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Victim Of Sexual Assault Has Right To Terminate Pregnancy: Allahabad High Court

February 12, 2025 admin

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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Top Court Raps Allahabad High Court For Denying Bail

January 27, 2025 admin

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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High Court Junks Plea For Loudspeakers Atop Mosque

January 24, 2025 admin

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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High Court On Live-In Relationships

January 24, 2025 admin

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…

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Plea Against Justice Shekhar Yadav’s Impeachment Motion Rejected

January 8, 2025 admin

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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High Court Judge Appears Before Supreme Court Collegium Over “Majority” Remarks

December 17, 2024 admin

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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Petition Alleges Rahul Gandhi Holds Dual Citizenship, Home Ministry Says…

November 26, 2024 admin

A petition has claimed that Rahul Gandhi is is a citizen of UK. New Delhi: The court directed Additional solicitor general (ASG) S.B.Pandey to obtain instructions from the ministry of home affairs in this regard within three weeks and to place its response on the next date, said ASG Pandey. It directed to list the…

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Will Madrassa Law Stay? Supreme Court To Decide Today: 10 Points

November 5, 2024 admin

The Uttar Pradesh government had said it backs the law. New Delhi: Thousands of madrassa students across Uttar Pradesh may get to know today which way their education will go as the Supreme Court decides if the madrassa law, scrapped by the Allahabad High Court, should stay or not. Here are top 10 points on…

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Allahabad High Court Dismisses Plea Against Swami Rambhadracharya For Remarks On ST, SC

October 7, 2024 admin

The lawyer said that Swami Rambhadracharya’s words are not an offence under the SC/ST Act Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court has dismissed an appeal filed against alleged objectionable comments made against Dalits by a seer during a religious talk event. The petitioner filed an appeal after a special judge for SC/ST cases dismissed an application…

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Madras High Court Chief Justice administers oath of office to Justice Shamim Ahmed

September 30, 2024 admin

Justice Shamim Ahmed who has been transferred to the Madras High Court from Allahabad High Court | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Madras High Court Chief Justice K.R. Shriram on Monday (September 30, 2024) administered the oath of office to Justice Shamim Ahmed who has been transferred here from the Allahabad High Court. Advocate General P.S….

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