After the Varanasi Court allowed the Hindu devotees to worship inside the Gyanvapi mosque complex, the barricades of Vyas Ka Tehkhana (basement) of the mosque were opened, and daily arti and puja were performed early in the morning on Thursday. According to Vishnu Shankar Jain, the Hindu side lawyer Mangla […]
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Allahabad HC dismisses petition filed by UP Govt seeking bail cancellation of Azam Khan
The Allahabad High Court on Friday dismissed the petition filed by the Uttar Pradesh Government seeking bail cancellation of Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan. The High Court told the UP government to go to a lower court to file a petition in this matter. The hearing of the case was done under […]
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Allahabad HC bench seeks Censor Board’s reply on PIL filed against movie ‘Adipurush’
The Lucknow Bench of Allahabad High Court has issued a notice to the Censor Board to file its reply on a PIL filed against upcoming mega-starer ‘Adipurush’. The bench has fixed February 21 as the next date of the hearing. A division bench of Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal and Justice […]
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SC stays Allahabad HC order convicting former UP MLA Mukhtar Ansari for threatening jailer
The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the Allahabad High Court order convicting former Uttar Pradesh MLA Mukhtar Ansari and sentencing him to a seven-year jail term for intimidating and threatening a jailer to kill in 2003. A bench of Justices BR Gavai Justice Vikram Nath also issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh government and sought its […]
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UP:Allahabad HC orders filing of chargesheet in Jawahar Bagh incident
The Allahabad High Court has allowed presentation of the Jawahar Bagh incident in Mathura before a special court after the completion of the CBI investigation and start the trial, as per the rules. On behalf of the CBI, senior advocates Gyan Prakash and Sanjay Yadav presented the investigation report in a sealed envelope, saying the […]
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SC rejects Abdullah Azam Khan’s plea challenging Allahabad HC order annulling his election
Supreme Court on Monday rejected the appeal filed by Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan’s son Abdullah Azam Khan challenging the Allahabad High Court order which annulled his election as Uttar Pradesh legislator on grounds that he was underage and not qualified to contest the poll in 2017. The Allahabad High Court had […]
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Allahabad HC to hear PIL seeking removal of Mazaars from railway stations on Dec 15
The Allahabad High Court in Uttar Pradesh has sought a response from the Central Government and the State Government on a PIL filed for the removal of ‘Mazars’ and other religious places from the public places. The case has been scheduled for its next hearing on December 15. The said […]
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UP: Allahabad HC to hear Gyanvapi case today
Allahabad High Court on Wednesday will hear a plea on Wednesday challenging the Varanasi District Court’s decision on the challenge to the petition of Hindu devotees. The matter is related to the Kashi Vishwanath temple-Gyanvapi mosque dispute.The Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee has filed a petition in the Allahabad High Court […]
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Lakhimpur violence case: Allahabad HC denies bail to Union Minister’s son Ashish Mishra
The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday denied bail to Ashish Mishra, the son of Union Minister Ajay Mishra, in connection with the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case. The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court rejected the bail petition of the main accused Ashish Mishra. Four farmers died in the Lakhimpur case, […]
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Babri Masjid case: Allahabad HC to hear plea against acquittal of 32 accused
The Allahabad High Court will hear on August 1 a plea challenging the acquittal of all the 32 accused, including BJP leader LK Advani, who were acquitted by the special CBI court here in 2022 in the Babri Masjid demolition case. The petition has been filed by Haji Mehboob, a resident of Ayodhya in […]
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Allahabad HC to get 10 more permanent judges
The Supreme Court Collegium has approved the proposal for the appointment of ten additional judges of the Allahabad High Court as permanent judges. According to the official statement, Justices Sanjay Kumar Pachori, Subhash Chandra Sharma, Subhash Chand (Presently working in Jharkhand High Court on transfer), Saroj Yadav, Mohd. Aslam, Anil […]
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SC stays Allahabad HC order relating to Mohammad Ali Jauhar University
The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the Allahabad High Court order, which allowed the taking over of the land allotted to Mohammad Ali Jauhar University run by Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar Trust headed by Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan. A bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and Justice CT Ravikumar also issued notice on […]
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Oral sex with minor not ‘aggravated sexual assault’ under POCSO Act, says Allahabad HC
Observing that ‘oral sex’ with a minor does not come under the ‘aggravated sexual assault’ category in the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the Allahabad High Court has reduced the jail term of a man convicted of sexually assaulting a 10-year-old boy from 10 years to seven years. In […]