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'A concocted story': Allahabad HC quashes DU grad's NSA detention over Noida workers' stir

India, Sept. 3 -- The Allahabad high court on Wednesday quashed the detention order against a 25-year-old Delhi University (DU) graduate who has been in judicial custody for around five months in conn... Read More


'Concocted story': Allahabad HC quashes DU grad's NSA detention over Noida workers' protest

India, Sept. 3 -- The Allahabad high court on Wednesday quashed the detention order against a 25-year-old Delhi University (DU) graduate who has been in judicial custody for around five months in conn... Read More


Brothel customer can't be prosecuted under Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act: HC

India, Aug. 20 -- PRAYAGRAJ The Allahabad high court has held that a man who visits a brothel as a customer cannot be prosecuted under Sections 3, 4, 5 and 7 of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1... Read More


Licensed firearm cannot be used for 'joy firing': HC

India, Aug. 3 -- PRAYAGRAJ The Allahabad high court has ruled that a licensed firearm cannot be used for "joy firing" during weddings or religious festivals, emphasising that every arms licensee is du... Read More


'Black day': Judge recuses himself after alleged bid to influence court

India, July 31 -- PRAYAGRAJ A judge of the Allahabad high court recused himself from hearing a batch of bail applications after an alleged attempt was made by a litigant to establish direct contact wi... Read More


HC sends 82-year-old murder convict back to jail after nearly 40 years

India, July 29 -- PRAYAGRAJ The Allahabad high court recently dismissed the appeal of an 82-year-old man convicted of murdering his brother in 1984 and directed him to surrender to serve the remaining... Read More


Assets from unknown sources can't be presumed to be 'proceeds of crime': Allahabad HC

India, July 7 -- PRAYAGRAJ The Allahabad high court has held that assets purchased from unknown sources of income cannot be presumed to be derived from proceeds of crime provided in the Prevention of ... Read More


Allahabad HC refuses to quash rape, gangrape FIR under guise of 'nikah halala', says POCSO overrides personal law

India, July 4 -- The Allahabad High Court has dismissed a series of writ petitions seeking to quash an FIR against nine people accused of rape and gang-rape under the guise of "nikah halala", includin... Read More


Worship place can be acquired for public purpose; state has sovereign power: High court

India, July 4 -- PRAYAGRAJ While ruling that the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991, prohibits only the 'conversion' of the religious character of a place of worship from one religious d... Read More


Worship place can be acquired for public purpose; state has sovereign power: Allahabad high court

India, July 4 -- While ruling that the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991, prohibits only the 'conversion' of the religious character of a place of worship from one religious denominatio... Read More