# Supreme Court stays Allahabad HC order against two lawyers 2026-08-24T11:22:23+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the Allahabad High Court's order for criminal proceedings and disciplinary action against two advocates accused of filing a manipulated land acquisition award. The bench of Justice PK Mishra and Justice Shree Chandrashekhar also stayed the direction to lodge complaints with the Bar Council of India and the State Bar Council seeking cancellation of the advocates' licences. The interim order was passed on a petition by advocate Shiv Kant Mishra, one of the accused. The matter will be heard next on October 12. The Allahabad High Court, on July 30, had found that advocates Shiv Kant Mishra and Krishna Kant Mishra deliberately altered the contents of the award to secure higher interest for their client. The High Court had ruled that their conduct prima facie attracted perjury under Section 199 of the IPC. The Supreme Court has now stayed that order. The dispute originated from a land acquisition matter where the Bareilly Development Authority (BDA) claimed the typed copy of the award attached to the landowners' petition wrongly showed interest at 9 percent for the first year and 15 percent thereafter, while the original award only stated interest payable 'as per rules'. The High Court had allowed the BDA's review petition and ordered action against the lawyers. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Both barandbench.com and livelaw.in report the same development neutrally, though barandbench focuses on the Supreme Court stay while livelaw.in covers a separate but related High Court ruling on a different case. The Supreme Court's interim stay does not decide the merits, only halts the High Court's action pending hearing. The core issue is whether a court can order disciplinary proceedings against lawyers for alleged document manipulation. The October 12 hearing will clarify the standard of proof required. ## Coverage Coverage: 2 sources, 2 neutral - barandbench.com (neutral report) Straight factual report of the Supreme Court stay and background - livelaw.in (neutral report) Straight factual report of a separate High Court ruling on disciplinary proceedings This brief was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources. Last updated 2026-08-25T21:05:45+00:00. Tags: Allahabad High Court, Bareilly Development Authority, perjury, Shiv Kant Mishra, Supreme Court Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/supreme-court-stays-action-against-lawyers-who-fudged-award-copy/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/supreme-court-stays-action-against-lawyers-who-fudged-award-copy/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/