MEERUT: Allahabad high court (HC) on Wednesday slammed the district magistrate of Meerut and UP govt for the “apathetic handling” of a compensation case involving an acid attack survivor, who has been waiting for relief under the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund for 11 years.A two-judge bench comprising Justices Vipin Chandra Dixit and Shekhar B…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has granted bail to former Uttar Pradesh minister Azam Khan and his son Abdullah Azam Khan in connection with a machine theft case, overturning the Allahabad High Court‘s earlier decision denying them bail.A bench comprising Justices M M Sundresh and Rajesh Bindal ruled in favor of the father-son duo, considering…
NEW DELHI: Alleging that the Centre was “deliberately” not filing its reply on a batch of petitions challenging the validity of the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act to delay the hearing, the Committee of Management of Shahi Masjid Idgah of Mathura urged the Supreme Court to close government’s right to file reply so that…
PRAYAGRAJ: Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav of the Allahabad high court, who was summoned by the Supreme Court collegium last month over his remarks on Muslims at a Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) event has told the Chief Justice of the HC that he stands by his remarks on the occasion and that he did not violate…
KANPUR: In a cul-de-sac of Kanpur’s Rajendra Mohal stands a small jewellery workshop where a man in his 60s is busy putting a batch of gold samples through chemical tests to ascertain their purity. One of the walls bears a framed photograph of the shop owner’s late father Jagdish Prasad, who was an additional district…
NEW DELHI: Allahabad high court judge Shekhar Kumar Yadav, who landed in controversy after his remark on the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), appeared before the Supreme Court collegium on Tuesday.Yadav appeared before the collegium headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna and was asked to put forth his version of the statements made,…
NEW DELHI: The Allahabad high court on Monday granted anticipatory bail to Sushil Singhania, the uncle of Nikita Singhania, in the suicide case of Artificial Intelligence engineer Atul Subhash. Justice Ashutosh Srivastava passed the order while hearing the bail application filed on behalf of Atul’s wife, Nikita Singhania, and her in-laws.According to a Bengaluru Police…
NEW DELHI: The opposition is set to file a motion in the Rajya Sabha for removal of Allahabad HC judge Shekhar Kumar Yadav, whose controversial comments on a uniform civil code and Muslims at a VHP event triggered a major row, with even Supreme Court seeking a report from HC.While the motion is likely to…
NEW DELHI: Allahabad high court judge Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav‘s remark on the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), calling it a measure to “eliminating unequal legal systems” has triggered controversy, with the Supreme Court intervening in the matter.Justice Yadav’s speech, made on December 8 while addressing a provincial convention of the legal cell and high court…
PRAYAGRAJ: Allahabad HC has directed the respondent Hindu side to file its reply within three weeks in response to a petition filed by management committee of Jaunpur’s Atala mosque, challenging a local court order.The court had directed registration of a suit which claimed the mosque was originally an ancient Hindu temple (Atala Devi temple). Justice…
