The Prayagraj Development Authority’s (PDA) decision on June 12 to demolish the house of political activist and businessman Mohammad Javed goes against a 2020 ruling of the Allahabad High Court. The demolition, after serving just a day’s notice to vacate goes against the ruling which had issued a directive to the Uttar Pradesh government to…
The Allahabad High Court has quashed the order of the trial court while observing that a delay in the conclusion of the proceedings/trial should not be the reason for the rejection of an application under Section 311 CrPC. A single bench of Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav passed this order while hearing an application under Section…
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By Sanjay Raman Sinha The embers of controversy which started from Kashi’s Gyanvapi Masjid has spread to many religious places across the country. Mosques are being viewed with suspicion and Hindu adjuncts and remnants are claimed as fragments of sacred Hindu temples of bygone eras. The demand for appropriation of places of worship is gaining…
The Allahabad High Court refused to grant relief to the husband (petitioner) and his family members on the harassment of the wife. The Division Bench of Justice Siddhartha Varma and Justice Subhash Chandra Sharma passed this order while hearing a petition filed by Abhishek Shukla and another petition. These writ petitions have been filed with…
By Shivanand Pandit The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has issued draft modifications to the Information Technology Rules, 2021, stating that these would guarantee that the Constitutional rights of Indians are not breached by Big Tech platforms. The ministry notified users that the draft amendment is up for seeking public comments for the…
By Lokendra Malik On July 18 this year, elected members of the state legislative assemblies and Parliament will vote to elect the 15th president of India. The Election Commission of India conducts the elections for the office of the president of India, the highest constitutional functionary in the country. The president is the highest constitutional…
The Allahabad High Court has dismissed the petition filed for the answer key of Geography subject in the Assistant Professor Recruitment Examination conducted by the Uttar Pradesh Higher Education Service Commission. A Single Bench of Justice Manju Rani Chauhan passed this order while hearing a petition filed by Anoop Kumar Singh and Another. The writ…
By Sanjay Raman Sinha Recently, the sedition law was challenged in the Supreme Court after which the Court put an interim stay on it. The Court heard petitions challenging the validity of Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) seeking directions to quash it. In the consequent interim order, the Court made three important…
By Vivek K Agnihotri On May 13, 2022, using its omnibus powers under Article 142 of the Constitution of India, the Supreme Court in an unprecedented step ordered that existing judicial and administrative members of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) should keep working even after their tenures end. This is to keep the Tribunal, which…
The Allahabad High Court has quashed an FIR registered against Siddharth Varadarajan, editor of The Wireand reporter Ismat Ara for publishing news on the death of a youth during the farmers’ agitation in New Delhi. The Division Bench of Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra and Justice Rajnish Kumar passed this order while hearing a petition filed…
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