HC for amendments to Pocso Act, cites prevailing social realities

PRAYAGRAJ, Oct. 13 -- The Allahabad high court recently urged the Law Commission to recommend suitable amendments to the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act, 2012, dealing with min... Read More

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

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