PRAYAGRAJ, July 15 -- The Allahabad high court has observed that the widely cited benchmark of awarding a wife 25% of a husband's net salary as maintenance is only a broad guideline and not mandatory.... Read More
PRAYAGRAJ, July 11 -- The Allahabad high court has sought instructions (information) from the state government in response to a writ petition alleging that Ashutosh Maharaj exerted pressure on one Ram... Read More
PRAYAGRAJ, July 8 -- The Allahabad high court has held that the Muslim personal law principle recognising puberty as the age of marriage cannot override central laws such as the Prohibition of Child M... Read More
PRAYAGRAJ, July 7 -- The Allahabad high court has said that an election tribunal does not have jurisdiction to verify or declare a caste certificate forged; hence, the genuineness of a caste certifica... Read More
PRAYAGRAJ, July 3 -- The Allahabad high court has dismissed a petition filed by the mosque management committee of Varanasi and the Teachers Association Madaris Arabia challenging an inquiry by the An... Read More
PRAYAGRAJ, July 1 -- The Posco court here recently awarded death sentence to a man who raped and murdered a 3-year-old girl in Prayagraj six years ago. The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences... Read More
PRAYAGRAJ, June 28 -- While observing that an old or torn hymen cannot give the benefit of doubt in rape case if the testimony of victim is reliable, the Allahabad high court upheld the 1983 convictio... Read More
PRAYAGRAJ, June 13 -- The Allahabad high court has stayed further proceedings in a criminal case against 22 persons accused in the Sambhal violence linked to the court-ordered survey of the Shahi Jama... Read More
PRAYAGRAJ, June 11 -- The Allahabad high court has ordered a judicial inquiry, to be conducted by retired judge Arun Tandon, into the death of woman lawyer Jagriti Shukla, who allegedly died due to me... Read More
PRAYAGRAJ, June 11 -- Taking serious note of the illegal detention of a man for eight days in a breach of peace case, the Allahabad high court has directed the Uttar Pradesh government to pay him comp... Read More