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Allahabad HC judge challenges denial of exemption under new tax regime

PRAYAGRAJ, July 21 -- Justice Sandeep Jain, a sitting judge of the Allahabad high court, has approached the high court, challenging the denial of exemption of statutory allowances prescribed under Sec... Read More


Allahabad HC imposes fine of rRs.r50K on UP govt for police negligence in bail plea

PRAYAGRAJ, July 16 -- The Allahabad high court on Tuesday imposed Rs.50,000 in costs on the state government due to police negligence, which delayed the disposal of a bail application by more than ten... Read More


rRs.r2,161-crore liquor scam: HC grants bail to former excise commissioner of Chhattisgarh

PRAYAGRAJ, July 16 -- The Allahabad high court has granted bail to former Chhattisgarh excise commissioner Niranjan Das in an FIR registered at Kasna police station in Gautam Buddh Nagar in connection... Read More


Mother cannot seek maintenance from step-son after getting it from real son: Allahabad HC

PRAYAGRAJ, July 16 -- The Allahabad high court has held that a mother who has already been granted maintenance from her biological son under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) cannot... Read More


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