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25% salary for maintenance only a guideline, not mandatory: HC

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


Allahabad HC seeks info from UP govt on plea alleging pressure to lodge false FIR against seer

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


Shariat principle on marriage age cannot override PCMA, Pocso: Allahabad HC

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


Allahabad HC dismisses plea challenging UP MLA Vinay Prakash Gond's election

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


Allahabad HC rejects plea against ATS probe into foreign funding of madrasas

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 Pocso court awards death to man for rape, murder of 3-year-old girl

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


Survivor's testimony reliable: Allahabad HC upholds 1983 conviction in rape case

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


HC stays proceedings against 22 accused in Sambhal violence case

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


Allahabad HC orders judicial inquiry into lawyer Jagriti Shukla death case

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


HC orders rRs.r2 lakh compensation for man's 8-day illegal detention

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