Allahabad High Court says ‘high time’ courts being made parties in cases ‘be stopped’

3 min readNew DelhiJul 29, 2026 11:53 AM IST Earlier, the Supreme Court had also deprecated this practice of impleading courts as parties. (Image generated using AI)The Allahabad High Court has urged lawyers to stop the practice of impleading courts and tribunals as parties in petitions while challenging orders, observing that the Supreme Court had deprecated the practice decades ago. Justice Subhash Vidyarthi made the observation while hearing a criminal revision plea under Section 19(4) of the Family Courts Act challenging a family court order directing that proceedings continue ex parte against the revisionist.“It is high time that this practice should be stopped. Therefore, I request the learned advocates to desist from impleading unnecessary and improper parties, more particularly the