Source – menafn.com The Supreme Court on Friday refused to stay an Allahabad High Court order that annulled the election of Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan’s son Abdullah Azam Khan as an MLA from Suar in Uttar Pradesh for being underage while filing the nomination papers. A bench headed by Chief Justice S.A. Bobde and
Source – outlookindia.com The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice on plea moved by Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan”s son Abdullah Azam whose election from Suar Assembly constituency in Uttar Pradesh was annulled for allegedly being less than the mandatory 25 years of age, when he filed nomination. Although, a bench headed by Chief
Source – hindustantimes.com The Union government and the higher judiciary appear to be at loggerheads again over judicial appointments, with each blaming the other for the over 410 vacancies across high courts in the country. Last week, a Supreme Court bench headed by justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul sought an answer from the government on whether
Source – news18.com Lucknow: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has directed the UP government to regulate the sale and distribution of acid. The court further directed the state government to file its counter affidavit on January 31, detailing steps being taken in this regard. A bench of Chief Justice Goving Mathur and Justice
Source – newindianexpress.com NEW DELHI: Amidst increasing pendency of cases, vacancies in high courts have already crossed 400. The Centre is facing a challenge in filling the same and is blaming the states for sending the names of judges late to the collegium. Attorney General KK Venugopal told the top court that government alone could
Source – business-standard.com Taking cognizance of a complaint filed by a Mumbai-based lawyer alleging that Uttar Pradesh had acted in an unconstitutional manner to deal with anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protesters, the Allahabad High Court yesterday issued notice to the Yogi Adityanath government. Referring to news reports published in The Telegraph and the New York
Source – telegraphindia.com Allahabad High Court on Tuesday took cognisance of the “situation in Uttar Pradesh” and registered a public interest litigation (PIL). A bench of Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice Vivek Varma took suo moto cognisance of incidents that took place in the state after the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, was enacted, including
Source – scroll.in The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on Monday posted a habeas corpus petition filed on behalf of lawyer and president of Rihai Manch, Mohammad Shoaib, for next week on the Uttar Pradesh government’s request. A bench of Justices Shabihul Hasnain and Virender Kumar-II granted a week’s time to the Adityanath government to
Source – news18.com New Delhi: In 2019, the Uttar Pradesh government prematurely released from its jails more than 1,500 murder convicts serving life imprisonment. The convicts have been released following terms of the Yogi Adityanath government’s policy of August 2018, as ratified under Article 161 of the Constitution which empowers the governor to grant pardon. As
Source – newindianexpress.com LUCKNOW: The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court on Thursday asked the state government to file its reply within two weeks on a petition seeking quashing of the FIR filed here against Congress worker Sadaf Jafar for her participation in a protest against the CAA. The court, however, declined to direct the jail
