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Lucknow: The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday dismissed 841 government lawyers with immediate effect. The services of all public prosecutors appointed in the Allahabad High Court have been terminated. Nikunj Mittal, Special Secretary, Law and Justice Department, issued this order. According to this order, 505 State Law Officers from the Principal Bench […]

A modern state guided by the Constitution and principles of secularism and equality cannot allow itself to be distracted by the disputes inspired by mythological claims and contested medieval history. If the bone of contention happens to focus on places of worship, then the consequences can be dangerous for society. The row involving the Kashi […]

Allahabad: A plea by two women to recognise their “marriage” on the argument that such union was not “opposed” by the Hindu Marriage Act has been rejected by the Allahabad High Court. Opposing their plea, the Uttar Pradesh government’s counsel opined that same-sex marriage was against Indian culture and Indic religions, and was invalid under […]

Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court has pulled up the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for not submitting the post-mortem reports of a victim of the 2006 Nithari murder case. A division bench comprising Justices Manoj Mishra and Sameer Jain was hearing a petition filed by convict Surinder Koli against his death sentence on Monday. The […]

Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh): The Allahabad High Court has observed that adults have the right to choose their life partner, irrespective of the religion professed by them. The court made this observation on Thursday while granting protection to an interfaith couple from Gorakhpur. “In such a case, not even their parents can object to their relationship,” […]

It is unfortunate that the court virtually endorsed unscientific and irrational ideas and practices

The Allahabad High Court took stock of reports of shortage of medical oxygen due to rise in Covid-19 infections.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for Uttar Pradesh said the state government has issued several directions and taken adequate precaution on the issue.

HC directed the Uttar Pradesh government to impose a week-long lockdown in Lucknow, Varanasi, Kanpur Nagar, Gorakhpur and Allahabad

Invoking National Security Act against cow slaughter or voices of dissent shows how the law is being regularly misused

A single-judge bench of Justice Siddharth passed this order on Thursday while hearing an anticipatory bail application.

Court made the observation while quashing an FIR lodged against a person for his alleged remarks that the "UP CM has transformed the state into a jungle raj in which no law and order prevails"

Khan had hit the headlines after the 2017 tragedy at Gorakhpur's Baba Raghav Das (BRD) Medical College, in which several children died due to a lack of oxygen cylinders.

A first information report (FIR) was registered against Akhilanand Rao by the police under IT Act of Indian Penal Code at Kotwali police station in Deoria.

Justice Siddhartha, while granting bail, asked the applicant to cooperate in the trial without seeking any adjournment till the conclusion of the proceedings before the trial court.

Tej Bahadur had moved the top court against the Allahabad High Court which dismissed his election petition against the Prime Minister.

The victim's brother has been brought to the incident site where the CBI team is carrying out the investigation.

DM pleaded that cremation had been done in the dead of the night because they had received intelligence inputs that some vested interests could try to provoke caste violence