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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.
A Division Bench declined to restrain construction of the 24 Kosi Parikrama Marg over agricultural plots in Sambhal, holding that individual interest must yield to larger public interest.
A Division Bench held that Article 25 does not entitle a community to use any particular road for religious processions, especially where an agreed alternate arrangement already exists.
The Allahabad High Court upheld the conviction of Pravesh under Section 302/34 IPC for the 1998 murder of Jagpal Singh, finding eyewitness testimony reliable and motive proved through defence witnesses.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court at Indore clarified that a general liberty to conduct a departmental enquiry includes the right to issue a fresh charge-sheet, without disturbing reinstatement and back wages already directed.
The Allahabad High Court set aside a life sentence under Section 376 IPC and POCSO, finding the child victim's rape allegation was a step-by-step improvement unsupported by medical evidence or the father's own deposition.
