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In the present case, the Allahabad High Court examined a challenge to a murder conviction, focusing on how much weight should be given to witness statements recorded at different stages of the trial, including those made before the accused was summoned.
The High Court observed that permitting individuals like the accused to incite divisions on religious grounds for political gain threatens to unravel the social fabric of the country and poses a serious risk to national integrity.
“Once appointed for census work, such persons are deemed to be public servants and are under a statutory obligation to discharge the assigned duties.”
The Allahabad High Court declares Lok Adalats cannot assume the exclusive jurisdiction of Family Courts to grant divorce, criticises DLSA for mechanical and cryptic orders, and directs judgment to be circulated to all Lok Adalats and DLSAs across Uttar Pradesh.
The Allahabad High Court quashed the FIR holding that an advocate who files a statutory GST appeal for a client — even if the legal position taken on pre-deposit is wrong cannot be held a co-conspirator in the client’s alleged tax evasion.
Senior Advocate Brijesh Kumar Shukla has urged the Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court to relax the prescribed dress code for advocates, citing severe heatwave conditions, health concerns and similar relaxations granted by other High Courts.
The Court reiterated that criminal liability cannot be fastened mechanically merely based on designation unless the statute specifically provides for vicarious liability or there exist specific allegations demonstrating an active role and responsibility of the accused in the commission of the alleged offence.
Supreme Court stayed the operation of the Allahabad High Court's judgment to the extent it directs refund of the fee paid to ex-students, till the next date of hearing.
Allahabad High Court noted that last year, the Trial Court convicted Kamlesh Pawan and six others for protesting against the arrest of Akhilesh Yadav and attempting to burn the statue of the then UP Chief Minister, Mayawati.
Allahabad High Court said that the FIR has been lodged by the grandmother of the accused and she is not an eyewitness. The other witnesses are also not the eyewitnesses in the instant matter and only on hearsay basis, the bail of the accused has been rejected.
Women or girl raped is not an accomplice and to insist on corroboration of the testimony, amounts to insult to womanhood.
Allahabad High Court reiterated that a statute should be read and understood according to its plain grammatical meaning, unless that construction leads to an absurd result, or defeats the object and the very purpose of it
Allahabad High Court said that in the eye of law, wife and husband have separate entity. The present case is not a case that the wife, sole proprietor of the Firm had provided the cheque signed by or on behalf of the applicant
Allahabad High Court said that the facts of this case are not only shocking but show the mindset of male persons that when a woman has not conceived for many years, the only fault is of the women and not of men and for that women are subject to occultist rituals. It is a curse for society that such rituals are still prevailing in 21st Century.
Allahabad High Court said that the facts prima facie shows that the act of the Advocate amounts to criminal contempt referred to in section 2(c) of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971
Newly elevated Judge of the Supreme Court of India, Justice Rajesh Bindal, celebrates his 62nd birthday today. Prior to being elevated to the Supreme Court, Justice Bindal was serving as the Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court.
Allahabad High Court said that joy ride of four friends converted into a tragic ride, wherein one friend died. The applicant and other co-accused appears to be negligent as they, despite being adult boys, have not discharged their duty to help injured friend in order to provide proper medication.
Allahabad High Court said that the power of quashing criminal proceedings should be exercised very sparingly and with circumspection and that too in rarest of the rare cases.
Allahabad High Court said that offences of the kind that have a tendency to promote hatred between classes of people or communities, have to be put down with a heavy hand. These offences cannot be permitted to flourish in society by adopting a soft-pedalling approach at the cost of widespread damage to the community.