Sparsh Upadhyay

The Allahabad High Court has held that a trial court cannot examine a witness at the pre-cognizance stage to generate fresh evidentiary material, as such a course is "wholly" outside the scheme of Section 190 CrPC.

The Allahabad High Court has held that a contractor cannot indirectly challenge Government action taken against another entity by filing a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution.

The Allahabad High Court has termed as 'deplorable' the passing of preventive detention orders without application of mind and without reference to the "grounds of detention". It, therefore, urged the Union Government to redress the situation at the earliest in the larger interest of the criminal justice delivery system.

Refusing relief to a former GST Official in a Corruption case, the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday observed that at the stage of framing charges, the court is only concerned with a "strong suspicion" that the accused has committed an offence and the final test of proof of guilt is not to be applied.

The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday quashed the confiscation order of an illegally confiscated vehicle under the Uttar Pradesh Prevention of Cow Slaughter Act, 1955 , as it noted that the authorities proceeded entirely on assumptions that the bovine animals were being transported outside Uttar Pradesh for slaughter.

The Allahabad High Court has sought a comprehensive response from the UP Government in the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea concerning the Lucknow coaching centre devastating fire tragedy that claimed 15 lives in June this year, after the State informed the Court that the proposed Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) on fire safety is "almost ready".

The Allahabad High Court recently imposed costs of ₹6.70 lakh on a party-in-person after finding that he had misused the Right to Information Act, 2005, by repeatedly filing vague RTI applications concerning the Court's internal functioning and also disturbed the judicial proceedings.

The Allahabad High Court has held that no police officer, irrespective of rank, can direct further investigation in a criminal case during the pendency of trial without first obtaining the permission of the court trying the case.

The Allahabad High Court recently acquitted a husband who had been convicted of subjecting his wife to cruelty, abetting her suicide and offences under the Dowry Prohibition Act, observing that...

Expressing serious concerns over the declining standards of legal education in the Law Colleges, the Allahabad High Court recently directed that a redacted copy of a law student's evaluated answer book, in which he was awarded zero marks, along with the question paper, be sent to the Bar Council of India (BCI) and the Law Commission of India