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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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Authorities Cannot Restrict Number of Namazis in Mosque, Ensure Law and Order or Resign: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court recently made significant observations regarding the right of a religious community to perform prayers at a place of worship. The matter arose from a petition filed before the Court claiming that local authorities in Sambhal were restricting Muslims from offering Namaz at a mosque during the…
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Protection Ordered for Muslim Man Threatened with Bulldozer Action Over Namaz on Private Property: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court recently passed significant directions concerning the protection of religious freedom and personal safety of a citizen. A Division Bench comprising Justice Atul Sreedharan and Justice Siddharth Nandan ordered the deployment of armed security guards for Haseen Khan, who approached the Court…
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Probe Ordered into Insurance Policies Allegedly Issued to Persons on Deathbed, Warrant Issued Against HDFC Life Insurance Official: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has taken serious note of an alarming trend where life insurance policies are allegedly being issued to persons on their deathbed through middlemen. The Court was hearing a bail application filed by Nawab Ali alias Nawabuddin in connection with offences registered under the Bharatiya Nyaya…
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Caste Determined by Birth Remains Unchanged Despite Conversion or Inter-Caste Marriage: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court dismissed a criminal appeal filed by Dinesh and 8 others challenging the summoning order passed by the Special Judge, SC/ST Act, Aligarh. The Trial Court had summoned them to face trial under Section 323 Indian Penal Code, Section 506 Indian Penal Code, Section 452 Indian Penal Code, Section…
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Wife’s High Educational Qualifications No Bar to Maintenance; Court Notes Difficulty in Rejoining Workforce After Years of Domestic Duties: Allahabad High Court
Criminal Revision No. 5971 of 2024 was decided by the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad by Hon’ble Justice Garima Prashad, where the Court examined the legality of a Family Court order relating to maintenance under Section 125 Cr.P.C. The case involved Smt. Suman Verma and another as revisionists and State of U.P.…
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Stamp Duty Demand Quashed; Refund Ordered to Woman Buyer in Barabanki Land Case: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench, has set aside orders passed by stamp authorities that had demanded additional stamp duty and imposed penalties on Smt. Raziya Kahtoon, a woman land buyer from Barabanki district. The Court held that the authorities acted on assumptions and ex-parte reports, without following…
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Landlords Can Seek Eviction Even Without Written Tenancy Agreement; Rent Authority Powers Clarified: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court recently delivered a significant ruling clarifying the provisions of the Uttar Pradesh Regulation of Urban Premises Tenancy Act, 2021. The judgment arose from a batch of connected matters, including petitions filed by Canara Bank, private firms, individual landlords, and tenants. The central…
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UP Government Criticised for Invoking ₹19 Crore Bank Guarantees in Long-Pending Instakart Tax Dispute: Allahabad High Court
The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court, by an order dated 1 December 2025, strongly criticised the Uttar Pradesh Government for abruptly invoking bank guarantees worth more than ₹19 crore furnished by Instakart Services Pvt. Ltd. in a long-pending tax dispute. The Court termed the conduct of the State…
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₹20 Lakh Cost Imposed on State for Illegal Demolition and Ex Parte Mutation of Revenue Records: Allahabad High Court
Passing an order during court vacations, the Allahabad High Court has imposed a cost of ₹20 lakhs on the State of Uttar Pradesh for illegally demolishing a structure standing on the petitioner’s land and for passing an ex-parte order mutating revenue records without notice. The Court held that the actions of the State…
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Limitation Is a Triable Issue in Specific Performance Suits When Plaint Pleads Supplementary Agreement Extending Timeline: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench, has delivered an important judgment explaining when a suit for specific performance can be rejected at the initial stage on the ground of limitation. The Court clarified the interpretation of Article 54 of the Limitation Act, 1963 while dealing with an application under Order…
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Relief Granted to CISF Constable as Double Punishment for Same Misconduct Is Impermissible: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has reiterated a settled principle of service law that no employee can be punished more than once for the same misconduct. The ruling came in a writ petition filed by Prabhu Nath Yadav, a personnel of the Central Industrial Security Force, who challenged the denial of efficiency bar increment…
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Unlike FIR, ED Can Update ECIR as Investigation Progresses: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court on Thursday held that addendums to an Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) are legally permissible. A Division Bench of Justice Chandra Dhari Singh and Justice Lakshmi Kant Shukla made this observation while hearing a petition filed by businessman…
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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
