'Income Not Quantified': Allahabad HC Sets Aside Family Court Order Denying Maintenance To Wife Saying She Earns From YouTube

The Allahabad High Court recently set aside an order passed by the Family Court, which had rejected a wife's application for maintenance on the sole ground that she is a YouTuber and earns through 'Reels'. A Bench of Justice Harvir Singh observed that the Family court had arrived at the finding that the wife is capable of supporting herself without an actual assessment. The Court...

Hindu Marriage Cannot Be Declared Void At In-Laws' Instance After Husband's Demise Due To Bride Being Underage: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that a Hindu marriage under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 cannot be declared void at the behest of in-laws at a belated stage raising claim of her being underage at the time of solemnization of the marriage. Sub-clause (iii) of Section 5 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 provides that a bridegroom should be of 21 years of age and the bride should be of 18 years at the time of marriage as conditions for a Hindu marriage. Section 11 of the Act provides of void...

Allahabad High Court Grants Interim Bail To Vibhor Rana Booked For Illegal Sale Of Phensedyl Cough Syrup

Allahabad High Court on Thursday (December 18) granted interim bail to Vibhor Rana booked for alleged illegal sale of Phensedyl cough syrup on ground that he was not named in the FIR, his name had come out only in the confessional statements of co-accused and no recovery had been made from him during search.Applicant was allegedly involved in facilitating the illegal sale of Phensedyl cough...

Can Accused Directly File Successive Bail Pleas In HC On New Material Without Approaching Sessions Court? Allahabad High Court Answers

The Allahabad High Court has ruled that a second bail application, or successive bail applications, may be entertained by the HC on the basis of material collected during trial, even though such material was not available to the Sessions Court or the HC when the earlier bail application was rejected. A bench of Justice Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal, however, clarified that in appropriate...

Detailed Recovery Memo Signed By Accused Satisfies Requirement Of Written Communication Of Arrest Grounds: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court recently ruled that a detailed Recovery Memo (Fard Baramadgi), prepared contemporaneously, containing the penal sections invoked and signed by the accused, satisfies the requirement of communicating the grounds of arrest in writing under Article 22 (1) of the Constitution of India. The Court held that where such a document exists, a technical omission of grounds in...

Rahul Gandhi Citizenship Row | High Court Transfers Case To Lucknow As BJP Worker Alleges 'Death Threats' By Advocates In Raebareli

The Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) on Wednesday directed the immediate transfer of a criminal complaint case filed against the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and Raebareli MP, Rahul Gandhi, from the court of the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-IV, Raebareli, to the Special MP/MLA Court in Lucknow. A bench of Justice Brij Raj Singh thus allowed a Transfer Application filed by...

'Enormity' Of Codeine Syrup 'Racket': Allahabad High Court Rejects Quashing Pleas Of Alleged Kingpin, Co-Accused; Upholds NDPS FIR

The Allahabad High Court today refused to quash multiple FIRs lodged against multiple persons accused of their involvement in the interstate trafficking of Codeine-based cough syrup, specifically 'Phensedyl'. Dismissing a batch of 23 writ petitions, including that of the alleged Kingpin of the suspected Codeine Cough Syrup Racket, a Division Bench of Justice Siddhartha Varma and...

When Agreement Gets Extended By Conduct Of Parties, Arbitration Clause Also Gets Extended: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has recently held that when an agreement is extended by the conduct of the parties, though it may have expired on paper, the applicability of the arbitration clause is also extended.Relying on the decision of the Supreme Court in Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. vs. Great Eastern Shipping Co. Ltd., the bench of Chief Justice Arun Bhansali and Justice Kshitij...

Farmer's Land Need Not Be In His Own Name To Claim Relief Under CM's Krishak Durghatna Scheme: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that for grant of benefits under the Mukhyamantri Krishak Durghatna Kalyan Yojana, the primary source of income/ livelihood of the deceased farmer needs to be seen rather than seeing the revenue records to ascertain whether the agricultural land was in the name of the deceased or not.The “Mukhyamantri Krishak Durghatna Kalyan Yojana” has been brought in...

'Downright Impertinence': Allahabad High Court Slams SSP For Deputing Sub-Inspector To Reply To CJM, Seeks Explanation

The Allahabad High Court on Thursday reprimanded the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Badaun, for delegating the task of communicating with t Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) to a Police Sub-Inspector. A bench of Justice J.J. Munir and Justice Sanjiv Kumar, termed the act "downright impertinence" and further directed the SSP to file a personal affidavit explaining why separate...

'Write Legibly Or Get Orders Typed': Allahabad High Court Again Directs District Judges To Sensitize Judicial Officers

The Allahabad High Court recently directed the Registrar General to once again circulate instructions to all District Judges to sensitize judicial officers falling under their jurisdiction to write order sheets in legible handwriting or get the same typed. A Bench of Justice Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal directed thus while hearing a bail application filed by one Babbu alias Haider...

After UP Police Fail, Allahabad High Court Asks UOI If Central Agencies Can Trace 'Fugitive' Concerned With 1984 Appeal

The Allahabad High Court on Thursday (December 18) asked the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) as to whether Central Agencies could be entrusted with the task of apprehending a convict concerned with a 1984 Criminal Appeal. A Bench of Justice JJ Munir and Justice Sanjiv Kumar passed the order after noting that the Uttar Pradesh Police could not apprehend the Maulana Khursheed...