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The Justice Varma case is a reminder that judicial independence and accountability must not contradict but complement each other

The Allahabad High Court has sought to examine whether a marital dispute between spouses working in the same office can fall under the POSH Act. The court stayed disciplinary proceedings against the husband while considering whether personal discord was being brought into workplace proceedings

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has approached the Supreme Court challenging an Allahabad High Court order directing the CBI and ED to verify allegations of disproportionate assets against him. The apex court is likely to hear his plea on August 17

The Allahabad High Court has granted bail to two alleged Popular Front of India members booked under the UAPA, citing violation of their fundamental right to a speedy trial under Article 21 due to prolonged incarceration and slow progress of proceedings.

The Allahabad High Court dismissed a government employee's plea seeking six months of maternity leave for her fourth child, citing applicable service rules. The petitioner argued she had not availed maternity leave for her first three children, but the court declined to intervene

The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned till August 18 the hearing on pleas by Sambhal’s Jama Masjid committee challenging the Allahabad High Court’s order upholding a survey in the Shahi Jama Masjid–Harihar temple dispute. The bench deferred proceedings after a request for adjournment was circulated.

The Allahabad High Court directed Uttar Pradesh authorities to treat a deceased Rural Engineering Department work-charge employee as regularised from the date he became eligible, holding that death cannot extinguish an accrued right. It also ordered consideration of his son’s compassionate appointment

The Allahabad High Court ruled that government departments cannot seek condonation of delay in arbitration appeals by citing bureaucratic procedures or file movement. Dismissing the Railways' appeal, it said the government and private litigants stand on equal footing under limitation law

The Supreme Court was told that the Allahabad High Court could not have proceeded with the Sambhal Shahi Jama Masjid survey matter after the apex court's December 2024 order restricting fresh proceedings in religious place disputes. The hearing will continue on August 4

The Supreme Court expressed concern over a 40-year delay in the Allahabad High Court's disposal of a murder appeal, questioning judicial backlog management and seeking solutions to accelerate case hearings while rejecting suggestions to dismiss long-pending cases solely due to delay

The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court declined to entertain a PIL seeking a probe into alleged anti-national activities of the unregistered "Cockroach Janta Party."

The Supreme Court refused to interfere with the Allahabad High Court order granting anticipatory bail to Swami Avimukteshwaranand in a POCSO case. The complainant alleged sexual exploitation of minors, while the seer denied the charges, claiming he was falsely implicated in the matter

The Supreme Court refused to interfere with an Allahabad High Court order granting anticipatory bail to Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati in a POCSO case involving alleged sexual exploitation of young disciples. The top court dismissed the complainant's plea against the bail.

The Allahabad High Court adjourned till July 20 the hearing on a plea seeking an ASI survey of the Gyanvapi mosque’s wazukhana area, excluding the disputed structure claimed as a Shivling by Hindus and a fountain by the Muslim side

The Supreme Court of India refused bail to a student accused of inciting violence during a Noida workers’ protest and directed her to approach the Allahabad High Court. The case relates to alleged unrest during a wage protest that turned violent, while the court also issued notice in a related custodial torture complaint

Senior Muslim clerics and community leaders have welcomed the Allahabad High Court’s ruling that the right to practise religion does not extend to converting private premises into unregulated congregational spaces. The court dismissed a plea seeking permission and police protection for offering regular namaz at a private property in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal district.

The Supreme Court of India directed the Allahabad High Court to urgently hear a 77-year-old cancer patient’s nine-year-pending pension plea, stressing timely justice and recognising pension as a vested right linked to livelihood under Article 21

A judge of the Allahabad High Court recused himself from hearing a plea seeking FIR against Rahul Gandhi over alleged dual citizenship, after controversy over social media posts and prior legal observations on issuing notice to the accused

The Supreme Court will hear a plea filed by the mosque committee challenging a Chandausi court’s order permitting a survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid in Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh. The matter has escalated following the Allahabad High Court’s refusal to stay the survey, with the Archaeological Survey of India stating the mosque is a protected monument rather than a place of worship.

Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi will present his stand in the Allahabad High Court over allegations of dual British citizenship. The court is examining a petition seeking FIR registration, after earlier orders directed police inquiry into the complaint by a BJP worker