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
Mangnoo Jha v. Punjab National Bank Through Chairman Cum Managing Director, 2026:AHC-LKO:66340
The Court set aside a Punjab National Bank officer's dismissal, holding the enquiry breached natural justice and rested on an unestablished fact.
Read full articleState of U.P. v. Kishor alias Ram Kishor and Anr., 2026:AHC-LKO:67480-DB
The Court summarily dismissed a government appeal against acquittal, holding that leave under Section 378(3) CrPC does not make summoning the trial record mandatory before dismissal under Section 384.
Read full articleState of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home, Lko. v. Sharad Rastogi and 4 Others, 2026:AHC-LKO:65951-DB
The Court held that summoning the trial court record is not mandatory before summarily dismissing an appeal against acquittal.
Read full articleRekha Saxena and Anr. v. Roman Catholic Diocese, Allahabad and Anr., First Appeal From Order No. 354 of 2025
The Court set aside a trial court order refusing a temporary injunction, holding that three decades of admitted possession established a prima facie case independently of a cancelled sale deed.
Read full articleState of U.P. v. Shiv Lal and 3 Ors., 2026:AHC-LKO:65949-DB
The Court dismissed a 2001 government appeal against acquittal in a train murder case, holding the eyewitnesses were not of sterling quality.
Read full articleAshish Gupta v. Pushpa Gupta, Second Appeal Nos. 110 and 111 of 2026
The Court dismissed second appeals challenging a widow's property rights on the ground that her marriage was void under the Hindu Marriage Act, holding that a stranger to the marriage has no locus to quest
Read full articleNational Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Reeta and 4 Ors., First Appeal From Order No. 102 of 2024
The Court enhanced motor accident compensation from Rs 7.2 lakh to Rs 11.43 lakh, applying minimum wages as notional income and correcting the conventional heads under Pranay Sethi and Nanu Ram.
Read full articleBharat Verma v. State of U.P. and 14 Ors., Criminal Misc. Writ Petition No. 10787 of 2026
The Court directed that all subsequent FIRs containing identical allegations be clubbed with the principal FIR and their contents treated as statements under Section 161 CrPC / Section 180 BNSS.
Read full articleAshok Kumar and Ors. v. Union of India, 2026:AHC-LKO:67460
The Court held that an unborn child of more than five months is equal to a child in existence and a person who can be the subject of an action for damages, awarding separate compensation under the Railways
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