Lawyers who vandalised a courtroom of the Allahabad High Court on October 28 should face an FIR and criminal contempt, a Division Bench has recommended to the Chief Justice.
The Allahabad High Court has quashed the District Magistrate, Firozabad’s order of March 9, 2026 rejecting Pooja Devi’s plea for release of property attached under the Gangsters Act, holding that a DM who declines release under Section 15 must refer the matter with his report to the competent court under Section 16(1), and has remitted the plea for fresh decision within two months.
The Allahabad High Court has held that police cannot detain an innocent family member to pressure an accused into surrendering, awarding Rs 40,000 compensation to Arvind Kumar Yadav for four days of unlawful custody at Police Station George Town, Prayagraj, to be recovered from the salaries of the personnel responsible.
A Division Bench of the Allahabad High Court has awarded Rs 20,000 each to three petitioners held for ten days, and Rs 5,000 to a fourth held for two days, at Gauri Bazar police station in Deoria, holding SHO Dr. Mahendra Kumar responsible, drawing an adverse inference from missing CCTV footage, and directing recovery from the salary of those responsible and a note in his service book.
