Exclusive

Publication

Byline

HC flags listing lapses in MP/MLA cases, cites low placement in cause list

PRAYAGRAJ, Oct. 16 -- The Allahabad high court has expressed concern that high-priority criminal cases involving Members of Parliament (MPs) and Members of Legislative Assemblies (MLAs) are either bei... Read More


HC flags listing lapses in MP/MLA cases

PRAYAGRAJ, Oct. 16 -- The Allahabad high court has expressed concern that high-priority criminal cases involving Members of Parliament (MPs) and Members of Legislative Assemblies (MLAs) are either bei... Read More


Freedom of religion doesn't guarantee land for cemetery: HC

PRAYAGRAJ, Oct. 15 -- The right to freedom of religion, including performing last rites according to religious beliefs, does not guarantee a community the allotment of a specific plot of land belongin... Read More


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