Allahabad High Court
Allahabad High Court Grants Bail To IIT-BHU Student Gangrape Accused In UP Gangsters Act Case
The Allahabad High Court has granted bail to a man booked under the UP Gangsters Act, who is one of the accused in the notorious gangrape case involving a 20-year-old student from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) – Banaras Hindu University (BHU). The accused, Saksham Patel, an alleged member of the BJP IT Cell, was arrested in December last year, and he has been in jail...
Sambhal Violence | Inquiry Panel Already Formed By UP Govt: Allahabad HC Allows Withdrawal Of PIL Seeking SIT Probe
The Allahabad High Court today allowed the withdrawal of a PIL plea seeking a Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe under the chairmanship of a retired HC judge into the alleged involvement of the Uttar Pradesh government, its administrative officials, including the District Magistrate (DM) and Superintendent of Police (SP), in the violence that erupted in Sambhal earlier this week. A...
Allahabad High Court Flags Trend Of Filing PILs Without Due Research, Upholds 75K Cost On Litigant
While upholding the cost of Rs. 75,000 imposed by the Single Judge in a PIL under the U.P. Revenue Code, 2006, a division bench of the Allahabad High Court observed that more Public Interest Litigations are being filed to wreck vengeance on parties rather than for public cause. In doing so the Court also observed that the PILs were being filed without due research and based on...
Allahabad High Court CJ-Led Bench Directs Listing Of PIL Seeking CBI Probe Into Sambhal Violence Before Appropriate Bench
The Chief Justice Arun Bhansali-led Bench of the Allahabad High Court today directed the listing of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea seeking a CBI probe into the violence that erupted last month in Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh, before a bench with the jurisdiction to hear criminal PILs. The Bench, headed by Chief Justice Bhansali and comprising Justice Vikas Budhwar, currently...
District Required To Pay Panel Advocates For All Matters They Received Notice For And Appeared In: Allahabad High Court
In a recent case, the Allahabad High Court directed the District of Jaunpur to pay an ex-panel advocate the outstanding fees they owed him. A division bench comprising Justice Shekhar B. Saraf and Justice Vipin Chandra Dixit held that the district was required to compensate the advocate for all the cases where he received notices and appeared before the Court.By letter dated 16.05.2013,...
'No Sanction; Communal Tension Over Pipal Tree': UP Govt Justifies Objection To Renovation Of 19th Century Ayodhya Mosque In High Court
The Uttar Pradesh government last week strongly objected to the renovation and repair work of the 19th-century Hussaini Mosque in Ayodhya, citing an attempt by the Mosque Committee to undertake construction on the mosque's land without proper sanction. The objection was raised before the Allahabad High Court, where the Additional Chief Standing Counsel justified the Govt's stance...
Whether Woman Allegedly Gang-Raped, Pushed Out Of Train In 2016 Compensated Under Railways Act? Asks Allahabad HC
The Allahabad High Court has asked the Union Ministry of Railways whether it has compensated a 35-year-old woman who was allegedly pushed out of a moving train after being gang-raped in 2016, resulting in the loss of her right leg, under the Railways Act of 1989. A bench of Chief Justice Arun Bhansali and Justice Jaspreet Singh made the query while hearing a suo motu Public...
Take Decision On Relocation/Rehabilitation Of Hathras Rape Victim's Family By Jan 8: Allahabad HC Directs UP Govt
The Allahabad High Court has directed the state government to take a decision by January 8 and apprise the court with regard to the relocation and rehabilitation (at Ghaziabad or Noida) of the family members of the Hathras gang rape and murder victim. A bench of Justice Rajan Roy and Justice Jaspreet Singh directed the family to make a formal application to the Hathras...
Krishna Janmabhumi Row | Wrong Reporting Of Court Proceedings Would Amount To Contempt: Allahabad HC Directs Media To Observe Restraint
In the ongoing Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Eidgah Mosque dispute in Mathura, the Allahabad High Court has warned the media sternly regarding the irresponsible or incorrect reporting of court proceedings. The court emphasized that any such reporting, which misrepresents the proceedings or orders in the case, may prima facie amount to contempt of the Court. “…this Court expects that...
Allahabad HC Bench Recuses From Hearing Mohammed Zubair's Plea Against UP Police FIR Over 'X Post' On Yati Narsinhanand
A bench of Allahabad High Court comprising Justice Mahesh Chandra Tripathi and Justice Prashant Kumar today RECUSED from hearing a plea moved by challenging an FIR lodged by the Ghaziabad Police last month accusing him of promoting enmity among religious groups following a complaint by an associate of controversial priest Yati Narsinghanand.The bench recused itself within 20 minutes of...
Relief Hit By S. 438(1)(ii) CrPC: Allahabad HC Cancels Advocate's Anticipatory Bail In Extortion Case For Concealing Criminal Antecedents
The Allahabad High Court recently cancelled anticipatory bail granted to an advocate in an extortion case, noting that he had not mentioned the factum of previous criminal antecedents before the trial court, which granted him the relief. A bench of Justice Krishan Pahal emphasized that one of the crucial factors in granting anticipatory bail is the criminal antecedents of the...
Allahabad High Court Directs State GST Dept To Not Initiate Action For Assessment Years In Which Central GST Had Already Acted
The Allahabad High Court has directed the State Goods and Service Tax Authorities to not take action for any assessment year in which the Central Goods and Service Tax Authorities have already taken action. Petitioner approached the High Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India against the actions taken by the State and Central GST Authorities for the same assessment...