Aarohi Girish Dhumale On 19th May, 2025, the Allahabad High Court has ruled that no fees may be charged for photo identification on affidavits submitted to the Court. The Court declared such practice to be illegal. Justice Pankaj Bhatia heard this Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal On 18th April 2025, the Allahabad High Court has taken cognizance of procedural difficulties and alleged irregularities tied to the filing of affidavits in writ petitions, appeals, and revisions. Specifically, the Court expressed concern over the long-standing requirement Read more
Shreya Gupta The Allahabad High Court has sentenced Lucknow-based Advocate Ashok Pandey to six months of simple imprisonment after finding him guilty of committing criminal contempt of court. The Division Bench comprising Justice Vivek Chaudhary and Justice Brij Raj Singh Read more
Shreya Gupta On March 11, 2025, the Allahabad High Court granted bail to a rape accused in the case of Nischal Chandak v. State of UP, while saying that that the woman invited trouble for herself, and she was responsible Read more
Parth Bajaj On April 3, 2025, a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed before the Allahabad High Court seeking to prevent the oath-taking ceremony of Justice Yashwant Varma. Justice Varma, who was recently transferred from the Delhi High Court to Read more
Rehan Khan Expressing strong opposition to the Supreme Court Collegium’s recommendation to transfer Justice Yashwant Varma from the Delhi High Court to the Allahabad High Court, the Allahabad High Court Bar Association (HCBA) has announced an indefinite strike starting today. Read more
Rehan Khan On 17th March 2025, the Allahabad High Court in Akash and Ors. v. State of Uttar Pradesh and Ors. observed that grabbing minor’s breasts and breaking string of pyjama does not come under the pretext of rape. The Read more
Arham Jain On Monday in Sudhir Mishra v State of UP, following an altercation amongst at least 15 trainee judges over a meal in 2014, the Allahabad High Court ordered the reinstatement of six probationary judicial officials who had been Read more
Rehan Khan The Allahabad High Court granted bail to Satyendra Kumar Yadav, a Junior Engineer accused of demanding and accepting a bribe of ₹10,00,000 from a contractor in exchange for processing a payment bill. The bail was granted by Hon’ble Read more
Rakia Imran On 3rd March, 2025, Allahabad High Court directed the Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police (DGP) to justify the act of including caste details of suspects or other individuals in FIRs (First Information Reports) in the case of Read more