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Judges not 'robots': Allahabad HC warns against treating court orders as optional

PRAYAGRAJ, May 27 -- The Allahabad high court has held Ghazipur district inspector of schools (DIOS) Prakash Singh guilty of contempt for failing to comply with a four-year-old interim order directing... Read More


'Consensual relationships: Disconcerting trend of bonds turning sour, being converted into rape cases'

PRAYAGRAJ, May 26 -- The Allahabad high court said that courts are witnessing a "growing trend" of consensual relationships turning sour, being converted into criminal prosecutions for rape. Making th... Read More


Allahabad HC grants bail to man accused of making post against PM

PRAYAGRAJ, May 26 -- The Allahabad high court has granted bail to a man accused of uploading a derogatory post against PM Narendra Modi on social media. Justice Rajiv Lochan Shukla in a May 25 order a... Read More


Employees of private aided, unaided teaching institutions cannot be made liable for Census work: Allahabad high court

PRAYAGRAJ, May 26 -- The Allahabad high court has observed that employees of aided and unaided private teaching institutions cannot be made liable for any task under the Census Act, 1948. With this o... Read More


Police torturing relatives of accused a 'colonial practice', violates Article 21: Allahabad high court

PRAYAGRAJ, May 21 -- The Allahabad high court has said that the police's act of torturing or harassing the relatives of an accused is a 'colonial practice', which is violative of the right to life and... Read More


'Institutional failure': HC asks CBI to recover videographic evidence in 2009 Mainpuri custodial death case

PRAYAGRAJ, May 20 -- The Allahabad high court has directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to recover missing videographic evidence related to the alleged 2009 custodial death of a different... Read More


Allahabad HC summons top UP officials over failure to rehabilitate acid attack survivor

PRAYAGRAJ, May 19 -- Observing that Uttar Pradesh has failed to establish a comprehensive support system even nine years after an acid attack survivor's life-altering tragedy, the Allahabad high court... Read More


Ex-MLA Vijay Mishra gets life term in 46-yr-old murder case

PRAYAGRAJ, May 14 -- A special MP-MLA court in Prayagraj on Wednesday sentenced jailed mafia-don and former four-time MLA Vijay Mishra and three others to life imprisonment in a 46-year-old murder cas... Read More


Allahabad HC censures ADM for rejecting Muslim man's conversion to Hinduism

PRAYAGRAJ, May 13 -- The Allahabad high court has pulled up the district administration of Prayagraj for ordering unwarranted and repeated police inquiries under the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlaw... Read More


Condition of SRN Hospital deteriorated due to private practice by doctors: HC

PRAYAGRAJ, May 6 -- Observing that the condition of Swaroop Rani Nehru (SRN) Hospital, attached to Moti Lal Nehru Medical College in Prayagraj, has deteriorated not due to a lack of funds or amenities... Read More