Ramesh Chandra Alias Ramesh Chandra Maurya v. State of U.P. and Another
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court, WRIT - C No. 35332 of 2025, decided October 14, 2025 by Arun Kumar, J. Firearm licence address-change application rejected by District Magistrate, Bareilly/Licensing Authority (order dated 25.8.2025). Petition disposed of with liberty to seek statutory appeal before Divisional Commissioner under Section 18(1) Arms Act, 1959 (alternative remedy). Petitioner: Ramesh Chandra Alias Ramesh Chandra Maurya; counsel Mukul Yadav and Rajesh Yadav; respondents: State of U.P. and Another (C.S.C.). No precedents cited.
What did the court decide?
Liberty to the petitioner to avail the alternative remedy of appeal under Section 18(1) of the Arms Act, 1959 (appeal before the Divisional Commissioner concerned). ¶13