Allahabad High Court Extends Interim Orders Passed By It And Subordinate Courts Till August 17

Noting that the Covid-19 situation has improved and taking into account the fact that the Courts are also working physically, the Allahabad High Court has decided today expressed its reservation (initially) to further extend all interim orders, etc, however, due to the prayer of the bar, the Court did extend the orders for another 15 days.The said order reproduced below, has now been extended by a Division Bench comprising of Acting Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice Subhash Chandra Sharma till August 17:All interim orders passed by the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad as well as at Lucknow, all the District Courts, Civil Courts, Family Courts, Labour Courts, Industrial Tribunals and all other Tribunals or Quasi-Judicial forums in the State of Uttar Pradesh over which this Court has power of superintendence which were subsisting on 15.03.2021 shall stand extended till 31.05.2021 (now August 17).The interim orders or directions of this Court or any court subordinate to this Court in the State of Uttar Pradesh which are meant to operate till further orders shall continue to remain in force until modified by specific order of the court concerned.The criminal courts in the State of Uttar Pradesh which granted bail orders or anticipatory bail for a limited period, which are likely to expire, on or before 31.05.2021 shall stand extended for a period till that date i.e. 31.05.2021 (now August 17).Any orders of eviction, dispossession or demolition, already passed by the High Court, District Court or Civil Court, if not executed till the date of passing of this order shall remain in abeyance for the period till 31.05.2021 (now August 17).Importantly, after the expiry of 15 days, the operation of the Court's order shall come to an end, if not extended any further.Apart from this, the following two orders (which formed part of the previous order of 31st May) shall not continue furthermore, and they are:The State Government, Municipal Authorities, other Local Bodies and agencies and instrumentalities of the State Government shall be slow in taking action of demolition and eviction of persons till 31.05.2021 (now August 2).Any Bank or Financial Institution shall not take any action for auction in respect of any property or an institute or person or party or anybody corporate till 31.05.2021 (now August 2).Lastly, the Court posted the matter for further hearing on August 17, 2021, the Court did not dispose of the petition rather keeping it pending to watch the situation and if it finds it necessary, it will pass an appropriate order thereupon. Case Title: In Re Suo Moto v. State of UPClick Here To Download OrderRead Order

Allahabad High Court Extends Interim Orders Passed By It And Subordinate Courts Till August 17

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