Allahabad High Court
Allahabad HC Sets Aside Ex-Parte Maintenance Order Citing Lack Of Mention Of Mode Of Service Of Notice/ Summon To Husband
The Allahabad High Court has recently set aside an ex-parte order of maintenance passed by Additional Principal Judge, Family Court No.3, Agra and consequential recovery warrant on grounds that the mode of service of notice/summons on the husband was not mentioned in the order.In view of the compromise agreements between the parties, the bench comprising Justice Ram Manohar Narayan...
Waqf Board CEO's Application U/S 54 Waqf Act Before Tribunal Not A Suit, No Court Fees Applicable On It: Allahabad HC
The Allahabad High Court has held that the Chief Executive Officer of the Waqf Board is not liable to pay court fees on an application moved by him under Section 54 before the Waqf Tribunal.The Court held that the Chief Executive Officer is not an aggrieved person under the Act while moving the application. The Court held that had the legislature intended for payment of court fees on...
'Can't Call Gyanvapi Complex A Temple Or Mosque Unless Varanasi Court Determines Its Religious Character': Allahabad HC Upholds 2021 ASI Survey Order
In a significant observation, the Allahabad High Court today said that the religious character of the Gyanvapi Complex (as it existed on August 15, 1947) is to be determined by the Varanasi Civil Court in light of documentary as well as oral evidence led by both parties and hence, unless and until the court adjudicates upon this issue, the same cannot be called either as a temple or a...
BREAKING | Gyanvapi-Kashi Title Dispute: 'Civil Suits Not Barred By Places Of Worship Act', Allahabad HC Rejects Masjid Committee's Challenge
In the Kashi Vishwanath-Gyanvapi land title dispute cases, the Allahabad High Court today held that a batch of civil suits filed by Hindu worshippers seeking the right to worship in the Gyanvapi mosque and the restoration of a temple at the disputed place pending before the Varanasi Court ARE NOT BARRED by the Places of Worship Act 1991.With this, a bench of Justice Rohit Ranjan Agrawal...
Allahabad High Court Reserves Verdict On Jauhar University's Plea Challenging UP Govt's Decision Of Cancelling Land Lease
The Allahabad High Court today reserved its verdict in the matter of the cancellation of the lease of Maulana Mohamad Ali Jauhar University's land in the state's Rampur District. The writ petition of the Univeristy Trust challenges the Uttar Pradesh government's move to seize the land by voiding the lease deed associated with the University.A division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice...
Allahabad HC Allows 'Rampur Public School' To Intervene In Jauhar University Land Dispute, Seeks Details On Safeguarding Students' Interest
The Allahabad High Court has allowed the intervention application filed by Rampur Public School in the matter of the cancellation of the lease of Maulana Mohamad Ali Jauhar University in UP's Rampur District. Rampur Public School is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and has been running under the aegis of Maulana Mohamad Ali Jauhar Trust since 2015. In...
Investments Made Through Banking Channels Can't Be Disbelieved, Onus On Revenue To Prove Otherwise: Allahabad HC
Recently, the Allahabad High Court held that investments made through banking channels and show in regular returns cannot be disbelieved unless proven otherwise by the department.The bench comprising of Justice Saumitra Dayal Singh and Justice Shiv Shanker Prasad held there was “no room” to disbelieve investments made in the assesee company if they have been made through banking channels...
Plea In Allahabad HC Seeks CBI Probe Into Alleged Murder And Gang Rape Of A Dalit Woman From Banda District
A plea has been filed in Allahabad High Court seeking a CBI probe into the alleged murder and gang rape of a Dalit Woman in the Banda District of Uttar Pradesh by three men. On 31st October, a severed head of a flour mill worker was found outside the mill. At some distance, her naked body and severed hand were discovered along with blood-stained clothes. The mill staff had said that...
[Gyanvapi-Kashi Title Dispute] Allahabad HC To Pronounce Verdict On Plea Challenging Hindu Worshippers' 1991 Suit On Dec 19
In the Kashi Vishwanath-Gyanvapi land title dispute cases, the Allahabad High Court will on December 19 pronounce its verdict on a batch of petitions including a plea challenging a 1991 civil suit filed by Hindu worshippers seeking the right to worship in the Gyanvapi mosque. The suit, pending before a Varanasi court, seeks to restore an ancient temple at the disputed site currently occupied...
UP Minor Minerals Rules | Royalty Or Other Dues Can Be Recovered As Land Arrears Only, Not From Security Deposit: Allahabad HC
The Allahabad High Court has held that under the Uttar Pradesh Minor Minerals (Concession) Rules 1963 royalty or any other dues which have not been paid under a mining lease can only be recovered as arrears of land revenue.The bench comprising of Justice Siddhartha Varma and Justice Manoj Bajaj held that rent, royalty and other dues cannot be recovered from the security deposit made at the...
S. 125 CrPC | Order For Interim Maintenance Not An Interlocutory Order, Can Be Challenged In Revision: Allahabad High Court
Recently, the Allahabad High Court held that an order of interim maintenance during the pendency of application under Section 125 CrPC is not an interlocutory order and thus, can be challenged before the High Court in revision.While enhancing the interim maintenance granted to revisionist-wife, Justice Pankaj Bhatia held “The power to grant maintenance during the pendency of the...
No God, Church, Temple Or Mosque Would Approve Malpractices By Priest/Godmen For Religious Conversion: Allahabad HC Denies Relief To SHUATS Officials
Refusing to quash an FIR lodged against the Vice Chancellor and other higher officials of the Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture Technology and Science (SHUATS) accused of persuading a woman to adopt Christianity by offering her a job and other allurement, the Allahabad High Court recently observed that no true religion on the earth would approve of malpractices by the priest...