Allahabad High Court
Acid Burns Must Have Lasting Impact To Attract S. 326A IPC: Allahabad High Court Alters Acid Attack Conviction To S. 324 IPC
HC says a simple burn healing within 13 days does not attract Section 326A IPC; converts conviction to Section 324 IPC.
Writ Court Can't Decide A Party's Eligibility On Oral Submission Made Across The Bar: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that where a writ petition turns on disputed or unverified facts going to the eligibility of a third party, the Court must ordinarily call for a counter-affidavit before recording a finding of fact against a party who has had no opportunity to place his version on record. Setting aside a Single Judge's order to that extent, it held that the eligibility of...
Continuing Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya Teachers On Contract For Years On Paltry Pay Is 'Forced Labour' Under Article 23: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that the continued engagement of teachers in Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas on year-to-year contracts, without any step by the State to create posts for them or to pay them at par with regularly appointed teachers, amounts to a form of forced labour prohibited by Article 23 of the Constitution of India. The Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya Scheme was...
Allahabad High Court Prescribes Uniform Formatting Rules For Physical & E-Filings; New Norms Applicable From November 12
New rules prescribe Times New Roman 14, double spacing and restrictions on bold and italics in pleadings from November 12.
'Focus On Career, Not Social Media Likes': Allahabad High Court Advises Young Advocates Amid Bar-Bench Tensions
Expressing concern over incidents of disruption of court proceedings and differences between the Bar and the Bench, the Allahabad High Court today advised young advocates to focus on their studies and preparation of cases rather than increasing their social media likes.A Bench of Justice Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal added that young advocates are the future of the High Court as they go on to...
Allahabad High Court Seeks UP SEC's Response On Alleged Illegal Deletion Of 32 Names From Balrampur Panchayat Voter List
The Allahabad High Court has sought a response from the Uttar Pradesh State Election Commission over the alleged illegal deletion of 32 persons' names from the Panchayat voter list of a village in Balrampur district.A Bench of Justice Alok Mathur and Justice Abdesh Kumar Chaudhary was hearing a writ petition filed by Santosh Kumar and 31 others, alleging that their names had been...
'Highly Reprehensible': Allahabad High Court Imposes ₹1 Lakh Costs On UP Govt For Denying Minimum Pay To Forest Dept Daily Wagers
Court expressed "anguish" at the State for making poor daily wagers run from pillar to post for their rightful claim.
Allahabad High Court Seeks UP Govt's Response To Supreme Court's 'Stillborn' Observation On UP Gangsters Act
The Allahabad High Court has sought a response from the Uttar Pradesh Government on the Supreme Court's August 2026 observations that the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986, is 'stillborn'.A Bench of Justice Rajeev Singh also stayed criminal proceedings against an accused booked under the Act while noting that the Supreme Court had held that the Act does...
Allahabad High Court Imposes ₹5 Lakh Costs On Landowners For Concealing Facts To Secure Release Of Acquired Land
In case of fraud, Court held, authority can recall its order even without statutory power of review.
DMs Cannot Act Like 'Plenipotentiary' In District: Allahabad High Court Suspends Bijnor DM's Order On 'Gogaji Naumi' Fair
Time and again, the court has cautioned DMs not to exercise powers as if they were plenipotentiaries in the district, said HC.
Rule That Select List Confers No Indefeasible Right Can't Substitute For Examining Claim Based On Available Vacancy: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that the settled principle that inclusion in a select list confers no indefeasible right to appointment cannot be used to reject the claim of a selected candidate who relies on vacancies alleged to be available and on an earlier direction of the Court requiring his case to be reconsidered. It held that the recruiting authority was obliged to ascertain the...