[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The Allahabad high court has suspended the administrative and financial powers of Lucknow Mayor Sushma Kharkwal for failing to administer the oath of office to a duly elected Samajwadi Party (SP) for nearly five months. The order, passed on May 22 in Lalit Tiwari v State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors, was […]
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The three-member committee headed by SC judge Aravind Kumar, which was looking into allegations of corruption against Allahabad HC judge Yashwant Varma, submitted its report to LS Speaker Om Birla Monday. While Varma sent his resignation to President Murmu last month, his name continues to figure among judges of Allahabad HC on […]
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The Allahabad high court has observed that a married man’s live-in relationship with an adult woman is not an offence, emphasising that social morality cannot override the court’s duty to protect citizens’ rights. During the hearing, counsel for the woman’s family argued that since the man is already married, it is an […]
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: In a first-of-its-kind intervention and an embarrassment to Allahabad high court, Supreme Court has directed transfer of three petitions pertaining to a case from the high court to itself for adjudication as the high court sat on the verdict after reserving the order six years back relating to a criminal case of […]
[ad_1] PRAYAGRAJ: A wife is not entitled to maintenance under section 125(1)(a) of Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) if she is gainfully employed and earning a sufficient salary to maintain herself, Allahabad high court observed, setting aside a family court order directing a husband to pay an allowance of Rs 5,000 to maintain income and status […]
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav hit out at the chief minister Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government after the state dispensation ordered an immediate removal of all caste references from police records and public notices.The state government passed the order after the Allahabad high court directed all police units and district administrations […]
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Some may call it a burning example of a snail-paced justice delivery system while others may term it as “law catching up with the culprit when he is at his weakest”.However one may describe it, a person who committed the crime as a hot-headed college student, now dreads spending the rest of […]
[ad_1] The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday stayed the arrest of cricketer Yash Dayal in connection with an FIR against him for allegedly sexually exploiting a woman. A bench comprising Justices Siddhartha Varma and Anil Kumar passed the order on Dayal’s petition challenging the FIR. Staying his arrest, the court asked state counsel to file […]
[ad_1] The Allahabad High Court has stayed the arrest of cricketer Yash Dayal over an FIR alleging sexual exploitation. The court prohibited any coercive action against Dayal, who plays for the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), until the next hearing, according to a report by PTI. A division bench consisting of Justices Siddhartha Varma and Anil […]
[ad_1] New Delhi: Grabbing the breast of a victim and snapping her pyjama string would not constitute rape or attempt to rape, but aggravated sexual assault, the Allahabad High Court observed in an order. Pawan and Akash were accused of grabbing the breasts of an 11-year-old victim, tearing her pyjama string and trying to drag […]
