The Allahabad High Court has set aside the conviction of Mohammad Ilyas who was serving a life sentence for the 1996 bomb blast in a roadways bus at Modinagar, Ghaziabad, observing that the trial court had erroneously relied on an inadmissible confession recorded by the police. A Division Bench of Justice Siddharth and Justice Ram … Read more
The Allahabad High Court has dismissed a defective petition filed by a litigant appearing in person, observing that such cases repeatedly pose serious difficulties for the court, as the petitions are neither drafted in accordance with the law nor contain the essential factual foundation. These remarks were given by Justice Saurabh Shyam Shamshery while hearing … Read more
The Allahabad High Court has dismissed the criminal appeal challenging the acquittal of three accused persons in a 2018 assault case, holding that while the testimony of an injured witness generally carries high evidentiary value, the principle does not apply when the accused is also injured or when the testimony is inconsistent with medical … Read more
A new Public Interest Litigation has been filed before the Bombay High Court, Bombay, questioning the Maharashtra government’s long-standing indifference towards victims of human rights violations. Practicing Advocate Satyam Atul Surana who has filed the instant petition as the petitioner in person, describes the issue as a “serious failure & travesty of justice,” pointing to … Read more
The Allahabad High Court has dismissed a petition filed by the teachers and staff of Govind Ballabh Pant Social Science Institute, Prayagraj, seeking extension of the GPF-cum-Pension Scheme on the lines of Central University employees. The Court held that merely because the Institute has become a constituent institution of the University of Allahabad, its employees … Read more
In a significant ruling, the Allahabad High Court has directed the immediate release of a young woman who was sent to a Government Children Home (Girls) after her family allegedly attempted to portray her as a minor following her love marriage. The Court made it unequivocally clear that an adult woman cannot be … Read more
The Allahabad High Court has restrained the Uttar Pradesh government from carrying out any further demolition at the 180-year-old Noori Jama Masjid in Fatehpur, granting interim protection to the Mosque. The order was passed by a Division Bench comprising Justice Atul Shridharan and Justice Arun Kumar while hearing a petition filed by the Mosque … Read more
The Allahabad High Court has objected to the withholding of family pension and other retiral benefits on the ground that the wife’s name was incorrectly mentioned in the deceased employee’s nomination form. The Court observed that if the deceased employee had applied for correction of the name during his lifetime and the department … Read more
