Source: hindustantimes.com A 23-year-old law student who accused Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Chinmayanand of rape alleged on Wednesday that police were delaying the arrest of the former minister and threatened to immolate herself. Hours later, the special investigation team (SIT) investigating the case said an arrest would only be made with “solid evidence” even
Source: financialexpress.com Former Union minister and BJP leader Swami Chinmayanand, accused of sexually assaulting a 23-year-old law student at his ashram, was arrested Friday, four days after the woman recorded her statement before a magistrate in Shahjahanpur. Police have not booked him on the charge of rape, and invoked instead sexual intercourse by a person in authority,
Source: deccanherald.com With the halting of the UP government’s decision to put 17 Other Backward Castes (OBC) in the Scheduled Castes (SC) list, Allahabad High Court on Monday upset many politicos who have always resorted to such quota calculus to further their existing vote banks or create new vote banks. Mayawati alleged politics over the issue as the Supreme Court said the state
Source: nationalheraldindia.com In a major setback to the Yogi Adityanath government, the Allahabad High Court on Monday stayed its decision to include 17 Other Backward Castes (OBC) in the Scheduled Castes (SC) list. The court’s decision came on a petition filed by social activist Gorakh Prasad. On June 24, the state government had directed District
Source: theprint.in New Delhi: Vacancies in high courts hit a new high this month, with no incumbents for 38 per cent of the sanctioned posts for permanent and additional judges, according to data from the Law Ministry. India’s 25 high courts have a sanctioned strength of 1,079 judges, of which 414 are currently vacant, higher than at
Source: dnaindia.com Senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan, representing Muslim parties in the Ayodhya Babri Masjid land dispute case, on Thursday submitted before the Supreme Court that he has been receiving threats on social media for appearing in the matter.”I am receiving threats on Facebook for appearing against in the case,” he submitted before a five-judge constitution
Source: theleaflet.in Representatives of the Allahabad HC Bar Association and Oudh Bar Association Lucknow are scheduled to meet Uttar Pradesh government representative Sidharth Nath Singh, on September 11. AALLAHABAD High Court Bar Association (AHCBA) has decided to call off ongoing strike following a stern warning from the Supreme Court on Monday that the top court will
Source: indiatoday.in he Supreme Court is hearing the Ayodhya title suit on a daily basis since August 6. The court has heard Hindu side, primarily represented by the Nirmohi Akhara and deity Ram Lalla till now. It has to hear 14 petitioners. Among them is a Buddhist petitioner, Vineet Kumar Maurya, staking claim on the
Source: hindustantimes.com One of the accused in the Syana violence of December last year, in which a police inspector was killed, received a hero’s welcome on his release from the Bulandshahr district jail on Saturday evening, according to a video circulated on social media. In all, six accused were released after the Allahabad high court granted
Sourcce: hindustantimes.com His phone pinging with Janmashtami greetings all day, the Allahabad High Court Chief Justice Govind Mathur on Friday ordered judicial officers in Uttar Pradesh to stop sending him such messages. The instruction was conveyed by the high court’s registrar general to the judges in an urgent communication that made Chief Justice Govind Mathur’s
