Allahabad High Court
Police Cannot Permanently Seal Property On Apprehension Of Future Illegal Drug Manufacturing Or Sale: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has observed that the police cannot lock or seal a building permanently on the apprehension that the owner might manufacture or sell illegal drugs in the future.The Court said that such preventive sealing, in the absence of an existing violation and lawful statutory authority, violates Article 300-A of the Constitution of India.A bench of Justice Sanjiv Kumar made the observation while allowing a criminal revision filed by a woman whose property had been sealed by the...
UP Shouldn't Become Investment-Unfriendly : High Court Directs Protection For Environment-Cleared Factory Amid Villagers' Opposition
Court says investments made after statutory clearances cannot be thwarted at the whim of local residents.
LiveLaw Allahabad High Court Weekly Round-Up: November 02 To November 08, 2026
NOMINAL INDEX U.P. Rajya Sadak Parivahan Nigam vs. Basant Lal and four others 2026 LiveLaw (AB) 905 Vijay Sonkar & 3 Ors. v. State of U.P. & 2 Ors 2026 LiveLaw (AB) 906 Bans Bahadur Singh and another v. State of U.P. Through Principal Secy. Land Revenue and 8 Ors 2026 LiveLaw (AB) 907 Ruchi Sinha v. U.P. King George Dental Science University and 3 others 2026 LiveLaw (AB) 908 Yogendra Maurya vs. State Of U.P. And 7 Others 2026 LiveLaw (AB) 909 In Re: Commission of...
Telling Wife To 'Go And Die' Does Not Automatically Amount To Abetment Of Suicide: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that words such as “die” or “go and die”, said by a husband to his wife, do not by themselves amount to instigating her to commit suicide. It held that such words must be read in their setting: the way and occasion on which they were said, the conduct around them, how close they stood to the suicide, and whether they were meant to push her to take her...
Allahabad High Court Grants Interim Anticipatory Bail To 3 Persons Accused Of Obtaining Bar Enrolment Using Fake Degrees
The Allahabad High Court recently granted interim anticipatory bail to 3 persons accused of obtaining enrolment with the Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh on the basis of allegedly forged educational degrees/qualifications.A bench of Justice Rajiv Lochan Shukla passed 3 separate orders on the anticipatory bail applications filed by the accused, observing that a prima facie case for granting interim anticipatory bail was made out in each matter.Importantly, in the Shyam Singhal case, the Court...
Sanction For Prosecution Under Prevention Of Corruption Act Is Governed By Law On Date Of Offence, Not Date Of Cognizance: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that the requirement of sanction under Section 19 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 is governed by the law in force when the offence was committed and the FIR lodged, and not by the law in force when the trial court takes cognizance. It held that an officer who had retired long before the FIR was not a public servant on that date and could be...
NOIDA Is 'State' Under Article 12 But Not 'Govt' Under Section 80 CPC, No Prior Notice Needed Before Suing It: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that NOIDA, though a State within the meaning of Article 12 of the Constitution of India, is not a State Government or a Central Government, and the two months' notice mandated by Section 80(1) CPC is therefore not required before a suit is instituted against it.Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal held,“it is clear that though NOIDA would come within the meaning...
Allahabad High Court Finds IO Subsequently Inserted Reasons For Arrest, Orders FIR Over Apparent Evidence Fabrication
The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday directed the Superintendent of Police, Farrukhabad, to register an FIR against an investigating officer (IO) after finding that additional particulars in the reasons for arrest column pertaining to an accused appeared to have been inserted subsequently.The Court also declared the arrest of the accused-petitioner unlawful and ordered his immediate...
Conversion Racket Case: Allahabad High Court Denies Post-Conviction Bail To Kaleem Siddiqui, Umar Gautam; Grants Relief To 8
Allahabad HC denies bail to Kaleem Siddiqui, Umar Gautam and 6 others, but grants post-conviction bail to 8 convicts.
Rahul Gandhi's Remarks On Sikhs Protected U/Article 19; Elected Leader Can Raise Minority Rights Concerns, Says Allahabad High Court
Stressing that Rahul Gandhi's September 2024 remarks on the Sikh community during his US visit are protected under Article 19 of the Constitution, the Allahabad High Court today observed that an elected representative is entitled to raise concerns relating to the rights of a section of society.The Court further observed that the speech did not tend to incite violence or disturb public order...
Woman, Lover Challenge Death Sentence In Allahabad High Court For Strangling Husband, Staging Death As Snakebite
A woman and her alleged lover, sentenced to death by a Meerut court last month for strangling her husband and placing a live snake beside his body to make the murder appear to be a snakebite death, have approached the Allahabad High Court challenging their conviction and sentence.Additional Sessions Judge Jaiveer Singh Nagar had awarded the death penalty to the 2 accused, holding that the...