Category: Allahabad High Court

Allahabad High Court asks principal to admit student after she shows alternative address near school

Source:-https://www.indialegallive.com New Delhi (ILNS): The Allahabad High Court has directed the Principal of Kendriya Vidyalaya IFFCO Phulpur, Prayagraj to admit a student who had been denied admission on the ground that petitionerā€™s residence is 226 km from the school and therefore, it is not possible for her to attend her classes on a daily basis.

SC refuses adjournment request in plea against PM Modiā€™s election from Varanasi

Source:-https://scroll.in The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its judgement in a petition challenging the election of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the Lok Sabha in 2019 from the Varanasi constituency, Bar and Bench reported. ā€œThis case has been going on for a long time,ā€ the bench of Chief Justice SA Bobde and Justices AS Bopanna

Allahabad High Court to hear govt response on detained Nigerian nationalsā€™ habeas corpus petition tomorrow

Source:-https://www.indialegallive.com The Allahabad High Court will hear tomorrow the governmentā€™s response in the habeas corpus petition filed by two Nigerian nationals who have alleged that they have been illegally detained. On November 10 the court had asked the counsel for the Union of India and the stateā€™s Advocate General to seek instructions in the matter

ā€˜U.P. govt. wanted Muslim scapegoats to divert attention from Hathras caseā€™

Source:-https://www.thehindu.com Shakhavat Kha, the maternal uncle of research scholar Atiq-ur-Rehman, says he was detained by the police in Mathura only because the Uttar Pradesh government wanted Muslim ā€œscapegoatsā€ to divert attention from the rape case of a Dalit girl in Hathras. ā€œThese are Muslim boys. So they [police] made them scapegoats,ā€ Mr. Kha told The

India needs more and more inter-faith marriages, and laws need to facilitate that

Source:-https://theprint.in In a recent judgment, the Allahabad High Court observed that religious conversion for the purpose of marriage is unacceptable. The court cited its own 2014 judgment, which had reiterated the Supreme Courtā€™s observation in the Lily Thomas vs Union of India case that conversion of a person to Islam can only be considered bona

Mathura courts go on day-long strike after ‘false case’ against advocate

Source:-https://www.newindianexpress.com MATHURA: Legal work remained paralysed across courts on Thursday here due to a one-day strike called by the Mathura Bar Association in protest against the alleged implication of an advocate in a “false case” by the police, an office-bearer said. The Allahabad High Court has been informed about the boycott of court work, Sushil

Allahabad High Court expresses concern over no action against Hathras DM

Source:-https://www.business-standard.com The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court on Monday reserved its order in the Hathras case, while expressing concern over the Uttar Pradesh government not taking any action against District Magistrate Pravin Kumar for fairness of the probe. The state government, however, assured the court of a decision in this regard by November 25,

Allahabad High Court grants protection from arrest to Nawazuddin Siddiqui and his family members

Source:-https://www.theindianwire.com The arrest of film actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui has been stopped by the Allahabad High Court. The court also prevented the arrest of his three family members, who were identified in the rape and molestation case filed by the estranged wife of the actor, Aaliya, as co-accused. There is also a section on child abuse

Ex legislator Iqbal told by Allahabad High Court to appear before ED

Source:-https://www.indialegallive.com New Delhi (ILNS): The Allahabad High Court has directed Haji Mohammad Iqbal, a former Legislative Council member who came under the purview of the Enforcement Directorate investigation on money laundering, to appear before the ED and present his case. This order has been given by Justice Suneet Kumar on the Petition of Afzal, son

Allahabad High Court orders stay on demolition of disputed structure on private land across UP

Source:-https://www.indialegallive.com New Delhi (ILNS): The Allahabad High Court has issued a stay order spanning an entire series of demolition orders on structures on private land. The demolition orders were issued by the Uttar Pradesh government. These demolition orders had been issued before expiry of the date of appeal that the landowners had, and this goes