To Ensure Passport Verification Reports Reflect Current Status Of Criminal Proceedings
The Allahabad High Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police (DGP) to ensure that police verification reports submitted for passport applications disclose the current status of criminal proceedings, including whether a charge-sheet has been filed before a court and whether cognizance has been taken.A bench of Justice Ajit Kumar and Justice Garima Prashad observed that...
Forgery Offence U/S 467 IPC Not 'Heinous' But 'Serious' Under JJ Act As It Doesn't Prescribe 7-Yr Minimum Sentence: Allahabad High Court
Section 467 IPC offence is serious, not heinous for the purposes of the JJ Act, as it prescribes no minimum 7-year sentence.
Allahabad High Court Issues Statewide Directions To Prevent Child Marriages, Bars Aadhaar-Only Age Verification
Marriage registration certificates cannot be issued where age is unverified or birth records contain discrepancies, HC directed
High Court Bars 300 Advocates From Voting In Oudh Bar Polls; Directs UP Bar Council To Develop Online COP Verification System
The Allahabad High Court has barred 300 advocates from voting in the upcoming Oudh Bar Association elections scheduled for October 28 over issues with their Certificates of Practice (COP).The Court has also directed the Uttar Pradesh State Bar Council to develop an online COP verification system within six months. A bench of Justice Rajan Roy and Justice Manjive Shukla passed the order in...
Allahabad High Court Dismisses PIL Challenging 18% GST On Online Legal Research Database
The Allahabad High Court on Monday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea challenging the levy of 18% Goods and Services Tax (GST) on online legal research and legal educational data based services.The Court questioned as to why the advocate who filed the plea in 2026 had suddenly become aware of the alleged unreasonableness of the tax when the tax rates were in force since...
Missing RT-PCR Report No Ground To Deny COVID-19 Compensation When Hospital Records Confirm Infection: Allahabad High Court
Families dealing with serious illness, death could not be expected to obtain and preserve every medical paper, Court said.
S. 14 Family Courts Act Doesn't Exempt Family Courts From Fundamental Rules Of Proof & Natural Justice: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that the partial freedom from the Evidence Act which Section 14 of the Family Courts Act, 1984 gives to Family Courts does not release them from the ordinary principles of proof or from the rules of natural justice. It held that custody could not be decided on an affidavit filed by the father when he never presented himself for cross-examination.Setting aside...
Prescribed Authority Under UP Ceiling Act Not A Civil Court, Its Orders Are Amenable To Article 226: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that the Prescribed Authority under the U.P. Imposition of Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1960 is not a Civil Court and that an order passed by it can be challenged by way of a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. It held that the powers and privileges of a Civil Court conferred on the Prescribed Authority by Section 37 of the Act do...
LiveLaw Allahabad High Court Weekly Round-Up: October 19 - October 25, 2026
NOMINAL INDEX Arvind Pandey and Another vs. State of U.P. and 4 Others 2026 LiveLaw (AB) 860 Nandlal Rai Alias Babloo Rai vs. State of U.P. 2026 LiveLaw (AB) 861 XYZ vs. University of Allahabad through its Registrar and 4 others 2026 LiveLaw (AB) 862 X Rape Victim vs. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Women Welfare Deptt. Lko and 3 others 2026 LiveLaw (AB) 863 Ashok Bahar...
Allahabad High Court Orders SSP Meerut To Remain In Courtroom Till 4 PM Over Failure To Produce Accused Before HC Despite NBW
The Allahabad High Court last week directed the Meerut Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) BBGTS Murthy, to remain in court until 4 PM after an accused, against whom it had issued a non-bailable warrant, was not produced before the High Court.A bench of Justice Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal observed that although there appeared to be negligence on the part of the SSP's subordinates, the SSP...
