High Courts Weekly Roundup [October 4, 2021 To October 10, 2021]

Allahabad High Court 1. Magistrate Meeting BJP Leader In Chamber No Ground To Transfer Case: Allahabad High Court Dismisses Transfer Plea [Himanshu Singh v. State of Uttar Pradesh] The High Court rejected a plea to transfer a case to another court on the ground that the Magistrate presently hearing the case had met a Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) leader in his chamber. Justice Karunesh Singh Pawar observed that just because the Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) met a political leader, it cannot be the sole ground for transferring or withdrawing a case from a particular court. 2. Kashi Vishwanath Temple: Plea In Allahabad High Court Challenges 'Sugam Darshan' Calling It 'System Of Collecting Money' A PIL plea has been moved in the Allahabad High Court challenging the 'Sugam Darshan' system in the Shri Kashi Vishwanath Temple in Banaras, UP, which provides for 'VIP' (Very Important Person) mode of 'darshan' on payment of some amount. The plea has been moved by one Gajendra Singh Yadav, a law student averring that this system allows any person to become 'VIP' on payment of some amount and thereby discriminates against similarly situated people with not so much money. Also Read: Allahabad HC Seeks UP Bar Council's Reply On Procedure To Deal With Complaints Against Lawyers Practising With Forged degrees 3. UP Govt Appoints (Retd.) Allahabad HC Judge Led Commission To Probe Into 'Lakhimpur Kheri Violence' Uttar Pradesh Government has appointed a single-member judicial commission comprising retired Allahabad High Court judge Justice Pradeep Kumar Srivastava to probe into the Lakhimpur Kheri Violence. Issuing an order in this regard, the UP Government has asked the Commission to complete the inquiry into the matter and submit a report within a period of two months. Importantly, in the recent violent incident of Lakhimpur Kheri, a total of 8 people died, four of whom were mowed down by a vehicle allegedly being driven by the son of Union Minister and BJP MP Ajay Kumar Mishra. 4. Remove All Encroachment Including Mosque, Mazar In Chandrashekhar Azad Park Within 3 Days: Allahabad HC To UP Govt [Jitendra Singh Vishen & Anr. v. State Of U.P. And 9 Others] The High Court directed the Uttar Pradesh Government to remove, within three days, all the encroachments including Graves, Mazaars or Mosque constructed or created within the area of Alfred Park popularly known as Amar Shaheed Chandrasekhar Aazad Park (in Prayagraj). The Bench of Acting Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice Piyush Agarwal referred to Apex Court's ruling in Allahabad Ladies Club Versus Jitendra Nath Singh and others (2007) 11 SCC 609, to direct the authorities that all illegal encroachments in the park that came up after 1975 should be demolished within two days. 5. Allahabad High Court Berates Its Registry For Not Listing Pleas Challenging Uttar Pradesh 'Anti Love Jihad' Law As Scheduled [Saurabh Kumar v. State of U.P. and Another] The High Court berated its registry for not listing two pleas challenging the Uttar Pradesh 'Anti-Love' Jihad [U.P. Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act] which were scheduled to be heard today. The Court castigated the registry while hearing a plea filed by one Saurabh Kumar, challenging the law when the Bench of Acting Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice Piyush Agrawal noted that two other pleas, filed earlier on similar lines, were not listed as scheduled. 6. Bikru Encounter- "Dare Devil Manner Of Incident Leaves Much To Be Said": Allahabad HC Denies Bail To Gangster Vikas Dubey's Maid [Smt. Rekha Agnihotri v. State of U.P] The High Court denied bail to the maid of Slain Gangster Vikas Dubey, Rekha Agnihotri for allegedly aiding and instigating her husband and other accused persons in the killing of eight policemen in Kanpur's infamous Bikru encounter last year. She allegedly instigated Vikas Dubey's men to do the policemen to death and she is stated to have been atop a house adjoining Vikas Dubey's, during the entire course of the brutal assault. 7. Lakhimpur Kheri Violence: Letter PIL In Allahabad HC Seeks CBI Probe Claiming Law & Order Situation In UP Is In 'Great Danger' A letter petition has been moved before the High Court seeking CBI probe into the recent violent incident of Lakhimpur Kheri in which a total of 8 people died, four of whom were mowed down by a vehicle allegedly being driven by the son of Union Minister of State for Home Affairs and BJP MP Ajay Kumar Mishra. The plea moved by Swadesh NGO and Prayag Legal Aid Clinic through advocate Gaurav Dwivedi avers that the State Government of Uttar Pradesh failed to Secure the Right to Life and Personal Liberty guaranteed by Article 21 of the Constitution of India of the deceased persons. 8. Rape/POCSO Cases- "Send DNA, Other Reports To Concerned Authorities Within 15 Days As Per Govt Circular": ...

High Courts Weekly Roundup [October 4, 2021 To October 10, 2021]

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