Allahabad High Court News

Shamli man ‘detained’ by father after conversion: Allahabad High Court says produce him

Allahabad High Court shows that dissent is the oxygen of democracy

‘Killing the messenger’: Allahabad High Court stays FIR against journalist who exposed school’s plight

Parents’ concerns cannot override adult’s choice of life partner: Allahabad High Court

Noida protest NSA: Allahabad High Court says note ‘displeasure’ in DM’s service records

The Allahabad high court on Wednesday quashed the detention order against a 25-year-old Delhi University (DU) graduate who has been in judicial custody for around five months in connection with the Noida workers protest of April 2026, saying her detention was

Nearly four years after the Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) attached a Dalibagh property belonging to the wife of Ghazipur MP Afzal Ansari under the Gangsters Act, the family regained possession of the property on Wednesday only to find its main access rou

The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday quashed the NSA detention of Aakriti Chaudhary, a 25-year-old Delhi University history graduate, in connection with the Noida workers protests which took place five months ago. Senior advocate Colin Gonsalves appeared for

The Allahabad high court has held that mere use of a caste name like Chamar does not automatically attract provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act unless there was an intent to humiliate the victim. Allowing a cri

PRAYAGRAJ The Allahabad high court has held that a man who visits a brothel as a customer cannot be prosecuted under Sections 3, 4, 5 and 7 of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956, merely for paying money for personal gratification. A bench of Justice Ga

LUCKNOW The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court has ordered a CBI inquiry into an alleged police encounter in Shravasti at night in May last year, observing that the FIR contained several glaring inconsistencies and the station house officer (SHO) appear

Two days of relentless rain have left Prayagraj inundated the worst-affected district in Uttar Pradesh this monsoon with up to three feet of water flooding residential areas, families fleeing their homes and rescue teams using boats to reach those stranded. Th

The Allahabad High Court recently set aside a special court order rejecting a plea by All-India Students Association (AISA) student leader Vivek Kumar seeking registration of an FIR against former Allahabad University Chief Proctor Rakesh Singh over allegation

The Allahabad high court on Friday dismissed a PIL challenging a direction by authorities in Amroha district asking chicken sellers not to open shops on the Kanwar yatra route during the ongoing Sawan month. The petitioner demanded that the shops located in ar

The Allahabad high court has held that a man calling his wife a barren woman during a quarrel over childlessness and exchange of abuses between them would not constitute cruelty under IPC Section 498-A. Justice Indrajeet Shukla passed the order on August 13 on

The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday questioned the Uttar Pradesh government's treatment of a teacher who has served for 16 years on a contractual basis, observing that a teacher regarded as a "builder of the nation" cannot be left to fend for herself after s

Though Justice Yashwant Varma resigned as a judge of the Allahabad High Court in April this year while facing a parliamentary motion for his removal, government sources said Wednesday that his resignation would not affect the House proceedings initiated agains

New Delhi, The report of an inquiry committee investigating allegations against Justice Yashwant Varma, against whom removal proceedings were initiated following the alleged discovery of unaccounted cash from his official residence, was tabled in both Houses o

LUCKNOW The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Tuesday directed the state government to extend pay parity and consequential service benefits to special teachers/resource teachers, on contract for several years in government schools. The court held th

LUCKNOW The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court has held that a bank can recover loan dues from a guarantor after the principal borrower defaults, saying the creditor is not legally required to first exhaust its remedies against the main debtor before pr