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Allahabad High Court
Prayagraj
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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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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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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Call Detail Records Alone Cannot Prove Presence at Crime Scene, Wife and Co-Accused Acquitted in Husband’s Murder Case: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has acquitted Shahrukh and Hasnera alias Shabana in the murder of Naeem, setting aside their life sentences. The judgment was delivered on 22 September 2026 in Criminal Appeal No. 11672 of 2025 and Jail Appeal No. 112 of 2026. Naeem, aged about 40, was found dead near Pawan brick kiln on 1…
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Mother Sentenced to Death for Killing Three Children Acquitted After Child Witness’s Testimony Found ‘Tutored’: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has acquitted Priyanka and Ashish @ Daini in a case involving the deaths of three young children in Auraiya, setting aside the trial court’s judgment that had convicted them. The judgment was delivered on September 22, 2026, by a bench of Justice Siddhartha Varma and Justice Jai Krishna…
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Lawyer Granted Anticipatory Bail in Alleged Fake Law Degree Case: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has granted anticipatory bail to lawyer Gaurang Brijvasi in a case concerning the verification of his law degree. The Court found that the investigation was still underway and that there was no definitive confirmation from the concerned university that the degree was forged. Degree returned…
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Court Seeks Responses in Overseas Study Dispute Involving Education Loan, OTP Consent and CIBIL Score: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has sought responses from multiple respondents in a case involving an overseas education plan, an online-arranged education loan and a subsequent fall in the father’s CIBIL score. A division bench of Justice Prakash Padia and Justice Vivek Saran was hearing a petition filed by Vallabhi Yadav…
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Divorce on Ground of Desertion Does Not Bar Wife from Claiming Maintenance Under Section 125 CrPC: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench, has set aside a Family Court order that rejected Smt. Suneeta’s maintenance claim and sent the matter back for a fresh decision. The Court also directed her husband to pay Rs.4,000 per month as interim maintenance during the fresh proceedings. Maintenance claim rejected by…
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Man Granted Bail After 2.5 Years in Jail in Case Over Alleged Derogatory Email Against UP CM: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has granted bail to Mubarak Ali in a criminal case involving allegations of sending an email containing derogatory remarks against the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. Justice Krishan Pahal passed the order on September 3, 2026, in Criminal Misc. Bail Application No. 28974 of 2025. The case…
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Police Cannot Claim Official Duty Protection Under S.197 CrPC for Custodial Violence, Cops’ Pleas Rejected: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has dismissed two criminal applications filed by Lady Constable Shivani Joshi, Sub-Inspector Dileep Kumar Mishra and other applicants, challenging the rejection of their discharge applications. The case arose from allegations that police personnel assaulted Keshav Prasad Yadav and members of…
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FIR Against Journalist Who Reported School Problems Stayed: Allahabad High Court
The case concerns journalist Amit Yadav and an FIR registered by the authorities after he reported on the condition of a government school. The FIR, Case Crime No. 0319 of 2026, was registered on 24.08.2026 under Sections 223, 353 and 356 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. The Allahabad High Court found that the…
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Akriti Chaudhary’s NSA Detention Quashed, No Material Found Showing Incitement to Violence, ₹5 Lakh Compensation Ordered: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court heard Habeas Corpus Writ Petition No. 960 of 2026 filed by Akriti Chaudhary challenging her detention under the National Security Act. The court found that the material relied upon by the State did not show that she had incited violence or that her detention under the NSA was justified. The…
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Biological Father Can Adopt His Own Illegitimate Son Under the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that a Hindu male is not prohibited under the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 from adopting his own biological but illegitimate son merely because he is the child's biological father. The Court ruled that the legality of an adoption must be examined according to the…
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Cohabitation With Adult Husband Attracts POCSO; Minor Mother Directed to Stay in Shelter Home Till She Turns 18: Allahabad High Court
A Habeas Corpus Writ Petition No. 875 of 2025 was filed before the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, where a minor girl referred to as ‘A’ and her newborn child Anurag Yadav, through legal counsel Shakti Shanker Tiwari and Subhash Chandra Tiwari, sought relief against her detention in a government home. The girl…
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Special Saturday Session to Be Held as Inter-Faith Couple Goes Missing After Hearing: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court, taking cognizance of the disappearance of an interfaith couple shortly after they appeared before it, has scheduled a special sitting on Saturday, October 18, 2025, to hear a habeas corpus petition. The matter was listed before a Division Bench of Justices Salil Kumar Rai and Divesh Chandra…
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Sex With Wife Above 16 Years Of Age Before 2017 Not Rape, Court Sets Aside 2007 Conviction Order: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court, in a crucial judgment, has held that a man cannot be convicted for rape under Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code for having sexual relations with his minor wife aged above 15 years, if the alleged act took place before the Supreme Court's judgment in Independent Thought v. Union of India…
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Expert Psychological Assessment Made Mandatory in Juvenile Heinous Crime Cases Under Juvenile Justice Act 2015 and POCSO Rape Trials: Allahabad High Court
The case concerns a juvenile accused of committing a heinous offence, where the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) and the Children's Court failed to properly conduct a preliminary assessment under Section 15(1) of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (J.J. Act). The court scrutinized whether the…
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WhatsApp Message Alleging Targeting of a Particular Religious Group May Amount to Offence of Promoting Enmity Under Section 353(2) BNS: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that sending a WhatsApp message to multiple individuals that subtly alleges the targeting of a person from a particular religious community in a false case would prima facie attract the offence of promoting enmity, hatred, or ill-will between religious communities under Section 353(2)…
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Inadequate Assistance by Advocates Hampers Supreme Court’s Direction to Dispose of Bail Pleas Within Two Months: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court, while hearing a petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, made strong observations on the declining quality of legal assistance being provided by advocates. The case involved a maintenance claim under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), where the petitioner,…
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PIL Seeking Law to Protect Men from Illegal Prosecution and Harassment by Women Rejected: Allahabad High Court
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was recently filed before the Allahabad High Court by a petitioner named Chandrama Vishvakarma, seeking a direction to the Union of India and the Government of Uttar Pradesh for the formulation of a specific law aimed at protecting men from illegal prosecution and harassment by…
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Custody of Minor Granted Under Child Welfare Committee’s Order Cannot Be Challenged Through Habeas Corpus Petition: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that a writ of habeas corpus under Article 226 of the Constitution of India is not maintainable when the custody of a minor has been granted through a judicial order passed by the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015. The…
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Dismissal of Divorce Petition Does Not Bar a Second Petition Based on Different Grounds: Allahabad High Court
In a significant ruling, the Allahabad High Court has held that dismissal of a divorce petition on one ground under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 does not prevent a party from filing a fresh divorce petition on another ground under the same provision. The Court clarified that such subsequent petitions are…
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NDPS Act | FSL Report Is Only Corroborative Evidence, Non-Filing with Chargesheet Not a Ground for Bail: Allahabad High Court
In a recent judgment, the Allahabad High Court has dismissed the second bail plea of an accused involved in a case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985. The case revolves around the seizure of 151.600 kilograms of ganja from a truck in November 2024, where the accused was allegedly…
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Mere Social Media Post Supporting Pakistan Won't Constitute Offence of 'Endangering Sovereignty of India' Under BNS: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court, in Criminal Misc. Bail Application No. 21835 of 2025, has granted bail to Sajid Chaudhary, accused of making a pro-Pakistan social media comment that allegedly endangered the sovereignty and integrity of India. The bail was granted by Hon’ble Justice Santosh Rai on September 25, 2025, after…
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Matrimonial Discord Common in Domestic Life; Torture Without Intent to Abet Suicide Won't Attract Section 306 IPC: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court, in a significant ruling concerning Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code, held that matrimonial discord and routine domestic quarrels, even if accompanied by harsh words, do not amount to abetment of suicide unless mens rea (criminal intent) to instigate the act is clearly established. This…
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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
