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Every failed marriage can't be turned into criminal case, says HC

PRAYAGRAJ, Oct. 11 -- The Allahabad high court has quashed an FIR pertaining to cruelty and dowry harassment, observing that general and omnibus allegations cannot justify the continuation of criminal... Read More


Judicial power to order police probe can't be exercised mechanically: HC

PRAYAGRAJ, Oct. 11 -- Emphasising that the judicial power to order a police investigation on receiving a criminal complaint cannot be exercised mechanically, the Allahabad high court has laid down det... Read More


HC reserves verdict onplea by Satyam Verma against NSA detention

PRAYAGRAJ, Oct. 9 -- The Allahabad high court on Thursday reserved judgment on a habeas corpus petition filed by journalist Satyam Verma, challenging his preventive detention under the National Securi... Read More


After 38 years, high court sets aside conviction in rape case

PRAYAGRAJ, Oct. 9 -- The Allahabad high court, after 38 years of conviction in a rape case, set aside the conviction in appeal moved by the accused - Subhash, saying that the prosecution has failed to... Read More


Formal arrest, remand cannot cure illegal detention: HC

PRAYAGRAJ, Oct. 8 -- The Allahabad high court has held that a subsequent formal arrest and remand cannot legitimise an earlier illegal detention, applying the US legal doctrine of "fruit of the poison... Read More


Formal arrest can't legitimise earlier illegal detention: HC

PRAYAGRAJ, Oct. 8 -- The Allahabad high court has held that a subsequent formal arrest and remand cannot legitimise an earlier illegal detention, applying the US legal doctrine of "fruit of the poison... Read More


Don't interfere with right to Azan at mosque if noise norms followed: HC

PRAYAGRAJ, Oct. 7 -- The Allahabad high court has directed police and district administration not to interfere with the right to recite Azan (Islamic call for prayers) five times a day at a mosque in ... Read More


'Don't interfere with right to Azan at mosque if noise norms followed'

PRAYAGRAJ, Oct. 7 -- The Allahabad high court has directed the police and district administration not to interfere with the right to recite Azan (Islamic call for prayers) five times a day at a mosque... Read More


Don't interfere with right to azan at mosque if noise norms met: HC

PRAYAGRAJ, Oct. 7 -- The Allahabad high court has directed the police and district administration not to interfere with the right to recite azan (Islamic call for prayers) five times a day at a mosque... Read More


'Parents cannot force adult girl to live with them'

PRAYAGRAJ, Oct. 7 -- The Allahabad high court has observed that parents cannot seek a writ of habeas corpus to force an adult daughter to live with them against her wishes. Justice Sandeep Jain dismis... Read More