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Lucknow, March 29 The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has said that it is illegal to conduct a medical examination (ossification test) to determine a minor's age when certificates from a school, board, municipal corporation, municipality, or panchayat are available.Holding this, the...

Lucknow, March 28 The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court said on Saturday that if a government employee or pensioner dies during treatment or becomes unable to make a claim, their legal heirs can also claim reimbursement of medical expenses.The bench of Justices Alok Mathur and Amitabh...

Prayagraj, March 28 The Allahabad High Court has observed that if a petitioner is already married and his/her spouse is alive, he/she cannot legally enter into a live-in relationship with a third person without obtaining a divorce from the earlier spouse.A single-judge bench of Justice Vivek...

Prayagraj, March 28 The Allahabad High Court has stayed the notice issued by the Sambhal administration on January 1, in which a petitioner was directed to explain his possession of a disputed piece of land within 15 days.The court has also asked the petitioner, Ali Ashraf, to provide evidence...

New Delhi, March 28 Activists have claimed that the Uttar Pradesh government has not established a mechanism for brick kiln operators to obtain environmental clearance, despite having issued an order mandating it over three months ago.On December 16, 2025, the state government enacted an order...

Prayagraj, March 27 The Allahabad High Court has directed a DNA test to determine the biological parentage of a minor girl, overturning a family court order that had granted her maintenance.Justice Madan Pal Singh passed the order on March 17 while allowing a criminal revision petition filed...

Prayagraj, March 27 The Allahabad High Court has stated that a married man living in a consensual live-in relationship with an adult woman does not constitute a criminal offense under the law.A division bench of Justice J J Munir and Justice Tarun Saxena made the observation while granting...

New Delhi, March 27 Days after the Allahabad High Court granted anticipatory bail to Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati in a case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, an appeal has been filed in the Supreme Court against the order.The plea by Ashutosh Brahmachari, the...

Prayagraj, March 26 The Allahabad High Court has expressed serious concern over the lapses in the registration of a police case, noting that while the complaint mentioned rape, the FIR did not invoke the relevant sections related to it.The high court directed senior Uttar Pradesh Police and...

Prayagraj, March 26 The Allahabad High Court has observed that claiming a particular religion to be the "only true religion" is wrong in a secular country like India and may amount to disparaging other faiths, thereby attracting provisions of law.Dismissing a petition filed by Reverend Father...

Lucknow, March 26 The Allahabad High Court on Thursday allowed the Central government to be made a party in a case related to the citizenship of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and asked it to submit relevant records on April 6.The order was passed by Justice Subhash Vidyarthi of the Lucknow...

Lucknow, March 26 The Allahabad High Court on Thursday refused to intervene in an eviction order passed by the district administration regarding a mosque constructed on land belonging to the local village council in the Bakshi Ka Talab area, but overturned a fine imposed on the petitioners...

New Delhi, March 26 – Spiritual leader Ashutosh Brahmachari Maharaj has moved the Supreme Court, challenging the anticipatory bail granted by the Allahabad High Court to Jyotish Peeth Shankaracharya Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati and his disciple Mukundanand Giri in connection with a...

Prayagraj, March 25 The Allahabad High Court has rejected several petitions filed by nine accused seeking to quash criminal proceedings initiated against them for their alleged role in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Kanpur.Describing the mass violence following the assassination of former prime...

Lucknow, March 25 The Allahabad High Court ruled on Wednesday that a candidate cannot be denied a government job solely because of a minor criminal case, especially when the candidate has disclosed the case.The order was passed by Justice Karunesh Singh Pawar of the Lucknow bench of the HC...

New Delhi, March 25 The Supreme Court on Wednesday quashed a dowry harassment case against a woman's in-laws and sister-in-law in Uttar Pradesh, stating that vague allegations in matrimonial disputes should not be allowed to trigger criminal prosecution against a husband's relatives.A bench of...

Prayagraj, March 25 The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday granted anticipatory bail to Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati and his disciple, Mukundanand Brahmachari, in a case registered against them under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.The order was passed by Justice...

Prayagraj, March 25 The Allahabad High Court granted anticipatory bail to Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati and his disciple, Mukundanand Brahmachari, in a case registered against them under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.The order was passed by Justice Jitendra Kumar...

Prayagraj (UP), March 25 Taking note of the dilapidated condition of various heritage sites and structures across Uttar Pradesh, the Allahabad High Court has issued notices to the Uttar Pradesh government, the Union Ministries of Culture, Tourism and Housing and Urban Affairs, the Archaeological...

Prayagraj (UP), March 25 The Allahabad High Court has extended its interim stay on the order issued by the chief judicial magistrate of Sambhal, directing the registration of FIR against several police officers, including then Circle Officer Anuj Kumar Chaudhary.When the matter came up for...