Allahabad High Court
Allahabad High Court Reserves Verdict In PIL Seeking Removal Of Mathura's Idgah Mosque, ASI Excavation Of Premises
The Allahabad High Court on Monday reserved its verdict on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea seeking recognition of Mathura's Shahi Idgah Mosque site as Krishna Janam Bhoomi.This PIL plea, moved by Advocate Mahek Maheshwari in 2020, was earlier dismissed in default in January 2021, however, the same was restored in March 2022.On Monday, having heard the party in person-Maheshwari, the...
Hapur Incident: Allahabad HC Directs State To Include Retired Judge On SIT Probing 'Police Violence' Against Advocates, Register Lawyers' Complaints
Amid ongoing lawyers' strike in UP over lathi charge by some Police personnel against Lawyers in Hapur, the Allahabad High Court has directed the UP government to include a retired judicial officer on the SIT probing the incident.Lawyers claimed that the non-inclusion of any judicial officer in the SIT makes it "wholly one sided". A division bench of Chief Justice Pritinker Diwaker and...
Allahabad High Court Grants Bail To Ex-UP Minister In Gangster Act Case For Allegedly Running A Meat Plant Sans License
The Allahabad High Court has granted bail to former UP Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Haji Yaqoob Qureshi who was arrested in January this year under the UP Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act for allegedly running a meat plant without a license.Examining the matter at the touchstone of the provisions of Section 19(4) of the Gangster Act vis-a-vis the...
Allahabad High Court Monthly Digest: August 2023
[NOMINAL INDEX PROVIDED AT THE BOTTOM] ORDERS/JUDGMENTS Goods In Transit Can’t Be Treated As Non-Traceable In Presence Of Tax Invoice, E-Way Bill And Bilty: Allahabad High Court Case Title: M/S Bhawani Traders vs. State of U.P. [Writ Tax No. - 854 Of 2023] Case Citation: 2023 LiveLaw (AB) 231 The Allahabad High Court has quashed the penalty order passed in Form MOU-09...
Allahabad High Court Weekly Round-Up: August 28 To September 3, 2023
NOMINAL INDEX The Commissioner, Commercial Tax vs. M/S Tirupati Construction Co. 2023 LiveLaw (AB) 293 Dev Narain vs. State of U.P. and Another 2023 LiveLaw (AB) 294 J.K. Cement Ltd. vs. State Of U.P. And 3 Others 2023 LiveLaw (AB) 295 Pushpendra Singh vs. Smt. Seema 2023 LiveLaw (AB) 296 Eti Tyagi vs. Prince Tyagi 2023 LiveLaw (AB) 297 Bhoopendra Singh vs. State Of U.P....
Allahabad High Court Restrains Lawyer From Practicing At Pilibhit District Court Over Allegedly Contemptuous Conduct
The Allahabad High Court has temporarily restrained an advocate from entering or practicing in the District Pilibhit in the suo-moto contempt proceedings initiated against him on a reference made by the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-II, Pilibhit.“In the facts of the case and also considering the persistent act of alleged contempt on part of the opposite party contemnor, we restrain...
Allahabad High Court Takes Suo Moto Cognizance Of 'Police Violence' Against Advocates In Hapur
The Allahabad High Court today took a suo moto cognizance of the incident of lathi charge by Police against Lawyers in Hapur, Uttar Pradesh. The Chief Justice-led bench is likely to hear the matter today at around 4:30 p.m.For the uninitiated, in Hapur, lawyers were allegedly peacefully protesting peacefully on August 29 against the filing of an alleged false case against Advocate Priyanka...
In A Sunday Night Sitting, Allahabad High Court Takes Suo Moto Cognizance Of Brutal Attack Upon On-Duty Woman Cop On Saryu Express
The Allahabad High Court has taken suo moto cognizance of the brutal attack on a woman cop (‘X’) while she was on-duty on the Saryu Express on the intervening night of 30-31 August. Based on a WhatsApp message received by Chief Justice Pritinker Diwaker on Sunday, a bench comprising Chief Justice Pritinker Diwaker and Justice Ashutosh Srivastava was convened at the residence of the...
'Policy Matter Of State': Allahabad High Court Junks PIL Seeking Declaration Of Holiday On Festival Of 'Karwa Chauth'
The Allahabad High Court recently rejected a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea for the declaration of a holiday on the festival of 'Karwa Chauth'. The bench of Justice Attau Rahman Masoodi and Justice Om Prakash Shukla observed that such matters fall under the realm of policy decision of the state and hence, the Court cannot entertain such disputes unless guided by statute. "Even...
'Frivolous Plea': Allahabad HC Imposes ₹5K Cost In PIL For Offering Cane Juice To Jyotirlingam In Varanasi's KV Temple
Allowing the withdrawal of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea seeking a direction to the State government and its authorities to not interfere with Hindu devotees from offering sugarcane juice to Kashi Vishwanath Jyotir Lingam in Varanasi, the Allahabad High Court imposed a cost of Rs. 5,000/- on the Petitioner.Though the division bench of Chief Justice Pritinker Diwaker and Justice...
No Compliance Of UP's 'Anti Conversion' Law: Allahabad HC Junks Protection Plea Of 'Married' Inter-Religious Couple Who Are Distant Cousins
The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday rejected a protection plea filed by an inter-religious couple (who happen to be distant cousins) who purportedly married each other as per the Hindu rites and rituals. The Court noted that the Petitioner no. 1/Girl, a Muslim by birth, had not complied with Sections 8 and 9 of the UP Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act 2021 before...
'Can't Refuse NOC For Meat Shop On Ground Of Probability Of Unauthorized Sale Of Meat': Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has observed that the probability of unauthorized sale of meat is no ground to refuse a 'no objection certificate' (NOC) for a retail meat shop.Observing this, the bench of Justice Vivek Chaudhary and Justice Manish Kumar directed the Superintendent of Police, Ambedkar Nagar to reconsider and pass a fresh order on an application of one Mohd. Shakeel/Petitioner for...