Suresh Pandey v. State of U.P. Thru the Chief Secretary and 3 Others
Transfer Application (Criminal) – Maintainability
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench — Transfer Application (Criminal) No. 82 of 2025, decided September 19, 2025 by Subhash Vidyarthi, J. Applicant Suresh Pandey (in person) sought transfer of seven criminal/quasi-criminal cases from Lucknow courts to Ghaziabad in one application. Held: one transfer application cannot cover seven cases in different courts; application dismissed with liberty to file separate transfer applications. Keywords: transfer of criminal proceedings, maintainability, multiple cases, single application.
What did the court decide?
No relief granted; liberty left open to the applicant to file separate applications for transfer of different cases. ¶12