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…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday took exception to the trend of ‘grant stay and forget listing the case for hearing’ in high courts and said this caused immense hardship to litigants, especially in disputes relating to matrimony and child custody.“This is a sad state of affairs in the judiciary. This pricks our conscience,” a…
Nearly 1,000 people gathered at the Mughal-era Shahi Jama Masjid in Sambhal on Friday for ‘Jumma namaz’. Police and local administration ensured heavy security in the restive town. Most locals welcomed the apex court order staying proceedings in trial court NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday directed the Sambhal district administration to maintain peace and…
Abbas Ansari (File photo/IANS) The Supreme Court granted bail to MLA Abbas Ansari on Friday in a money laundering case. Ansari, the son of the late gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari, received the relief from a bench comprising Justices M M Sundresh and Pankaj Mithal.SC had sought a response from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on an appeal…
