This weekly round-up collects Allahabad High Court decisions covered by Legal Republic in the selected period. Each entry gives the court, case name or citation, a short holding, and a link to the full article.
Key Decisions
M/s Purv Sainik Security Service vs State of U.P. and 4 Others, Writ-C No. 28222 of 2022
The Court holds that a writ petition for admitted contractual dues is maintainable and entertainable, and directs payment with six per cent interest in three months.
Read full articleRamdev vs State of U.P., 2026:AHC-LKO:72591-DB
The Court at Lucknow sets aside convictions under Sections 363, 366, 302 and 368 IPC in a case arising from the disappearance of a teenage girl in December 2002.
Read full articleMahesh Chandra and Others vs State of U.P., Criminal Appeal No. 2496 of 2001
The Court partly allows a 2001 criminal appeal from Fatehpur arising out of a land quarrel: life sentence replaced with three years rigorous imprisonment under Section 304 Part II.
Read full articleRakesh Kumar Yadav vs State of U.P. and 2 Others, Criminal Appeal No. 8381 of 2026
The Court holds a non-speaking order under Section 173(4) BNSS unsustainable, and directs the Registrar General and the Judicial Training and Research Institute to circulate the guidelines.
Read full articleBarik and Another vs State of U.P., Capital Sentence Reference No. 9 of 2017
The Court declines to confirm the death sentences of two men convicted of a double murder in Muzaffarnagar, finding the FIR ante-dated and official records altered after the event.
Read full articleSandhya Jaisawal vs State of U.P. and Another, Criminal Appeal arising from Criminal Misc. Case No. 454 of 2026
The Court sets aside an order under Section 173(4) BNSS, holding the Special Judge ignored the inquiry requirements in Sections 175(3) and 175(4).
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