Allahabad High Court
Allahabad High Court Imposes ₹25 Lakh Cost On Loan Guarantors For Deliberately Prolonging Litigation On Auctioned Property
The Allahabad High Court imposed a cost of Rs. 25 lakhs on guarantors of a loan for deliberately prolonging litigation regarding a property auctioned in 2017.While directing the guarantors of the loan (petitioners) to vacate the auctioned premises and awarding the cost in favour of the auction purchaser, Justice Sangeeta Chandra held,“This Court having gone through the judicial precedents...
Allahabad HC Refuses Bail To Alleged SFJ Members Accused Of 'Recce' Around Ayodhya's Ram Temple Ahead Of Consecration Ceremony
The Allahabad High Court last week refused bail to two alleged 'Sikh For Justice' Members and Khalistani sympathisers, who were arrested in January last year on the allegations of conducting 'recce' around Ayodhya's Ram Janm Bhoomi Temple. A bench of Justice Sangeeta Chandra and Justice Shree Prakash Singh noted that the trial court, while denying bail to them had found prima...
Justice Arindam Sinha & Justice Chandra Dhari Singh Sworn-In As Judges Of Allahabad High Court
Justice Arindam Sinha and Justice Chandra Dhari Singh were sworn in as judges of the Allahabad High Court on Monday (April 7). Justice Arindam Sinha was appointed as an Additional Judge of the Calcutta High Court on October 30, 2013 and as a permanent Judge on March 14, 2016. He was later on transferred to Orissa High Court and where he took oath on October 08, 2021. In the Orissa High Court,...
Allahabad High Court Stays Criminal Proceedings Against AMU Student Booked Over Anti-CAA Protests In 2020
The Allahabad High Court last week stayed the entire criminal proceedings against a 25-year-old student of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) who is facing a 2020 FIR on the allegations of raising slogans during the CAA-NRC protests and thereby disobeying a public servant's order. The petitioner, Misbah Qaiser, a B.Arch. Student at the university had been booked under Section...
Justice Yashwant Varma Takes Oath As Judge Of Allahabad High Court Amidst In-House Inquiry Over Cash Row
Justice Yashwant Varma, who is facing an in-house inquiry over allegations of unaccounted cash found at his official residence in Delhi, today took oath as a judge of the Allahabad High Court. Unlike the usual public oath-taking ceremonies organized for judges, where the event is often attended by various dignitaries and made a formal occasion, Justice Varma took his oath in a...
Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Elevation Of 8 Judicial Officers As Allahabad HC Judge
The Supreme Court Collegium on April 2 resolved to recommend the names of eight judicial officers to be appointed as the judges of the Allahabad High Court. They are: 1. Shri Jitendra Kumar Sinha, 2. Shri Abdul Shahid, 3. Shri Anil Kumar-X, 4. Shri Tej Pratap Tiwari, 5. Shri Sandeep Jain, 6. Shri Avnish Saxena, 7. Shri Madan Pal Singh, and 8. Shri Harvir Singh.Click here to read the...
Savarkar Defamation Case | Allahabad High Court Refuses To Quash Summoning Order Against Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi
The Allahabad High Court today refused relief to Leader of Opposition, Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi in VD Savarkar Defamation Case pending before an Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate's Court in Lucknow. Gandhi moved the HC, challenging an order of the court summoning him as an accused in December of last year. In his plea, Gandhi had also challenged an order of the Sessions Court...
Witness Does Not Agree To Terms & Conditions Of A Document, Person Executing It Does: Allahabad High Court
While drawing a distinction between a witness to a document and a person who executes such document, the Allahabad High Court held that a witness does not agree to the terms and conditions of the document, whereas a person executing the same does.Respondent no.3 was allotted the property in question in an auction for retail outlet dealership. Petitioner filed a complaint against the...
Allahabad High Court Imposes ₹15 Lakh Cost On 'Unscrupulous' Tenant For Withholding Property For 45-Yrs Without Paying Rent
Last week, the Allahabad High Court imposed a cost of Rs. 15 lakhs on a tenant for withholding property and not paying rent for more that 45 years to the landlady who wanted the property back to start a factory for her newly graduated son.While dismissing the tenant's petition against appellate authority order directing release of property, Justice Pankaj Bhatia held,“In the present...
PIL Moved In Allahabad HC Against Administering Of Oath To Justice Yashwant Varma, Seeks Quashing Of His Transfer Order
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea has been filed in the Allahabad High Court seeking a directive to the Chief Justice of the High Court to refrain from administering the oath of office to Judge Yashwant Varma, who is currently facing an in-house inquiry over allegations of keeping illicit cash at his official residential premises. The PIL, filed by Vikash Chaturvedi, an...
Conversion To Islam Is Bona Fide If Driven By Free Will & Belief In Oneness Of 'Allah' & Prophetic Character Of 'Muhammad': Allahabad HC
The Allahabad High Court has observed that a conversion of religion by an individual to Islam can be said to be bona fide if he/she is a major, of sound mind and embraces Islam by his/her freewill and because of his/her faith and belief in the "oneness of God (Allah)" and "prophetic character of Muhammad".The Court further added that any religious conversion is considered bona fide when...
Unlawful Religious Conversion A Serious Offence, Court Can't Quash Proceedings Based On Settlement Between Parties: Allahabad HC
The Allahabad High Court has observed that unlawful religious conversion being a serious offence, the Court cannot quash the proceedings on the basis of a settlement between the parties. The Court also stressed that any compromise or settlement with respect to the offence of rape, against the honour of a woman, which shakes the very core of her life and tantamount to a serious blow...