LiveLaw Allahabad High Court Monthly Digest: July 2026 [Citations 341 - 504]

Citations 2026 LiveLaw (AB) 341 to 2026 LiveLaw (AB) 504ORDERS/JUDGMENTS OF THE WEEK Understanding Of Law At An All-Time Low: Allahabad High Court Rejects PIL Seeking Recall Of Murder Convict's Bail, Imposes ₹50K Cost Case title - Lal Chand Yadav vs State of UP and others 2026 LiveLaw (AB) 341 Case Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (AB) 341 The Allahabad High Court last week dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea that sought a direction to the police and the State of UP to recall a Division Bench's orders granting bail and suspending the sentence of a murder convict. Strangely, the PIL plea also prayed that the appeal pending before the High Court be sent to the MP/MLA Court, which the Court noted is essentially a Court of Sessions and lies lower than the High Court in the judicial hierarchy. Sniffer Dog Evidence Can't Be Relied Upon Without Handler's Testimony & Tracking Panchnama: Allahabad High Court Sets Aside Conviction Of 4 Case Title - Bhanwar Singh vs State of UP along with a connected appeal 2026 LiveLaw (AB) 342 Case Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (AB) 342 The Allahabad High Court has ruled that sniffer dog evidence cannot be relied upon in the absence of a complete record of the exact manner in which tracking was done (the proceedings of the sniffer dog) in the Panchnama and the examination of the dog handler in the court. A bench of Justice JJ Munir and Justice Vinai Kumar Dwivedi added that there must be no discrepancy between the version recorded in the Panchnama and the handler's evidence deposed before the Court. Is A Doctor's Specific 'Fit State Of Mind' Certificate Necessary To Rely On A Dying Declaration? Allahabad High Court Answers Case Title - Suhail vs State of UP along with a connected appeal 2026 LiveLaw (AB) 343 Case Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (AB) 343 The Allahabad High Court has clarified that the doctor's certificate stating the patient was "conscious" and "able to speak" is sufficient to rely upon a dying declaration even if a separate endorsement regarding the "fit state of mind" of the victim, to make a statement, is absent. "…the requirement of a doctor's endorsement regarding the mental fitness of the deceased to make his/her declaration is not a rule of law or a mandatory provision, but merely a rule of prudence; the ultimate test is whether the dying declaration is truthful, voluntary, and free from any tutoring, prompting, or other suspicious circumstances", a bench of Justice JJ Munir and Justice Vinai Kumar Dwivedi ruled. (emphasis supplied) Places Of Worship Act Only Prohibits 'Conversion' Of Religious Character, No Bar On State Acquisition For Public Purpose: Allahabad High Court Case title - Syed Rashid Ali and others vs State of UP and others 2026 LiveLaw (AB) 344 Case Citation : 2026 LiveLaw (AB) 344 The Allahabad High Court has ruled that the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991, prohibits only the 'conversion' of the religious character of a place of worship from one religious denomination to another, but it does not bar the State from acquiring such properties for 'secular' and 'public' purposes. With this, a Bench of Justice JJ Munir and Justice Arun Kumar dismissed a writ petition seeking to halt the widening and beautification of the Dalmandi area in Varanasi, a project undertaken as a part of the UP Govt's Shri Kashi Vishwanath Dham Corridor development. POCSO Act Prevails Over Personal Law: Allahabad High Court Refuses To Quash FIR Over 'Repeated Rape' Under Guise Of Nikah Halala Case title - Tayyab vs State of U.P. and others 2026 LiveLaw (AB) 345 Case Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (AB) 345 The Allahabad High Court refused to quash an FIR lodged against 9 persons accused of raping the informant when she was a minor during a 2016 'nikah halala', and later subjecting her to gang rape as an adult during a second, 'double' halala in 2025. In its 19-page judgment, a bench of Justice JJ Munir and Justice Tarun Saxena categorically stated that "when it comes to criminal law, unless the law itself makes exception, which it rarely does, there is absolutely no place for pleading personal laws governing marriage, etc., if, interlaced with a matrimonial relationship, a crime were committed". Objections By Apartment Association Can't Override Consent Of Individual Flat Owners For Additional Development: Allahabad High Court Case Title: Great Value Sharanam Apartment Owners Association v. State of U.P. and 8 others 2026 LiveLaw (AB) 346 Case Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (AB) 346 The Allahabad High Court has held that objections by Apartment Owner's Association cannot invalidate the consent given by individual flat owners for further development and purchase of additional FAR (floor area ratio) by the developer. Justice Arun Kumar held, “A representative body cannot, merely by passing a resolution, invalidate ...

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