LUCKNOW, Oct. 11 -- The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court has asked the central and the state governments as to what measures they are adopting to stop caste-based rallies in Uttar Pradesh.

The court granted three days and no more time to the state government for filing an affidavit about a government order issued by it on September 21, 2025 with regard to banning caste-based rallies in UP.

A division bench of Justice Rajan Roy and Justice Rajeev Bharati passed the order on October 9 on a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking a ban on caste-based rallies in the state. The matter will now be heard on October 30.

The PIL was filed by local lawyer Motilal Yadav in 2013. The plea had urged the court to direct the Election Commis...