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Varanasi, February 19 – A Varanasi MP-MLA court will hear a review petition filed against Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Thursday.The case concerns remarks allegedly made by Rahul Gandhi during his visit to the United States in September 2024...

Lucknow, February 16 The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday sought the reply of the Uttar Pradesh government regarding the lack of a uniform policy in the state for providing grants to institutions whose recognition has been suspended.A bench comprising Chief Justice Arun...

Prayagraj (UP), February 18 The Allahabad High Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh government to form a high-level committee into the death of a woman patient, allegedly due to a wrong blood transfusion, asking it to prevent such incidents and assign responsibility.The order was passed after...

New Delhi, February 18 – The Supreme Court has overturned the controversial Allahabad High Court judgment that ruled that grabbing a minor’s breasts and breaking her pajama string did not constitute an attempt to rape.In dismissing the case, which included the criminal appeals filed by two...

New Delhi, February 18 The Supreme Court has ruled that grabbing breasts and pulling a pyjama string constitutes "an attempt to rape," overturning a controversial Allahabad High Court order that said these were only "preparation to commit rape."A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and...

New Delhi, February 18 – The Supreme Court has directed the National Judicial Academy to form a committee of experts to draft guidelines for judges dealing with cases involving sexual offenses, emphasizing the need to instill sensitivity in the judicial approach.The top court, through its...

Prayagraj (UP), February 17 The Allahabad High Court has acquitted three men, who were convicted for robbery in 1983.The court acquitted them on Monday in a case of robbery that allegedly took place in 1982.Justice Avnish Saxena found inconsistencies in the testimonies of the witnesses and...

New Delhi, February 17 The Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a November 2025 order granting bail to an accused in a cheating case, stating that the Allahabad High Court should not have blindly applied the principle of parity to him.A bench of Justices Sanjay Kumar and K Vinod Chandran...

Prayagraj, February 17 The Allahabad High Court has fixed February 24 as the next date of hearing on the bail application of Maulana Tauqir Raza in connection with the Bareilly violence case.The order was passed by Justice Ashutosh Srivastava while hearing Raza's bail plea.According to the...

Prayagraj, February 17 The Allahabad High Court has issued contempt notices to the district magistrate and SSP of Bareilly for allegedly preventing certain individuals, including the petitioner, from offering prayers inside a private property belonging to the latter.A two-judge bench...

Prayagraj (UP), February 16 The Allahabad High Court on Monday quashed criminal proceedings, including a chargesheet, against a government official for the offence of rape, observing that the allegation of forced sexual intercourse over a long period of time under the threat of making videos...

Prayagraj, February 16 The Allahabad High Court has denied bail to two accused in a case linked to the codeine-based cough syrup racket, observing that preparations containing codeine exceeding permissible limits attract the NDPS Act.Justice Ashutosh Srivastava denied relief to Abdul Qadir and...

Prayagraj (UP), February 13 The Allahabad High Court has observed that while standard operating procedures are in place for medical termination of pregnancy up to 24 weeks, courts are still dealing with petitions filed by victims of rape, who often learn about their pregnancy at a later stage...

Lucknow, February 13 Justice Pankaj Bhatia of the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court recused himself from hearing bail pleas on Friday, stating that certain recent observations made by the Supreme Court had a "huge demoralizing and chilling effect" on him.The judge declined to hear a...

Prayagraj, February 13 The High Court Bar Association (HCBA) of Allahabad has written a letter to the President, with copies to the Union Law Minister and the Chief Justice of India, expressing strong reservations regarding the proposal accepted by the Supreme Court Collegium for appointing five...

New Delhi, February 13 All transfers are to be made in the public interest, the government told the Lok Sabha on Friday as it explained the entire process of transferring high court judges in response to a question on instances of "interference" by the executive in such transfers.In a written...

Prayagraj, February 12 The Allahabad High Court has fixed March 11 as the next date of hearing for a petition challenging an order issued by a Sambhal court in favour of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his alleged controversial remarks in 2025.The Sambhal court had rejected an application...

Prayagraj, February 12 The Allahabad High Court has observed that a person's caste at birth remains the same even if they change religions, while granting relief to a woman, stating that even marriage does not change her caste.Justice Anil Kumar made this observation while dismissing a...

Lucknow, February 12 The Uttar Pradesh government has informed the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court that it is in the process of constituting an OBC commission according to law for the upcoming panchayat elections in the state.Subsequently, a bench of Justices Rajan Roy and A K...

Prayagraj, February 11 The Allahabad High Court has denied bail to an advocate accused of forging his Class 12 mark sheet and obtaining registration with the Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh based on the alleged document.Rejecting the bail application of Ashish Shukla, Justice Krishan Pahal...