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The Supreme Court has granted bail to Mohammad Danish, Faizan, and Nazir, arrested for their alleged roles in the 2022 violence at a Mughal-era mosque in Uttar Pradesh, which resulted in four deaths. With investigations complete, charges filed, and no conclusive evidence, the apex court intervened after the Allahabad High Court's rejection. In a significant judicial move, the Supreme Court on Monday granted bail to three individuals implicated in the 2022 violence at a Mughal-era mosque in Samb ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court has constituted a high-powered committee to oversee the long-delayed rehabilitation of encroachers living outside the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP), observing that the state government had failed to comply with its directions issued over nearly three decades. A bench of chief justices Shree Chandrashekhar and Gautam A Ankhad passed the order on October 16 while hearing a contempt petition filed by Samyak Janhit Seva Sanstha against the Union of India. The peti ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court has constituted a high-powered committee to oversee the long-delayed rehabilitation of encroachers living outside the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP), observing that the state government had failed to comply with its directions issued over nearly three decades. A bench of chief justices Shree Chandrashekhar and Gautam A Ankhad passed the order on October 16 while hearing a contempt petition filed by Samyak Janhit Seva Sanstha against the Union of India. The peti ...Read More >
From Kashmir to Madhra Pradesh, Justice Sreedharan had rubbed the government the wrong way with this pro-civil rights approach. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court of India announced that it had modified its earlier recommendation regarding the transfer of Justice Atul Sreedharan, following a request from the Union government. Earlier in August, the Supreme Court collegium had proposed transferring Justice Sreedharan, one of the senior-most judges of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, to the Chhattisg ...Read More >
A Lucknow bench said that it was of the considered view that there was no ground to interfere in the proceedings under the PMLA against the petitioners in exercise of its powers under section 482 CrPC. The bench, however, clarified that the observations of the verdict would not affect the trial proceedings, according to an order made available on Wednesday. A bench of Justice Subhash Vidyarthi passed the order recently on October 17, dismissing the petition filed by the cooperative society and ...Read More >
The 'Toshkhana' (treasury) of the Banke Bihari temple in Mathura, which had been locked since 1971, was opened for the second consecutive day on Sunday to complete the remaining inspection work as per the directions of the Supreme Court-appointed high-powered committee. IMAGE: Devotees toss 'Gulal' on each other on the occasion of the 'Basant Panchami' festival, which marks the beginning of the 40-day-long Holi festival at Shri Banke Bihari Temple, in Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, February 3, 2025. ...Read More >
Mathura (UP), Oct 19 (PTI) The 'Toshkhana' (treasury) of the Banke Bihari temple in Mathura, which had been locked since 1971, was opened on Saturday on the orders of a high-powered committee constituted by the Supreme Court. The 'Toshkhana' is the room located adjacent to the temple's sanctum sanctorum. The Supreme Court, in its August 2025 order, had constituted a 12-member high-powered interim committee headed by retired Allahabad High Court judge Ashok Kumar to look after the day-to-day af ...Read More >
Court directed police officer to ensure that petitioners are safely escorted to their choice of place ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed * Allahabad High Court ordered the release of an interfaith couple illegally detained by Uttar Pradesh Police * The couple was taken into custody without any legal direction or order from authorities * The female petitioner is a major and her detention violated her constitutional fundamental rights, court said Did our AI summary hel ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Cautioning high courts, and itself, against routinely ordering CBI probes, Supreme Court on Thursday said courts should invoke their power to direct an inquiry by the central agency as a last resort in an exceptional situation.A bench of justices J K Maheshwari and Vijay Bishnoi set aside Allahabad high court's order directing a CBI probe into alleged irregularities in the recruitment process for UP legislative council staff, saying the order was passed by HC on the basis of some doub ...Read More >
New Delhi- The Supreme Court has said that a CBI inquiry should not be ordered by the constitutional courts in a routine manner and must be exercised sparingly and cautiously. A bench of justices J K Maheshwari and Vijay Bishnoi made the observations while setting aside an order of the Allahabad High Court which directed a CBI probe into alleged irregularities in the recruitment process for the Uttar Pradesh legislative council staff. The top court said the exercise of inherent powers to direc ...Read More >
A bench of Justices Abdul Moin and Abdhesh Kumar Chaudhary observed that lawlessness in the name of "cow protection" threatens the rule of law. The Allahabad High Court came down heavily on the Uttar Pradesh government for failing to control cow-related mob violence and vigilantism. A bench of Justices Abdul Moin and Abdhesh Kumar Chaudhary observed that lawlessness in the name of "cow protection" threatens the rule of law. The court was hearing a petition filed by Rahul Yadav, a Pratapgarh r ...Read More >
On August 25, the Collegium had recommended the transfer of Madhya Pradesh High Court judge Justice Atul Sreedharan to Chhattisgarh High Court. Justice Sreedharan has now been recommended for a transfer to the Allahabad High Court. IN A highly unusual admission, the Supreme Court collegium, headed by Chief Justice of India B R Gavai, Wednesday said that it had changed its recommendation regarding transfer of a judge after the government "sought reconsideration" of its earlier decision. On Augu ...Read More >
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court has directed Samajwadi Party MP from Rampur, Mohibbullah Nadvi to pay monthly maintenance to his fourth wife regularly or face legal consequences.However, while staying the recovery of arrears, Justice Subhash Chandra Sharma referred the matter to the mediation centre of Allahabad High Court for arriving at some solution to this matrimonial dispute through dialogue. Nadvi had filed the present criminal revision with a prayer to allow the revision and set aside ...Read More >
Afroz was arrested on January 19 and sent to judicial custody. Sambhal, UP: Police on Wednesday invoked the stringent National Security Act against the alleged mastermind behind last year's communal violence here over a court-ordered survey of a Mughal-era mosque in the district. Mulla Afroz, who is currently lodged in jail, has been booked under the NSA following an order by the district magistrate on October 13. The action was confirmed by Sambhal Superintendent of Police Krishan Kumar Bish ...Read More >
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh govt on Saturday restored the Y-category security cover for senior Samajwadi Party leader and former cabinet minister Azam Khan.Azam Khan walked out of Sitapur district jail on Sept 23 on bail after spending nearly two years behind bars in connection with multiple criminal cases lodged against him.According to official sources, security personnel and gunners assigned to Khan resumed duty from Saturday, following formal orders to reinstate his protection detail. Khan's ...Read More >
Lucknow (UP), Oct 13 (PTI) Senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Azam Khan's security cover has been restored after his release from Sitapur jail on September 23. "His (Khan's) security cover has been restored," a senior police officer told PTI on Monday, though the grade of his security cover remains unclear. "There are various categories of security covers that are extended to a person based on threat assessment. In this case, Khan was already a Y security cover protectee before being jailed. N ...Read More >
Lucknow, Oct 8 (UNI) The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court today heard a petition filed by Sahara India Commercial Corporation Limited against the Lucknow Municipal Corporation's action on Sahara City. The Lucknow bench, expressing the need for further consideration, summoned the Uttar Pradesh government and the Municipal Corporation to respond by October 30. The High Court also ordered the relocation of cattle within Sahara City to Kanha Upvan and proper care thereof. ...Read More >
After spending nearly four years in two separate terms at Sitapur jail, Khan has been living quietly at his residence in Rampur's Mumtaz Park. A day before Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav's planned visit to Rampur, senior party leader and former minister Mohammad Azam Khan has spoken out for the first time since his release from jail last month. The 77-year-old leader, once considered one of the most influential figures in Uttar Pradesh politics and the SP's most prominent Muslim ...Read More >
Lucknow Municipal Corporation sealed Sahara Shaher for alleged lease norm violations, stating the 30-year lease expired in 2024 without development. Sahara India disputes this, claiming significant investment and development, citing ongoing legal disputes and an operative stay order from civil court. The group has moved the High Court against the civic body's actions. LUCKNOW: The Sahara Shaher in Lucknow's posh Gomti Nagar that once dazzled with glitterati was sealed by municipal authorities o ...Read More >
Kanpur: Former SP MLA Irfan Solanki was released from Maharajganj jail after 33 months on Tuesday, following his bail in the Gangsters Act case. Solanki and his brother Rizwan surrendered at the Police Commissioner's bungalow on Dec 2, 2022, after being charged in the arson case that occurred on Nov 7, 2022, at the residence of Nazir Fatima of Jajmau Defence Colony. Both the brothers were subsequently imprisoned.SP chief Akhilesh Yadav met Irfan in jail on Dec 19, after which Irfan was transferr ...Read More >
The Allahabad High Court has dismissed Rahul Gandhi's plea. This plea challenged a case over his Sikh community remarks. A Varanasi court is asked to pause proceedings until the High Court's final judgment. The case began after a complaint about Gandhi's US speech. The complainant alleged the speech questioned Sikh safety in India. Gandhi's lawyer argued his remarks were misconstrued. The Allahabad High Court on Friday dismissed a revision petition filed by Congress MP and Leader of the Opposit ...Read More >
Guwahati: The Allahabad High Court has shocked Rahul Gandhi by refuting his petition challenging a Varanasi special court order which had accepted a revision petition against him over controversial remarks he made about the Sikh community last year. Rahul's plea was dismissed and it will now pave the way for the revision petition to proceed in the Varanasi MP/MLA court. The case was triggered by Rahul Gandhi's statement during his three-day US tour, where he allegedly stated that Sikhs in Indi ...Read More >
New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh cabinet Minister and Nishad Party chief Sanjay Nishad has opposed the state government's decision to ban caste-based rallies... New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh cabinet Minister and Nishad Party chief Sanjay Nishad has opposed the state government's decision to ban caste-based rallies and the use of references in official documents. Calling the move "not right", Nishad said he would write to the government, urging a review of the decision. "This decision is not right. The gove ...Read More >
However, the court directed both the petitioners to register their marriage under the Special Marriage Act, which does not require any ritual of conversion The Allahabad High Court has held that if conversion is illegal, a marriage based on it will be automatically invalid and the man and woman cannot be recognised as a married couple in the eyes of law. Justice Saurabh Srivastava passed this order on a writ filed by Mohammad Bin Qasim alias Akbar seeking direction to the respondents not to in ...Read More >
Prayagraj: Observing that 'caste glorification is anti-national', the Allahabad high court has directed the UP govt to remove caste references from FIRs, police documents, public records, motor vehicles and public signboards.Dismissing a petition filed by one Praveen Chetri, Justice Vinod Diwakar in his Sept 16 judgment, observed that reverence for the Constitution, rather than for lineage, is the 'highest form of patriotism' and the 'truest expression of national service'."If India has to becom ...Read More >
Lucknow, Sep 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) Rashtriya Shoshit Samaj Party founder Swami Prasad Maurya on Tuesday reacted to the release of senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader and former Uttar Pradesh Minister Mohammad Azam Khan, who walked out of Sitapur Jail after nearly 23 months behind bars. Speaking to IANS, Swami Prasad Maurya said, "The Samajwadi Party never stood by him. It is unfortunate and deeply saddening that the very party for which Azam Khan endured immense suffering, the party he was known f ...Read More >
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India's Longest Train Route: 4 Days, 9 States, 4189 Km, 50+ Stations And Stunning Views - Any Guesses? It's... Senior Samajwadi Party leader and former Uttar Pradesh Cabinet Minister Mohammad Azam Khan was released from Sitapur jail on Tuesday after spending around two years behind bars. As he came of the jail he thanked the people who supported him. Responding to ongoing speculation about his shift to the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Khan declined to make any definitive statement and said that i ...Read More >
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], September 23 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Tuesday said that the Samajwadi Party (SP) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) are heading toward 'certain' defeat in the 2027 elections, irrespective of former Uttar Pradesh Minister Azam Khan's political choices following his bail in connection with the Quality Bar land encroachment case. In a post shared on X, Maurya said, "Whether Mohammad Azam Khan stays in the SP or goes to the BSP, ...Read More >
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], September 14 (ANI): Seven members of a family, including two children, were found dead after their car fell into a waterlogged underpass on the Ring Road in Chaksu area in Jaipur district on Sunday. Police said that the victims were returning from Haridwar after immersing ashes when the tragedy struck. Also Read | 'Refusal to Marry After Consensual Live-In Relationship Not a Cognisable Offence', Says Allahabad High Court; Rejects Woman's Rape Allegation Against Part ...Read More >
The high-powered management committee, constituted on Supreme Court orders, has directed a special audit of the Banke Bihari temple's movable and immovable assets covering a three-year period (2013-16), opening of a long-sealed room in the basement of the temple in Vrindavan and an end to the practice of VIP darshan. The committee, headed by Justice (retired) Ashok Kumar of the Allahabad high court, took these decisions at its fourth meeting on Thursday evening and said the details of the speci ...Read More >
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