Kamlesh Tiwari Murder Case | Allahabad HC Grants Bail To Alleged Conspirator In Jail Since October 2019

The Allahabad High Court recently granted bail to a man, in jail since October 2019, who allegedly conspired to kill Hindu Samaj Party leader Kamlesh Tiwari in 2019 over his alleged remark made against Prophet Muhammad.Granting bail to Accused-Pathan Rashid Ahmad, a bench of Justice Ajay Bhanot noted that he has no criminal history apart from the instant case and that he always cooperated...

PMLA Case | Allahabad HC Denies Bail To Man Accused Of Duping People By Impersonating Person Close To PM Modi

The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday denied bail to one Mohammad Kashif, booked under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, on the allegations that he duped people financially by flaunting on social media morphed images with ministers, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Denying him the relief, a bench of Justice Samit Gopal noted that the alleged recovery of huge amount of...

Gyanvapi Mosque Row | In View Of SC's Interim Order, Allahabad HC Adjourns Hearing On Pleas Seeking Further ASI Survey

The Allahabad High Court today adjourned two pleas seeking similar reliefs to direct the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to undertake further surveys at Gyanvapi Mosque premises in view of the Supreme Court's Dec 12 interim order restraining courts from passing any effective interim or final orders, including orders for a survey. A bench of Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal, hearing...

While Eviction Under Senior Citizens Act Is Subject To Outcome Of Pending Suit, Protection Offered To Elders Shouldn't Be Defeated: Allahabad HC

The Allahabad High Court has held that an order of eviction sought under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 would be subject to the outcome of a suit pertaining to larger issues between the family members, if such suit is filed prior to the application made for eviction under the Act of 2007. The division bench comprising Justice Saumitra Dayal Singh...

Why Create Social Disharmony? : Allahabad HC Questions Mohd Zubair For Posting On 'X' About Yati Narsinghanand Speech Instead Of Filing FIR

The Allahabad High Court, while hearing a plea filed by Mohammed Zubair, co-founder of Alt-News, against an FIR lodged against him over his post on 'X' (formerly Twitter) regarding an alleged speech by Yati Narsinghanand, orally questioned Zubair for choosing to post the matter on social media rather than filing an FIR against him or approaching the court seeking appropriate...

[Muslim Law] Court Obligated To Endorse Divorce By Muba'arat After Ascertaining Mutuality & Voluntariness Of Agreement: Allahabad HC

Recently, the Allahabad High Court granted a decree of divorce to a Muslim couple who had filed for divorce by mutual agreement through a Mubaarat. A division bench comprising Justice Vivek Chaudhary and Justice Om Prakash Shukla referred to the judgment of the Kerala High Court in Asbi K.N. v Hashim M.U. to hold that where the authenticity of the mutual nature of the Mubaarat...

“Smacks Of Legal Malafides”: Allahabad High Court Imposes ₹1 Lakh Costs On Chief Medical Officer For Defying Earlier Order

The Allahabad High Court has imposed a cost of Rs. 1 lakh on the Chief Medical Officer, Saharanpur for defying the earlier order of the High Court and denying renewal of license of running medical establishment despite a temporary injunction by the Civil Court.Observing that the CMO had overreached the earlier order passed by the High Court in the same dispute, the bench of Justice Saumitra...

Atul Subhash Case | Allahabad High Court Grants Transit Anticipatory Bail To Accused-Wife's Uncle For Four Weeks

The Allahabad High Court today allowed transit anticipatory bail for 4 weeks to Sushil Singhania, the uncle of the estranged wife of 34-year-old Bangalore techie Atul Subhash, in connection with the abetment to suicide case. A bench of Justice Ashutosh Srivastava noted that denying interim protection to enable him to make a pre-arrest bail application before a Court of Competent...

'Word 'Kathmul**h' No Hate Speech; Justice Shekhar Yadav Spoke As A Hindu At VHP Event': PIL In Allahabad HC Against RS Impeachment Motion

A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea has been filed in the Allahabad High Court against an impeachment motion submitted to the Rajya Sabha Secretary General by 55 MPs seeking the impeachment of Justice Shekhar Yadav over the speech delivered by him at Prayagraj on December 8 at an event organised by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (Legal Cell). The PIL plea, moved by Advocate Ashok...

Atul Subhash Case | If Suicide Note Is Believed God Knows Who All Will End Up In Dock: Accused-Uncle Seeks Transit Anticipatory Bail In Allahabad HC

The Allahabad High Court today heard an anticipatory bail plea filed by Sushil Singhania, the uncle of the estranged wife of 34-year-old Bangalore techie Atul Subhash, in connection with the abetment to suicide case. Appearing for Sushil before a bench of Justice Saurabh Srivastava, Senior Advocate Manish Tiwari raised serious questions regarding the authenticity of the suicide...

Employee Can't Be Terminated For Non-Disclosure Of FIR That He Was Not Aware Of: Allahabad High Court Reiterates

Relying on the judgment of the Supreme Court in Avtar Singh v. Union of India, Justice Neeraj Tiwari of the Allahabad High Court has held that a government employee cannot be removed from service for not disclosing that an F.I.R. was filed against them, if they themselves were not aware of the fact.“This Court is also of the same view that in case at the time of filing of affidavit...

Impossible For A Middle-Class Woman To Have Even A Square Meal From Paltry Maintenance Amount Of ₹2.5K: Allahabad HC

The Allahabad High Court has observed that it is almost impossible for a woman who belongs to a middle-class family to have even a square meal from the paltry amount of Rs.2500/- A bench of Justice Ram Manohar Narayan Mishra observed thus while partly allowing a wife's criminal revision plea challenging an order passed by a Family court under Section 125 CrPC, directing her...