Petrol Pump Owner Has No Locus To Challenge Approval To Rival Outlet Merely Due To Business Competition: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that an existing petrol pump owner has no locus to challenge the approval or No Objection Certificate (NOC) granted to a rival petrol outlet merely because the establishment of the new outlet may adversely affect the financial health of his business.A Bench of Justice Shekhar B Saraf and Justice Abdhesh Kumar Chaudhary made the observation while dismissing a...

Allahabad High Court Orders 30% Women's Reservation In Oudh Bar Association; President's Post Reserved From 2028 On Rotation Basis

The Allahabad High Court on Friday directed that 30% of the posts in the Governing/Executive Council of the Oudh Bar Association, High Court, Lucknow, be reserved for women.The High Court has also laid down a post-wise reservation and rotation schedule, with the President's post to be reserved for women from 2028 onwards every 3 years. A bench of Justice Rajan Roy and Justice Manjive...

Zamindari Abolition Act | Land Claims Must Be Decided On Entire Chain Of Revenue Records, Not Isolated Entry: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that a claim under Section 229B of the U.P. Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950 has to be decided on the entire chain of revenue records. It held that a finding returned by isolating a single entry while leaving out continuous Khatauni entries running across several Faslis is perverse in law and cannot be sustained.Section 229B of the U.P....

Allottee Who Knowingly Took Lease Of Lesser Area Can't Claim Benefit Of Zero Period In Entirety: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that a developer who took a lease of a smaller, scattered part of the land allotted to it, knowing the balance was not in the development authority's possession, cannot claim the benefit of “zero period” in its entirety, even where the authority was itself in default. Zero period is a concession granted to allottees of stalled group housing projects...

Hamirpur 'Gen Alpha' Students Walk 5 Km To Protest Lack Of Road To School; Allahabad High Court Takes Suo Motu Cognizance

The Allahabad High Court on Friday took suo motu cognizance of a newspaper report highlighting the plight of 200+ 'Gen Alpha' students in Chandupur village of Hamirpur District in Uttar Pradesh, who had to walk 5 kilometers along with their parents to protest before the District Magistrate over the lack of a road to their school.A Bench of Chief Justice Arun Bhansali and Justice...

'Publicity Interest Litigation': Allahabad High Court Dismisses PIL Over Alleged Forced Closure Of Non-Veg Shops During Kanwar Yatra

The Allahabad High Court on Friday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea alleging that shopkeepers dealing in non-vegetarian food were being compelled or harassed to close their shops during the Kanwar Yatra, observing that the petition appeared to be aimed at 'publicity' rather than public interest.A bench of Chief Justice Arun Bhansali and Justice Kshitij Shailendra found that...

Failure To Record Dying Declaration Before Magistrate Despite Adequate Opportunity Creates Dent In Prosecution Case: P&H High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has acquitted a rape convict, holding that the dying declaration on which the entire prosecution case rested did not inspire confidence, and that the failure of the investigating agency to have it recorded by a Judicial Magistrate despite adequate opportunity created a dent in the prosecution story. [2026 LiveLaw (PH) 278]The Division Bench of Justice...

Where Idol Was Never Installed, No Juristic Person Came Into Existence; Devotion Alone Gives No Locus To Sue For Deity: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that where a deed of gift stipulates only that an idol will be installed on the property in future and no idol is ever consecrated or installed, no juristic person comes into existence in whom the property can vest, and persons professing devotion to the deity have no locus standi to sue on its behalf.Justice Anil Kumar-X held,“However, the...

Has Supreme Court Interdicted Bar Council Meeting Till Co-option Of Women Members? Kerala High Court Seeks Clarification

The Kerala High Court on Friday (August 14) orally asked if the Supreme Court has passed an order interdicting the meeting of the State Bar Council until the co-option of women members.Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas put forth the query while hearing two pleas with prayers, including a declaration that the new Council is validly elected and a direction to the Secretary of the body to convene...

Journalist's News Report Causing Embarrassment Doesn't By Itself Constitute Criminal Defamation: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has recently held that a journalist would not be criminally liable for the offence of defamation for reporting on the arrest and registration of crime against a person. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 447]Justice C.S. Dias referred to Sections 499 [Defamation], 501 [Printing or engraving matter known to be defamatory] and 502 [Sale of printed or engraved substance containing...

Bombay High Court Reserves Verdict In Challenge To Immersion Of PoP God Idols In Natural Water Bodies

The Bombay High Court on Friday (August 14) closed for orders, a batch of petitions, seeking a complete ban on immersion of Plaster of Paris (PoP) made Ganesh idols in natural water bodies. The High Court has however, clarified that its last year's order which permitted immersion of only six feet and above height PoP idols in natural water bodies and rest (below six feet) in artificial tanks,...

Income Tax Act | 18-Month Period To Decide Settlement Application Under S.245D(4A) Is Mandatory, Not Directory: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court at Lucknow has held that the period of 18 months prescribed under Section 245D(4A)(iii) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 for disposal of a settlement application is mandatory and not directory in nature. It quashed an order of the Interim Board for Settlement passed after that period had expired.Section 245D(4A)(iii) of the Income Tax Act requires an order under...