No immediate relief granted on Gyanvapi Masjid committee’s plea against Hindu prayers in mosque cellar

No immediate relief granted on Gyanvapi Masjid committee’s plea against Hindu prayers in mosque cellar

A road leading to the Gyanvapi Mosque barricaded amid ‘Varanasi Bandh’ called by the Muslim community, in Varanasi, on February 2, 2024 | Photo Credit: PTI The Allahabad High Court on February 2 did not give any immediate relief to the Gyanvapi Masjid committee which had challenged the order of the Varanasi court allowing Hindu … Read more

Allahabad HC stays U.P. govt. order suspending licence of Sanjay Gandhi Hospital in Amethi; employees call off nine-day protest 

Allahabad HC stays U.P. govt. order suspending licence of Sanjay Gandhi Hospital in Amethi; employees call off nine-day protest 

Joyous: Members of the joint forum of doctors and staff of Sanjay Gandhi Hospital celebrate the Allahabad HC order.  | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The decision of the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday to stay the Uttar Pradesh government’s order suspending the licence of Sanjay Gandhi Hospital in Amethi has brought … Read more

Allahabad HC says Mukhtar Ansari gang most dreaded gang of India, denies bail to member

Allahabad HC says Mukhtar Ansari gang most dreaded gang of India, denies bail to member

Opposing the bail application, the government counsel Ratnendu Kumar Singh said the accused could influence witnesses and secure acquittal in the present case. Representational file image. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Allahabad High Court has denied bail to a member of the Mukhtar Ansari gang in a 2010 murder case in Mau district in which the … Read more

Local body polls | Supreme Court seeks response from U.P. govt., State Election Commission

Local body polls | Supreme Court seeks response from U.P. govt., State Election Commission

The Supreme Court on Friday, March 3, 2023, sought responses from the Uttar Pradesh government and the State Election Commission on a plea by a group of 14 Mayors to intervene in a case concerning the holding of local body elections in the State. A three-judge Bench led by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud … Read more

HC imposes ₹1 lakh fine on man over repeated petitions against Adityanath in Gorakhpur riot case

HC imposes ₹1 lakh fine on man over repeated petitions against Adityanath in Gorakhpur riot case

The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday imposed a fine of ₹1 lakh on a man for filing repeated petitions against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath regarding the 2007 Gorakhpur riot case in spite of the issue being settled by the Supreme Court. On … Read more

Allahabad High Court grants interim bail to Azam Khan

Allahabad High Court grants interim bail to Azam Khan

The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday granted interim bail to Samajwadi Party MLA Azam Khan in a case related to alleged grabbing of enemy property for his Jauhar University project. The bail order was passed by Justice Rahul Chaturvedi. The interim bail has been granted on the condition that Khan has to return the entire … Read more

Allahabad HC stays arrest of ‘Mirzapur’ web series directors, writers

Allahabad HC stays arrest of ‘Mirzapur’ web series directors, writers

The Allahabad High Court has stayed the arrest of “Mirzapur” web series directors and writers in connection with an FIR lodged against them, alleging “improper and indecent portrayal” of the town of Mirzapur. Karan Anshuman and Gurmeet Singh are the directors of the first season of the web series Mirzapur while Singh also directed the … Read more

HC sets aside order extending term of UP Sunni Waqf Board; wants new elected body to take charge

HC sets aside order extending term of UP Sunni Waqf Board; wants new elected body to take charge

Allahabad: The Allahabad High Court on Monday set aside a state government order extending the tenure of the UP Sunni Central Waqf Board and directed that a new elected Board should take charge by February 28. A bench comprising Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice SS Shamshery passed the order on petitions challenging the validity … Read more

Two Ayodhya residents move HC challenging acquittals of Babri mosque demolition accused

Two Ayodhya residents move HC challenging acquittals of Babri mosque demolition accused

LUCKNOW: Two Ayodhya residents on Friday moved the Allahabad High Court challenging a special CBI court’s ruling that acquitted all 32 accused including BJP veterans L K Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi the 1992 demolition of Babri mosque. Ayodhya residents Haji Mahboob and Haji Sayyad Akhlaq Ahmad filed the petition in the Lucknow bench of … Read more

How much time do you need to complete Hathras case probe: Allahabad HC asks CBI

How much time do you need to complete Hathras case probe: Allahabad HC asks CBI

Lucknow: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has asked the CBI to let it know on November 25 how much time it would take to complete the probe into the Hathras gangrape and murder case. It has also asked the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) to file an affidavit stating that it has … Read more