Master Aditya Pandey Thru.Their Next Best Friend Parental Uncle (Tau) Ajay Kumar Pandey and Another v. State of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Deptt. of Home Lko AND7 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
WRIT-C 1616 of 2026, Allahabad High Court Lucknow Bench, decided 21.04.2026; Article 226 petition by two minors (thru next best friend Ajay Kumar Pandey) versus State of U.P. and others; securing cash and jewellery of deceased parents seized in a room of the house; directions to District Magistrate, Lucknow — inventory, cash to nationalized bank, jewellery to bank locker, three-week timeline from certified copy; application dated 20.12.2025 (Annexure No. 1); Guardians and Wards Act, 1890 guardianship application pending; trial court orders to govern over District Magistrate's action; writ petition disposed of; coram Shekhar B. Saraf, J. and Abdhesh Kumar Chaudhary, J.
What did the court decide?
Directions issued to the District Magistrate, Lucknow to secure the deceased parents' cash and jewellery, make an inventory, deposit the cash in a nationalized bank and the jewellery in a bank locker within three weeks of production of a certified copy of the order; the trial court (before which the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890 guardianship matter is pending) to pass consequential orders on securing, with the District Magistrate's action subject to the Trial Court's further orders; writ petition disposed of in those terms.