Prayagraj, March 1 -- Terming a trial judge's act as deliberate judicial misconduct, the Allahabad high court has directed action against him for "deliberately" ignoring a death certificate while deciding a case related to disputed property.

The high court said the civil judge deliberately ignored the death certificate to enable the plaintiff (the person who filed the suit) to make illegal gains.

Allowing the first appeal filed by Ghaziabad Nagar Nigam, Justice Sandeep Jain, in an order dated February 24, set aside the judgment and decree dated May 13, 2025 by which the civil judge (senior division), Ghaziabad, had directed Ghaziabad Nagar Nigam to record a plaintiff's name as the owner of a property based on an earlier ex parte decree....