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A Division Bench held that a 1913 sale deed by the Municipal Board itself, 74 years of abadi revenue entries, and promissory estoppel barred Nagar Nigam Varanasi from invoking a Fasli 1291 pond record against a hotel project.
Justice Sanjiv Kumar dismissed the criminal appeal of Lekhpal Mahesh Chand, upholding his conviction for accepting Rs. 300 as illegal gratification in a 1977 Vigilance trap case.
The Allahabad High Court set aside convictions under Sections 302, 498A and 323 IPC after finding the viscera report inadmissible and the Section 313 examination fatally defective.
A Division Bench dismisses a senior citizen's writ seeking police protection and declaration of forged sale deeds, holding that Section 23 of the 2007 Act has limited, specific preconditions not met here.
A PIL over 'Koli' members being issued 'Kori' Scheduled Caste certificates has prompted the Allahabad High Court to raise the prospect of QR-code-enabled, auditable caste certification across Uttar Pradesh.
A Division Bench of the Allahabad High Court dismissed four writ petitions seeking to quash an FIR alleging statutory rape of a minor and subsequent gang rape carried out under the pretext of nikah halala.
Justice Subhash Vidyarthi held that a bail order is an interlocutory order, not a final order, and Section 362 CrPC cannot bar the High Court from modifying onerous bail conditions under Section 482.
A Division Bench dismissed a petition seeking to quash an Anti Terrorist Squad inquiry, holding that conducting an inquiry does not amount to coercive action against the petitioners.
The Allahabad High Court held that 978 verified consents from flat owners outweighed an association's resolution, and that majority approval satisfies U.P. Apartment Act requirements for additional FAR.
The court confirmed murder conviction of Suhail on his wife's dying declaration alone, while finding no sustainable evidence of cruelty against his father Tufail, who lived separately.
Six Dalmandi shopkeeper-tenants sought to block road-widening under the Kashi Vishwanath Corridor project and protect six pre-1947 mosques; the Division Bench found they lacked standing on both counts.
The Allahabad High Court acquitted four men convicted of murder, finding the prosecution could not choose between two inconsistent stories and produced no eyewitness, only hearsay and unverified sniffer-dog evidence.
A Division Bench called a PIL seeking mandamus against police to recall its own bail and sentence-suspension order, and to shift a criminal appeal to the MP/MLA Court, "shocking".
Justice Kshitij Shailendra dismisses a supervisory petition, holding that stamp duty and court fees are distinct obligations and that the right to seek engrossment survives throughout the twelve-year execution window.
A Division Bench of the Allahabad High Court dismissed a contempt appeal, holding that a direction to appear and explain why charges should not be framed carries no element of punishment and is not appealable under Section 19 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court at Indore set aside a Family Court order that denied maintenance to a woman whose husband had concealed his Muslim identity before marriage, holding that denying relief would further victimise her.
Justice Garima Prashad dismissed a criminal revision by a Chartered Accountant husband who claimed unemployment, affirming the Family Court's maintenance award of Rs 20,000 per month to his wife from the date of application.
Justice Garima Prashad found the Family Court, Bulandshahr had wrongly applied a strict criminal standard of proof to a Section 125 Cr.P.C. maintenance claim, denying relief to a wife and two minor children.
The Allahabad High Court upheld a Family Court order directing a driver-husband to pay maintenance to his wife, rejecting claims of unemployment and the wife's alleged income from sewing work.
Granting bail to a knife-injury accused, Justice Vivek Kumar Singh directed the Additional Sessions Judge, Ghaziabad to explain within seven days why a similarly placed co-accused was treated differently.
Forty-two years after conviction, the Allahabad High Court upholds a Section 376 IPC rape conviction and corrects the trial court's failure to impose a mandatory fine, directing Rs 50,000 as victim compensation.
Justice Siddharth Nandan found two May 2026 orders deferring Gram Panchayat elections were passed under a provision already declared unconstitutional, and threatened personal appearance of the issuing officer.
The Allahabad High Court set aside a Small Cause Court decree that dismissed an eviction suit on merits despite its own finding of a serious, competing title dispute between the parties.
The Allahabad High Court quashed a censure order against an Associate Professor at Harish Chandra Research Institute, finding the ICC inquiry violated natural justice by never recording complainants' statements.
