Adverse Entry For Specific Period Won't Bar Selection Grade Based On Subsequent Unblemished Service: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that where an adverse entry against a government servant is confined to a specified period, the service he renders after that period counts towards the ten years of satisfactory service required for grant of selection grade. It further held that a selection grade falling due on the day immediately after superannuation remains admissible to him.The bench...

UP Govt Can't Cancel Teacher's Appointment After 29 Years Over Lack Of Qualification In Absence Of Fraud: Allahabad High Court

Allowing the appeal of a teacher whose qualification was questioned after 29 years of continuous service, the Allahabad High Court has held that the power to cancel an appointment under Section 16-E(10) of the Intermediate Education Act cannot be exercised at a belated stage. The Court held that it was bound by the full bench decision of the High Court in Dr. Asha Saxena vs. Smt. S. K....

Child Adopted By Widow Can Inherit Her Deceased Husband's Property: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has reiterated that a son adopted by a widow after the death of her husband is to be treated as the adopted son of the deceased husband as well, and inherits the husband's share.Following High Court's earlier judgment in Subhash Misir U/G of Sri Janardan Tewari Vs. Thagai Misir, Justice Chandra Kumar Rai held,“This Court in the case reported in 1966 RD 255 Subhash...

Caste Certificate | Rejection Put Up On Department Website Recording Only 'Lack Of Evidence' Is Not A 'Speaking Order': Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that the display of a rejection letter on the official website of the department, recording nothing beyond lack of evidence, is not a 'speaking order' and cannot sustain the rejection of an application for a caste certificate. It added that an order which is not communicated to the person concerned does not become effective.Further, it held that the duty...

Plea Of Res Judicata Need Not Be Decided At Threshold In Small Causes Suits: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that a defendant in a suit before a Court of Small Causes cannot insist, as a matter of right, that his plea of res judicata be decided at the threshold. It held that whether such a plea is taken up first depends on the nature of the enquiry it calls for, and where it turns on disputed facts, it must be decided along with the rest of the suit.Section 11 of...

RBI Staff Regulations | Personal Dispute Can't Be Treated As Service Misconduct Without Nexus To Employment: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that an act of an employee arising out of a purely personal dispute cannot be treated as misconduct under Regulations 32, 34 and 47(1) of the Reserve Bank of India (Staff) Regulations, 1948 unless it has a nexus with the employment or affects the discipline, functioning or reputation of the employer.Regulation 32 of the Reserve Bank of India (Staff)...

AIBE | Allahabad High Court Directs UP Bar Council To Issue Enrollment Numbers To Advocates Within 4 Weeks Of Result

The Allahabad High Court has directed the Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh to issue enrollment numbers to advocates who qualify the All India Bar Examination (AIBE) within four weeks of receiving their result cards, observing that their “precious time may not be wasted”.A bench of Justice Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal also directed the Director General of Police, UP, to issue necessary directions...

Salary Can't Be Denied On Objections To Compassionate Appointment So Long As Approval Order Subsists: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that where an order approving a compassionate appointment has never been withdrawn, recalled or annulled by a competent authority, the salary flowing from that appointment cannot be denied. It held that an administrative order which continues to operate in law cannot be defeated indirectly by refusing the benefits which follow from it.Justice Manju Rani...

Land Acquisition | Awards From Different Villages Can Be Relevant To Determine Compensation If Location Is Comparable: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that even where the principle of 'same village and same notification' does not strictly apply, the location of the land dealt with in earlier judgments can be relevant consideration for determining compensation under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894.The Court relied on two Supreme Court decisions on land in another village, acquired under earlier...

Virtual Hearing Not A Fundamental Right, But A Matter Of Convenience Subject To Court's Discretion: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that appearance through Video Conferencing is not a fundamental right, but merely a mode of convenience subject to the Court's discretion. A bench of Justice Saurabh Shyam Shamshery made the observation while dealing with a petitioner-in-person who appeared through Video Conferencing despite an earlier direction requiring him to appear before the Court...

Advocates Who Fail To Clear AIBE Within 2 Years Of Provisional Enrolment Cannot Continue To Practise: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has clarified that advocates who obtained their law degree in the academic session 2009-10 or thereafter and were provisionally enrolled with the Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh cannot continue to practise if they fail to qualify the All India Bar Examination (AIBE) within 2 years of their provisional enrolment.A bench of Justice Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal said that...

LiveLaw Allahabad High Court Weekly Round Up: August 3 - August 9, 2026

NOMINAL INDEX Swami Shiv Swarupanand Ji Maharaj vs. State of U.P. & 3 Others 2026 LiveLaw (AB) 514Udayveer Singh vs. Rent Tribunal and 2 others 2026 LiveLaw (AB) 515Sobaran & Ors. vs. State of Uttar Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (AB) 516Sarita Devi vs. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home U.P. Civil Secrett. Lko. 2026 LiveLaw (AB) 517Kanahi and others vs State of UP 2026 LiveLaw (AB)...