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Allahabad High Court
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The Allahabad High Court is one of the oldest High Courts in India, established in 1866. It has jurisdiction over the state of Uttar Pradesh.
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Interfaith Couple Allowed to Marry Without Public Notice, Police Protection Ordered: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court’s Lucknow Bench has allowed an adult interfaith couple to proceed with their marriage under the Special Marriage Act, 1954, without publication of the marriage notice or inviting objections. The court granted the relief after the couple expressed apprehension of threats to their life and…
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Section 125 CrPC Cannot Be a Source of Financial Windfall: ₹15,000 Maintenance Upheld: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has upheld an order directing Ankit Singh to pay Rs 15,000 per month as maintenance to his wife, Niharika Singh. Justice Lakshmi Kant Shukla dismissed both Criminal Revision No. 542 of 2025, filed by the husband, and Criminal Revision No. 6290 of 2024, filed by the wife, challenging the same…
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Permits Five-Time Azan at Saharanpur Mosque Subject to Loudspeaker Conditions: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has directed the police and district administration not to interfere with the performance of Azan five times a day at Ayesha Mosque, located at plot no. 47, Village Pathed, Police Station Gagalhedi, District Saharanpur, provided the petitioners comply with applicable noise pollution rules. The…
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CBI To Investigate Missing Woman Case After UP Police Fail to Trace Her for Over Two Years: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Ghaziabad to take over the investigation into the disappearance of Sudama Devi, after the Uttar Pradesh Police failed to trace her despite more than two years having passed since a missing person report was lodged. The order was passed by…
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Second Arrest of Person Already in Custody Is a Fresh Arrest, but Article 22 Challenge Must Be Raised Before S. 167 CrPC Stage Ends: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench, has held that formally arresting a person who is already in custody in another criminal case amounts to a fresh arrest. However, the Court said a challenge alleging violation of Article 22(1) of the Constitution cannot be raised after the Section 167 CrPC stage has ended.…
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Bail Denied to Four Policemen in Jaunpur Custodial Death Case Citing Serious Evidence in CBI Chargesheet: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has rejected bail applications filed by Jaysheel Tiwari, Ramkrit Yadav, Raj Kumar Verma and Angad Prasad Chaudhary in a case arising from the custodial death of Krishna Kumar Yadav @ Pujari in Jaunpur. The four applications were heard together as the accused were co-accused in the same matter.…
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Police Must Maintain CCTV and Custody Records; Unlawful Detention Warrants Compensation: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has directed the State of Uttar Pradesh to pay compensation to four petitioners after finding that they were unlawfully detained at Gauri Bazar police station in Deoria district. The court found that petitioner no.1, Mahendra Gaur, was kept in custody for two days, while petitioners no.2 to 4…
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Insurer Must Prove Tanker Carried Hazardous Goods to Rely on Missing Licence Endorsement: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court at Lucknow has dismissed an appeal filed by National Insurance Company Ltd. against a compensation award of Rs.19,04,000 in favour of the claimants in a motor accident case. The appeal, First Appeal From Order No.350 of 2019, challenged the judgment and award dated March 28, 2019, passed by…
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Mere Private Messages With Another Man Not Sufficient to Prove Wife’s Adultery, Holds: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has dismissed a criminal revision challenging a maintenance order passed by the Principal Judge, Family Court, Sambhal at Chandausi. The order was passed in Case No. 924 of 2024 on 01.10.2025. The revisionist argued that his wife was not entitled to maintenance because she had left the…
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Class-II Student’s Death After Loud Music Near School Prompts Allahabad HC to Order Fresh Suo Motu PIL on Noise Pollution: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court at Lucknow has directed the registration of a separate suo motu Public Interest Litigation on noise pollution and compliance with statutory rules after an incident involving the death of a Class-II child in Balrampur. A Bench of Justice Rajan Roy and Justice Manjive Shukla passed the order on…
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Dowry Death Case Against Mother-in-Law Cannot Be Quashed Solely Based on Medical Cause of Death: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has dismissed an application by Nirmala Devi seeking to quash a charge sheet and criminal proceedings arising from the death of her daughter-in-law. The deceased was married to Nirmala Devi’s son, Krishnakant Yadav, on 04.05.2021. She was found unconscious at her matrimonial home on the night…
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Writ Court Cannot Determine Equivalence of Degrees Not Prescribed Under Teacher Recruitment Rules: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has rejected a plea by eight petitioners seeking recognition of B.Tech. (Information Technology) as equivalent to B.Tech. (Computer Science) for recruitment as Assistant Teacher (Computer). The petitioners challenged their exclusion from the recruitment process under Advertisement No.…
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Wife Need Not File Fresh Execution Petition for Every Maintenance Default; Husband Directed to Continue Monthly Payment: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has reaffirmed the principle that maintenance under Section 125 of the Cr.P.C. is a continuing obligation and cannot be dismissed after a single execution process. The court has directed the husband to continue paying ongoing maintenance and clarified that wives should not be forced to file…
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CCTV Footage and Police Inquiry Ordered Into Alleged Assault on Lawyers Inside Lucknow Court: Allahabad High Court
Title Constitution of India: Allahabad High Court Orders Police Inquiry and CCTV Footage Over Alleged Assault on Lawyers Inside Lucknow District Court Introduction The Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench, has taken urgent cognizance of allegations that advocates and a litigant were assaulted inside the Lucknow…
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Police Negligence Delayed Bail Hearing, Leaving Man in Jail for 15 Extra Days; ₹1 Lakh Cost Imposed on UP Government: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court imposed a cost of ₹1,00,000 on the Uttar Pradesh Government after finding that negligence by police officials delayed the hearing of a bail application, causing an accused to remain in jail for more than 15 extra days. Justice Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal directed that the compensation be paid to…
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Conviction Upheld 47 Years After Minor's Gang Rape, but Jail Term of 71-Year-Old Man Reduced: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has upheld the conviction of Ram Swarup in a case relating to the abduction and gang rape of a minor girl that took place in 1979. While maintaining the conviction, the Court reduced the substantive sentence from 7 years and 6 months Rigorous Imprisonment to 4 years Rigorous Imprisonment. The…
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Surrogacy Allowed Despite Wife Crossing Age Limit; 2021 Law Cannot Be Applied Retrospectively: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has ruled that the age restriction prescribed under Section 4(iii)(v)(c)(I) of the Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021 cannot be applied retrospectively to couples who had already begun the surrogacy process by creating and freezing embryos before the Act came into force. The Court held that such…
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Sunday Sitting | Status Quo Ordered on Alleged 'Nazool' Land Amid Demolition Threat to 150-Year-Old Methodist School: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench, in a special Sunday sitting, granted urgent interim relief to Methodist Mission Girls Junior High School, Civil Lines, Sitapur, by directing the State authorities to maintain status quo over a disputed piece of land. The Court passed the order after hearing the school's plea…
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Conviction Cannot Rest Solely on 'Last Seen' Evidence Without a Complete Chain of Circumstances; Man Acquitted in 1986 Murder Case: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has acquitted Sunil Kumar, the sole surviving appellant in a murder case dating back to 1986, holding that the theory of "last seen together" is a very weak type of evidence and cannot by itself form the basis of conviction. The Court observed that in cases based on circumstantial evidence,…
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Husband Held Guilty in Pregnant Wife Burn Death Case; Life Sentence Modified to Fixed 20-Year Term: Allahabad High Court
In a significant criminal law judgment, the Allahabad High Court upheld the conviction of Manish for the murder of his pregnant wife Ruchi. The Court found that the prosecution had successfully proved that Manish poured kerosene oil on Ruchi and set her on fire inside their house in Kashiram Colony, Sitapur, Uttar…
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Habeas Corpus Plea Filed Two Years After Arrest Rejected; Challenge to Initial Remand Cannot Continue After Trial Begins: Allahabad High Court
In an important judgment concerning personal liberty and criminal procedure, the Allahabad High Court dismissed a habeas corpus petition filed by Neeraj, holding that challenges to the legality of arrest or initial remand cannot be raised through a habeas corpus petition once the criminal case has progressed to the…
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‘Institutional Failure’ CBI Probe Ordered into Missing Videos in Alleged Custodial Death of Disabled Man: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court examined a Public Interest Litigation concerning the custodial death of a disabled man inside a police lockup in Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh. The case relates to Nahar Singh, who allegedly died on 9 May 2009 while in police custody at Dannahar Police Station. The police had claimed that the death…
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High Court Cannot Enhance or Reduce Maintenance Amount in Revisional Jurisdiction, Remedy Lies Under Section 146 BNSS: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has clarified an important legal position regarding maintenance cases under Section 125 CrPC and Section 146 BNSS. The Court held that while exercising revisional powers, the High Court cannot directly increase or reduce the maintenance amount fixed by the trial court. The Court explained that…
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Quashing Plea Under Section 528 BNSS Dismissed, Charges in Rape Case Under Section 376 IPC Upheld, Limited Scope of Interference at Charge-Framing Stage Reiterated: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court, in a detailed judgment delivered on 14 May 2026, dismissed an application filed by Devendra Alias Pintu and three others seeking quashing of charges framed by the trial court in Sessions Trial No. 2349 of 2024 arising out of Case Crime No. 572 of 2021. The case was heard by Hon’ble Justice…
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Interfaith Couple Allowed to Marry Without Public Notice, Police Protection Ordered: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court’s Lucknow Bench has allowed an adult interfaith couple to proceed with their marriage under the Special Marriage Act, 1954, without publication of the marriage notice or inviting objections. The court granted the relief after the couple expressed apprehension of threats to their life and…
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Section 125 CrPC Cannot Be a Source of Financial Windfall: ₹15,000 Maintenance Upheld: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has upheld an order directing Ankit Singh to pay Rs 15,000 per month as maintenance to his wife, Niharika Singh. Justice Lakshmi Kant Shukla dismissed both Criminal Revision No. 542 of 2025, filed by the husband, and Criminal Revision No. 6290 of 2024, filed by the wife, challenging the same…
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Permits Five-Time Azan at Saharanpur Mosque Subject to Loudspeaker Conditions: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has directed the police and district administration not to interfere with the performance of Azan five times a day at Ayesha Mosque, located at plot no. 47, Village Pathed, Police Station Gagalhedi, District Saharanpur, provided the petitioners comply with applicable noise pollution rules. The…
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CBI To Investigate Missing Woman Case After UP Police Fail to Trace Her for Over Two Years: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Ghaziabad to take over the investigation into the disappearance of Sudama Devi, after the Uttar Pradesh Police failed to trace her despite more than two years having passed since a missing person report was lodged. The order was passed by…
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Second Arrest of Person Already in Custody Is a Fresh Arrest, but Article 22 Challenge Must Be Raised Before S. 167 CrPC Stage Ends: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench, has held that formally arresting a person who is already in custody in another criminal case amounts to a fresh arrest. However, the Court said a challenge alleging violation of Article 22(1) of the Constitution cannot be raised after the Section 167 CrPC stage has ended.…
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Police Must Maintain CCTV and Custody Records; Unlawful Detention Warrants Compensation: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has directed the State of Uttar Pradesh to pay compensation to four petitioners after finding that they were unlawfully detained at Gauri Bazar police station in Deoria district. The court found that petitioner no.1, Mahendra Gaur, was kept in custody for two days, while petitioners no.2 to 4…
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Insurer Must Prove Tanker Carried Hazardous Goods to Rely on Missing Licence Endorsement: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court at Lucknow has dismissed an appeal filed by National Insurance Company Ltd. against a compensation award of Rs.19,04,000 in favour of the claimants in a motor accident case. The appeal, First Appeal From Order No.350 of 2019, challenged the judgment and award dated March 28, 2019, passed by…
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Mere Private Messages With Another Man Not Sufficient to Prove Wife’s Adultery, Holds: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has dismissed a criminal revision challenging a maintenance order passed by the Principal Judge, Family Court, Sambhal at Chandausi. The order was passed in Case No. 924 of 2024 on 01.10.2025. The revisionist argued that his wife was not entitled to maintenance because she had left the…
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Dowry Death Case Against Mother-in-Law Cannot Be Quashed Solely Based on Medical Cause of Death: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has dismissed an application by Nirmala Devi seeking to quash a charge sheet and criminal proceedings arising from the death of her daughter-in-law. The deceased was married to Nirmala Devi’s son, Krishnakant Yadav, on 04.05.2021. She was found unconscious at her matrimonial home on the night…
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Writ Court Cannot Determine Equivalence of Degrees Not Prescribed Under Teacher Recruitment Rules: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has rejected a plea by eight petitioners seeking recognition of B.Tech. (Information Technology) as equivalent to B.Tech. (Computer Science) for recruitment as Assistant Teacher (Computer). The petitioners challenged their exclusion from the recruitment process under Advertisement No.…
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Bar Council Cannot Interim Suspend Advocates During Disciplinary Inquiry: Allahabad High Court
The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court has quashed an order suspending the enrollment of advocates Akhilesh Jaiswal and Avnish Dixit pending disciplinary proceedings. The case, Writ - C No. - 10924 of 2026, was heard by a Division Bench of Justice Shekhar B. Saraf and Justice Abdhesh Kumar Chaudhary. The…
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Remarried Couple Protected From Family Interference After Mutual Divorce: Allahabad High Court
The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court has directed that a remarried couple should not face interference in their peaceful married life after the woman’s father objected to their second marriage. A bench of Justice Rajesh Singh Chauhan and Justice Ram Manohar Narayan Mishra passed the order on 23 September 2026…
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About the Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court is one of the oldest High Courts in India, established in 1866. It has jurisdiction over the state of Uttar Pradesh.
Seat
Prayagraj
State / UT
Uttar Pradesh
Region
North India
