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No 'Hon'ble' or 'Mr' for Union minister in FIR: Allahabad HC seeks ACS home's reply

PRAYAGRAJ, April 3 -- The Allahabad high court has sought an explanation from the additional chief secretary (home), UP, regarding the non-mentioning of the usual honorific 'Hon'ble' before the name o... Read More


Allahabad HC orders immediate release of man jailed over unpaid maintenance

PRAYAGRAJ, April 3 -- The Allahabad high court has ordered immediate release of a man sentenced to 22 months' jail by the family court in Jhansi for failing to pay maintenance to his wife as per the c... Read More


Act against honeytrap extortion gangs: Allahabad HC to UP Police

PRAYAGRAJ, April 2 -- The Allahabad High Court has directed the state police to act against the gangs allegedly using women to honeytrap men to extort money from them. While hearing a writ petition fi... Read More


Talaq takes effect when pronounced by husband, not when court confirms it: HC

PRAYAGRAJ, April 2 -- The Allahabad high court has clarified that under Mohammedan Law, a talaq takes effect the moment a husband pronounces it, and a subsequent court decree affirming it is merely de... Read More


Interfaith live-in relationship neither prohibited nor punishable under any law: Allahabad HC

PRAYAGRAJ, March 30 -- While allowing a petition filed by an interfaith live-in couple seeking protection from the woman's family, the Allahabad High Court said that interfaith live-in relationship is... Read More


Married persons can't be in a live-in relationship without divorce: Allahabad HC

PRAYAGRAJ, March 29 -- A single-judge bench of the Allahabad high court has observed that married persons cannot be legally permitted to enter a live-in relationship without divorcing their spouse fir... Read More


Father, child have right to know biological truth: Allahabad HC order DNA test

PRAYAGRAJ, March 27 -- While setting aside a family court order granting maintenance to a minor girl under Section 125 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), the Allahabad high court has directed that... Read More


Wrong to claim in secular India that a particular religion the 'only true religion', says Allahabad high court

PRAYAGRAJ, March 27 -- The Allahabad high court has observed that it is wrong for any person to claim in secular India that a particular religion is the "only true religion", as doing so implies a "di... Read More


'Lapses' in FIR registration: Allahabad HC seeks report from DGP, principal secy (home)

PRAYAGRAJ, March 26 -- The Allahabad High Court has taken a serious note of alleged lapses in FIR registration and directed the director general of police (DGP), Uttar Pradesh, the principal secretary... Read More


HC says maintenance dues payable despite jail term

PRAYAGRAJ, March 26 -- The Allahabad high court has held that committing a person to a civil prison for default in paying maintenance to his wife or children does not absolve him of his legal liabilit... Read More