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Several lawyers, activists and professors addressing the gathering at the Press Club of India on Thursday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Officials should be held accountable for the continued “illegal detention” of activists and workers in connection with a stir seeking wage hikes in Noida in April, several lawyers, activists and professors demanded at the…
The Allahabad High Court has ruled that government authorities cannot force private landowners to execute sale deeds for the acquisition of land. File | Photo Credit: iStockphoto/Getty Images The Allahabad High Court has ruled that government authorities cannot force private landowners to execute sale deeds for the acquisition of land. The Lucknow Bench of the…
Finding merit in the couple’s allegation that the police were siding with the woman’s father, the court imposed costs on both the police authorities and the complainant. Image for representation | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Reaffirming that consenting adults are free to choose their life partners, the Allahabad High Court recently rebuked the Uttar Pradesh…
The Allahabad High Court expressed serious concerns over the State’s FSL infrastructure. File. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The Allahabad High Court has granted bail to an accused in a rape and murder case with a “heavy heart and great pain” due to the lack of scientific evidence linking the suspect to the crime. Granting…
Prayagraj: The law provides the right to a victim of sexual assault to terminate her pregnancy medically, the Allahabad High Court has observed while allowing a 17-year-old woman to choose whether she wants the child or not. A two-judge bench comprising Justices Mahesh Chandra Tripathi and Prashant Kumar was hearing a petition of a 17-year-old…
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Noting that there was no “good reason” to decline bail, the Supreme Court rapped the Allahabad High Court for failing to show “courage” in granting bail to a cleric in an alleged conversion case. “We can understand that the trial court declined bail as trial courts seldom muster the courage of granting bail, be it…
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Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday dismissed a writ petition seeking direction to the state authorities to permit the mounting of loudspeakers on a Masjid. The court observed that the religious places were for offering prayers, therefore the use of loudspeakers was not a matter of right. Dismissing the writ petition filed by Pilibhit-resident…
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Prayagraj: Although live-in relationships have no social sanction, the youths’ attraction to it demands there must be devised some framework or solution to save “moral values” of the society, the Allahabad High Court has observed. Justice Nalin Kumar Srivastava made the observation while granting bail to Varanasi-based Akash Keshari, who was booked under various sections…
Lucknow: The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court on Tuesday dismissed as “not maintainable” a PIL challenging the impeachment motion moved against Justice Shekhar Yadav over his alleged controversial remarks at a VHP event last month. “We do not see that the cause espoused in the present petition relates to any vulnerable section of people….
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The judge appeared before the collegium headed by Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna. New Delhi: Allahabad High Court judge Shekhar Kumar Yadav, who purportedly gave controversial statements at a Vishwa Hindu Parishad function, appeared before the Supreme Court collegium on Tuesday, sources said. According to the sources, Yadav appeared before the collegium headed by Chief Justice…
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