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Allahabad High Court Directs ICD, Dadri to Pass a Reasoned Order on Detention Charges...
On 22nd June 2020, the Allahabad High Court passed an order directing the respondent, Container Corporation of India Ltd. (CONCOR) to take an expeditious...
U.P. Government to Justify the Closing of Hospitals for Non-COVID Patients: Allahabad High Court
All India People Front filed a plea before the Allahabad High Court. The petition challenged be orders passed by the U.P. government dated March...
Allahabad High Court Allows Azaan From Mosques Citing Religious Freedom
The Allahabad High Court on May 15, 2020, allowed Azaan from mosques. While doing so, the Court did not permit the use of loudspeakers....
Allahabad High Court Issues Notice to UP Government on Relaxation of Labour Law Regulations
The Allahabad High Court on May 14, 2020, issued a notice in a Public Interest Litigation; challenging the Uttar Pradesh Government’s move to relax...
Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) Sets Aside Life Imprisonment Order Of Terror Accused
The special Judge of Gangster Act, Faizabad, on July 17, 2008, had convicted Altaf Hussain alias Mohd. Altaf alias Rohit alias Abdul Rahman and...
Allahabad HC: Detention Beyond Requisite Quarantine Period Violates Right to Life
The Allahabad High Court while hearing a petition concerning the release of members of Tablighi Jamaat issued directions to the state governments. Advocate Shaan...
Dilution of Labour Laws Challenged in the Supreme Court
Advocate on record Nirmal Kumar Ambastha moved a petition in the Supreme Court. The petition sought directions to quash the notifications issued by the...
Allahabad HC: Plea for Assessment of Economic Impact of COVID-19
A Public Interest Litigation filed in Lucknow Bench of Allahabad High Court. It pertained to establishment of a commission to assess the economic impact...
Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Two HC Judges
On 18th April 2020, the Supreme Court Collegium led by Chief Justice of India SA Bobde suggested alleviating two High Court Judges to the...
Allahabad HC Passes Directions to Meet the Eventualities of Lockdown
To mitigate the consequences of the nationwide lockdown, the High Court of Allahabad issued certain directions on 26.03.2020. Given the previous directions issued on...
Child Born from Rape Entitled to Property: Allahabad HC
On the first of this month, the Allahabad High Court pronounced a landmark judgement where it laid down that a child born from rape will...
Justice Indrajit Mahanty: Slipping Through The Cracks
In-house Inquiry Against Justice Mahanty
It is clear from a review of the material that the charges against him (Indrajit Mahanty) are very serious and...
Justice Rajesh Bindal: A Tale of Competence and Caution
Narada Bribery Case
In 2014, Tehelka news’ Mathew Samuel went undercover as a high-ranking official of Impex Consultancy Solutions, a fictitious Chennai-based company. The extensive...
Letter to UNHRC – Dr Kafeel Khan, Punished Because He’s Muslim
Kafeel Khan, a doctor by profession and a social activist has been targeted by Yogi Government since 2017, in 3 years he had been...
The Case of Dr. Kafeel Khan and Ever-Increasing “Punitive” Detentions under the National Security...
On July 27, 2020, the Allahabad High Court yet again deferred the hearing for Dr. Kafeel Khan. Khan, who has spent all but first...
PIL Accuses UP Government of Using Sodium Hypochlorite Despite MoHFW Advisory
The Allahabad High Court on May 19, 2020, heard a Public Interest Litigation (PIL); claiming that the Uttar Pradesh Government is permitting the use...
Following Backlash, UP Government Revokes its Relaxation of Labour Laws
The c of 12-hour shifts for workers in industrial units, as compared to the normal 8-hour day shift, after a notice from the Allahabad...
Hanging the Nirbhaya Rape Convicts separately
The execution of Nirbhaya convicts has been postponed several times since it was first scheduled for 22nd January, 2020. Among the many legal remedies,...
Every Child Has Right To Free, Compulsory education
The right to education is recognised as a human right by the United Nations and is understood to establish an entitlement to free, compulsory...
SC Clears 35 Candidates to the HC
The Supreme Court collegium had, last week, recommended Judges to occupy the post of Chief Justice for the High Courts of Meghalaya, Rajasthan, Orissa,...
Are Divorced Daughters Eligible for Compassionate Appointments?
Compassionate Appointment scheme is one that grants appointments on compassionate ground to the dependents (Divorced Daughters) of a Government servant who dies before retirement or...