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SC flags delay of over 4 decades in murder appeal, questions Allahabad HC pendency

SC flags delay of over 4 decades in murder appeal, questions Allahabad HC pendency

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The Supreme Court has expressed concern over the extraordinary delay by the Allahabad High Court in disposing of a 40-year-old criminal appeal filed by a murder accused challenging his conviction. A partial working day (PWD) bench comprising Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and A S Chandurkar, on Monday, described the situation as disturbing and questioned what innovative measures could be adopted to address the mounting pendency that continues to clog the justice delivery system in the Allahabad High Court. Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

15 years after attack, Allahabad High Court slams ‘wholly insufficient’ Rs 1,000 pension for acid attack survivor | Legal News

15 years after attack, Allahabad High Court slams ‘wholly insufficient’ Rs 1,000 pension for acid attack survivor | Legal News

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5 min readNew DelhiJun 8, 2026 04:00 PM IST The Allahabad High Court recently expressed strong displeasure over the state government’s inability to put in place a rehabilitation policy for acid attack survivors, questioning how such a sensitive and grave issue affecting basic human dignity did not receive the urgent attention it deserves at the highest administrative level. A bench of Justices Saral Srivastava and Garima Prashad was hearing a plea filed by an acid attack survivor seeking enhanced compensation and rehabilitation support. The court lamented that the petitioner suffered the acid attack in 2011 and, despite the passage of nearly 15 years, no meaningful framework for her economic rehabilitation, livelihood support or financial security was produced before it. “The obligation of the State must extend towards ensuring recurring monetary assistance, employment opportunities, social security measures and meaningful economic rehabilitation enabling such survivors to live with dignity guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution of India,” the court noted in its order dated May 25. Court seeks ‘concrete policy’ On the previous date of hearing, …

Probe panel submits report on justice Yashwant Varma to Lok Sabha speaker

Probe panel submits report on justice Yashwant Varma to Lok Sabha speaker

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A three-member panel set up by the Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla last year to look into charges against justice Yashwant Varma has submitted its report to the speaker on Monday, the Lok Sabha secretariat said in a statement. Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla receives the Judges Inquiry Committee report concerning Justice Yashwant Varma, in New Delhi. (@loksabhaspeaker) Justice Verma tendered his resignation on April 10, a move that was seen as effectively bringing to a close the ongoing parliamentary inquiry into allegations of unaccounted cash found at his official residence in Delhi last year. His resignation, however, has not been accepted by President. “The Judges Inquiry Committee, investigating allegations concerning Justice Shri Yashwant Varma, submitted its report to the Hon’ble Speaker, Lok Sabha Shri Om Birla in Parliament House today. The report, which was presented in accordance with the statutory requirements under the Judges (Inquiry) Act, 1968, will be laid before both Houses of Parliament in due course,” the Lok Sabha secretariat said in a statement on Monday. Birla constituted the committee on August …

No Constitutional embargo on State legislature in giving benefits to MLAs, ex-MLAs:HC

No Constitutional embargo on State legislature in giving benefits to MLAs, ex-MLAs:HC

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Lucknow, The Allahabad High Court has dismissed a plea challenging the legal provisions granting pension and other benefits to former MLAs and MLCs, observing the provisions fall within the legislative domain and cannot be declared unconstitutional merely on the basis of policy disagreement. No Constitutional embargo on State legislature in giving benefits to MLAs, ex-MLAs:HC The Constitutional scheme does not inhibit the Legislature from enacting provisions relating to pension, allowances, or allied benefits in favour of Members of Legislative Assembly and Members of Legislative Council , including former members, the Lucknow bench of the court said. A bench of Justices Rajan Roy and A K Chaudhary passed the verdict on a PIL filed by SN Shukla, general secretary of an NGO, Lok Prahari. The bench had completed its hearing on February 17 and delivered its verdict on May 13. In its judgment, the bench observed, “There exists no Constitutional embargo upon the State legislature in enacting a measure of social security for its members as well as former members. The nature, character, and quantum of …

‘Illegal practice’: Allahabad High Court cracks down on late-night wedding DJs, loudspeakers post 10 pm | Legal News

‘Illegal practice’: Allahabad High Court cracks down on late-night wedding DJs, loudspeakers post 10 pm | Legal News

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4 min readNew DelhiMay 16, 2026 10:59 AM IST Cracking whip on the use of DJ systems and loudspeakers post 10 pm, the Allahabad High Court has directed the Lucknow authorities, including the police, to strictly enforce the ban while highlighting rampant noise pollution caused by marriage celebrations and events held in parks, community centres, and residential areas. A bench of Justices Rajan Roy and Manjive Shukla passed the directions while hearing a public interest litigation concerning protection and regulation of parks, playgrounds and open spaces in Uttar Pradesh. Justices Rajan Roy and Manjive Shukla passed the directions while hearing a public interest litigation. While dealing with the plea, the bench took note of widespread violations of Supreme Court directions relating to noise pollution. Seeking a response from the state authorities, the court ordered, “In the meantime, we direct the concerned authorities, including the police, as far as they have a role to play in the matter, to ensure that no loudspeakers or sound systems are played after 10 pm in violation of decisions of …

SC denies bail to Delhi University student in Noida workers’ protest case

SC denies bail to Delhi University student in Noida workers’ protest case

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The Supreme Court on Friday refused to grant bail to a student accused of inciting violence during the industrial workers` protest in Noida on April 13. A bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan asked the counsel appearing for Aakriti Chaudhary to approach the Allahabad High Court. “Why don`t you go to high court ? Everybody comes here by filing petition under Article 32 of the Constitution. There are 93,000 cases pending in the Supreme Court,” the bench observed. The counsel appearing for Chaudhary submitted that grounds of arrest were not given by the police to the accused and sought bail. He told the apex court that Chaudhary is a student of Delhi University. The top court also issued notice to police officials on a plea filed by one Keshaw Anand alleging torture by Uttar Pradesh police officials. A Noida court had earlier allowed conditional police remand of three women, Chaudhary, Manisha Chauhan and Srishti Gupta, accused of inciting violence during the industrial workers` protest on April 13. The court had also allowed their …

Maintenance must be assessed on husband’s economic status not wife’s MBA or past earnings: Allahabad High Court | Legal News

Maintenance must be assessed on husband’s economic status not wife’s MBA or past earnings: Allahabad High Court | Legal News

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5 min readNew DelhiMay 8, 2026 10:18 AM IST Allahabad High Court news: The Allahabad High Court recently held that the entitlement to maintenance must be assessed from the social and economic status of the husband and not merely based on the wife’s past earnings or educational qualifications. Justice Garima Prashad made the observation while dealing with a plea filed by a wife in a matrimonial dispute case seeking enhancement of the maintenance amount awarded to her by a family court. Setting aside the maintenance amount of Rs 15,000 per month by the family court, the Allahabad High Court on April 20 observed, “The entitlement to maintenance must be assessed in light of the social and economic status of the husband and not merely on the basis of the wife’s past earnings or educational qualifications.” The court allowed the revision petition and remanded the matter to the family court for fresh determination of the maintenance amount within six months. Plea for enhanced maintenance The couple married in Ahmedabad in August 2014. The wife alleged that she …

Allahabad HC rejects plea to quash FIR, chargesheet over ‘anti-national’ posts against PM Modi, RSS | Lucknow News

Allahabad HC rejects plea to quash FIR, chargesheet over ‘anti-national’ posts against PM Modi, RSS | Lucknow News

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4 min readLucknowMay 7, 2026 05:46 AM IST The Allahabad High Court dismissed a petition seeking quashing of an FIR and chargesheet filed for allegedly posting “anti-national and objectionable content” on social media against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the RSS. The court stated that the applicants’ posts on Facebook amounted to a “deliberate and malicious attempt” to outrage religious feelings. A single bench of Justice Saurabh Srivastava observed in its April 29 order, “On the face of it, the conduct of the applicant in depicting the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh(RSS), which is a organization rendering its services to the various sections of society with its allied organization for last 100 years, along with the Prime Minister of this country who is indirectly elected by the majority of citizen of our country who invoked their right to vote for a particular political party.” The applicants, Jubair Ansari and others, had approached the High Court seeking to quash the case lodged against them in Sonbhadra district last year under Sections 353(2) (spreading false news or rumours encouraging …

HC allows withdrawal of 2012 riot case against BJP MLA RC Yadav

HC allows withdrawal of 2012 riot case against BJP MLA RC Yadav

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The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court has set aside a trial court order rejecting the state government’s application to withdraw prosecution against BJP MLA from Rudauli in Ayodhya district, Ram Chander Yadav, in connection with the 2012 idol immersion riot case. The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court (File) Allowing the state’s plea, a single bench of Justice Rajeev Singh observed that the public prosecutor’s application before the trial court had been filed “in good faith after careful consideration of the material on record.” The order was passed on May 4 while hearing a petition under Section 482 of the CrPC filed by Yadav, along with a criminal revision plea by the state of Uttar Pradesh. Additional advocate general VK Shahi appeared for the state. According to the prosecution’s case, on October 24, 2012, tractors carrying idols for immersion caused a traffic jam in front of the Rudauli police station. Despite police instructions to move ahead, the drivers allegedly refused to comply. It was alleged that Yadav had instructed them to halt …

Supreme Court cancels bail to accused, cautions courts against taking crimes against women lightly

Supreme Court cancels bail to accused, cautions courts against taking crimes against women lightly

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The Supreme Court has cancelled the bail granted by the Allahabad High Court to a man accused in a dowry death case from Uttar Pradesh, terming the relief “not sustainable in law” and cautioning courts against taking crimes against women “very lightly”.  A Bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and Vijay Bishnoi allowed the appeal filed by the father of the deceased woman and directed the accused husband to surrender before jail authorities within one week, failing which coercive steps may be taken. The case relates to the death of a woman, who was found dead under suspicious circumstances at her matrimonial home in Ghaziabad on July 11, 2024, within seven years of her marriage solemnised in February 2019. An FIR lodged by the deceased’s father alleged that despite spending over Rs 30 lakh at the time of marriage, including an i20 car, cash, jewellery and household articles, the husband and his family continued demanding an SUV and an additional Rs 10 lakh as dowry. Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, …