Allahabad High Court
Allahabad HC Rejects PIL Seeking Ban On Printing, Circulation Of Textbook Claiming 'Goddess Gayatri' Is 'Fictitious'
The Allahabad High Court has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea seeking a total and complete ban on the printing, publication, distribution and circulation of the textbook 'Tathakathit Gayatri Devi Mantra Ki Vastavikta'. The PIL plea claims that the textbook written by Sant Gyaneshwar Swami Sadanand Ji Parmhans argues that Goddess Gayatri, the personified form...
Allahabad High Court Dismisses PIL Seeking A CBI Probe Into Mahakumbh Mela Stampede
The Allahabad High Court last week dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea seeking a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the stampede at the Mahakumbh Mela in Allahabad (January 29), which killed 30 people and left 60 more injured. The PIL plea moved by Keshar Singh and 2 others also sought a direction to the respondents to submit a “complete report”...
Proceedings U/S 129 Of GST Act Are Summary Proceedings, Burden To Prove Actual Movement Of Goods Lies On Assesee: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that proceedings under section 129 of the GST Act are summary proceedings where the burden to prove the actual physical movement of goods is on the assesee transporting the goods. It further held that authorities have the power to seize goods on grounds of undervaluation.Justice Piyush Agrawal held, “Under the taxing statute, in the original proceeding or...
Approval Granted 30 Yrs Ago Can't Be Withdrawn On Ground That Post Was Not Created By Competent Authority: Allahabad High Court
Allahabad High Court has held that approval for a post sanctioned 30 years ago cannot be withdrawn only on grounds that it was not created by competent authority. It held that the person employed on such post cannot be denied salary after 30 years of continuous work and being paid without allegations of fraud or malpractice.Madarsa Jamia Alia Arabia Alinagar, Mau is a non-government...
Allahabad High Court Imposes ₹50K Cost On Centre, Railways For Denying Notional Increment To Employees Retiring A Day Before July 1
The Allahabad High Court has imposed a cost of Rs. 50,000 on the Union of India and various departments of Indian Railways for denying the benefit of notional increment to employees retiring on 30th June, despite the decision of the Supreme Court in Director (Administration and Human Resources) KPTCL and others v. C.P. Mundinamani and others and Union of India & Ors. Vs M....
'Avoid Ambiguity, Specify Essential Qualification': Allahabad HC Directs AMU To Ensure Clarity In Future Advertisements For Lecturer Posts
The Allahabad High Court has recently directed the Registrar of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) to be cautious and precise in its future advertisements for the posts of Lecturer, ensuring that no ambiguity surrounds the eligibility criteria. “…such ambiguity should be removed i.e. words shall be chosen carefully and instead of ambiguous words...
AMU Student Booked Over Anti-CAA Protests Moves Allahabad High Court Challenging Cognizance Order
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 public servant's order has moved the Allahabad High Court challenging the cognizance order, the chargesheet, and the entire case proceedings. The petitioner, Misbah Qaiser, a B.Arch. Student at the...
Manav Sharma Suicide | 'FIR Prima Facie Reveals Commission Of Cognizable Offence': Allahabad HC Denies Relief To In-Laws
In the abetment of the suicide case of 25-year-old TCS Manager, Manav Sharma, the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday refused to quash an FIR lodged against his in-laws in Agra. Noting that the FIR against them prima facie reveals the commission of the cognizable offence, a bench of Justice Mahesh Chandra Tripathi and Justice Prashant Kumar dismissed their writ plea. The...
High Court Slams ASI Over 'No Response' On Whitewashing Denial At Sambhal's Jama Mosque, Refers To It As 'Alleged Masjid'
Directing the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to carry out the whitewashing of the Sambhal Jama Masjid within a week, the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday criticised ASI for its inadequate response in denying the whitewashing of the mosque exterior part. “This Court finds that no suitable reply has been given by the ASI for denying to proceed for whitewashing of exterior part...
Allahabad HC Directs ASI To Undertake Whitewashing Of Sambhal's Jama Mosque Within 1 Week; Masjid Committee To Bear Costs
The Allahabad High Court has directed the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to carry out the whitewashing of the Sambhal Jama Masjid within one week, in accordance with the agreement signed in 1927 between the mosque management committee and the ASI. The ASI has been asked to carry out whitewashing on those parts where whitewashing is required. The court has also directed the...
'No Record Of His Engagement By Law Ministry': Allahabad HC On Lawyer's Plea For ₹1 Crore Legal Fees For 'Saving' Ex-CJI From 'Insult'
Dismissing a lawyer's plea seeking a direction to the Union Ministry of Law and Justice to pay him Rs. 1 crore legal fees for filing cases to save the then Chief Justice of India, Justice Dipak Misra, from "humiliation, insult, torture, and removal”, the Allahabad High Court observed in its order that there is nothing on record to indicate that the Ministry had ever engaged him...
Writ Petition Maintainable Against Private Bank Acting Outside License Terms: Allahabad HC On Bank Unilaterally Freezing Customer's Account
The Allahabad High Court has held that a writ petition is maintainable against a scheduled private bank under Article 226 of the Constitution of India if it prohibits a person/company from withdrawing their money from the bank which is a violation of the conditions of the license granted to the bank by the Reserve Bank of India.While dealing with Kotak Mahindra Bank's unilateral freezing of...