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District Magistrate Alone Can Convene No-Confidence Meeting Against Cooperative Society Chairman: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that the power to convene a meeting for consideration of a no-confidence motion against the Chairman of a cooperative society vests exclusively in the District Magistrate as the specified authority under Rule 465 of the U.P. Co-operative Societies Rules, 1968, and cannot be delegated or sub-delegated. It held that where any other officer fixes the time, date...

Railway Cant Deny Electricity Connection Citing Private Land When It Alone Can Supply Power: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that the Railway Administration cannot refuse an electricity connection on the ground that the premises stand on private land, where the site lies in the midst of Railway property and the Railway alone is in a position to supply electricity. It held that access to electricity is a fundamental right under Article 21 of the Constitution of India, and that...

Sale Deed Cancellation Alone Doesnt Permit Dispossession Without Eviction Order: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that a decree which only cancels a sale deed, and carries no direction for eviction or delivery of possession, does not authorise the decree-holder to remove the occupant from the property. It held that a person in long and settled possession makes out a prima facie case for temporary injunction even where the sale deed on which his claim of title rests...

Shiksha Mitras Cant Claim Parity With Pre-TET In-Service Teachers, Exclusion Not Violative Of Articles 14 & 16: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that the exclusion of Shiksha Mitras from the Special Teacher Eligibility Test notified for in-service teachers does not offend Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India. It held that teachers already in service when the Teacher Eligibility Test was made mandatory form a distinct class, and that the Special TET is a transitional measure enabling that...

S. 16(1) UP Gangsters Act: DM Must Refer Matter To Court After Rejecting Plea For Release Of Attached Property: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court clarified that a District Magistrate must refer a matter to the competent court under Section 16(1) of the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986, after rejecting a plea seeking release of property attached under the Gangsters Act.A bench of Justice Ajay Bhanot and Justice Divesh Chandra Samant made the observation while quashing...

Disgraceful & Demeaning: Allahabad High Court Directs Action Against Advocate For Solemnizing Child Marriage In Chamber

The Allahabad High Court has directed criminal action against an advocate for solemnizing a child marriage in his chamber within the District Court premises at Kanpur Nagar. The Court termed his conduct was "disgraceful and demeaning to the noble profession of advocacy". A bench of Justice Rajnish Kumar and Justice Babita Rani also directed the Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh to take...

Subsequent Abeyance Of Debarment Cant Retrospectively Make Bidder Eligible On Bid Due Date: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that where a tender document declares an entity ineligible to bid if a governmental debarment subsists on the bid due date, an order later keeping that debarment in abeyance operates only from the date it is passed and does not relate back to make the bidder eligible on the due date.Clause 2.1.18 of the Request for Proposal provided that an entity barred by...

Land Acquisition Authority Award Executable As Decree By District Judge, However Cant Entertain Objections On Merits: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that an award of the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Authority (LARRA) under the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, being a deemed decree, is executable by the District Court.Justice Jaspreet Singh held that the District Court executing it acts merely as an executory...

Landlord Need Not Personally Occupy Premises For Sons Business To Support Eviction: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that the expression “required by landlord” in the first limb of Section 21(2)(m) of the Uttar Pradesh Regulation of Urban Premises Tenancy Act, 2021 does not require the landlord to be in physical occupation of the premises himself. It held that where premises in their existing form are sought for setting up or carrying on the business of the landlord's...

Land Acquisition Authority Has No Power To Execute Its Own Award, Power Of Execution Cant Be Read Into Statute: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Authority (LARRA) constituted under the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 has no power, authority or jurisdiction to execute its own award. It held that no such power has been conferred by the Act, that no rules conferring it...

Meritorious Reserved Candidates Must Be Adjusted In Unreserved Category At Screening Stage, Not Only Final Selection: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that a reserved category candidate who scores above the unreserved cut-off must be counted in the unreserved category at the preliminary or screening test stage itself, and not only when the final select list is drawn up, where the marks of the screening test are carried into the final merit. Condition no. 10 of the advertisement dated 22.12.2025 stipulated...