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TopicAllahabad HC

Topic: Allahabad HC

Allahabad HC judges differ over NHRC jurisdiction while hearing plea challenging order to probe madrasas

Allahabad HC judges voice contrasting views on NHRC’s madrasas inquiry, with one criticising its priorities on rights violations, the other objecting to passing remarks without hearing all parties.

He jumped bail & evaded arrest for 42 years. Got caught by the one thing he refused to give up—moustache

With no photograph or ID records and a HC order to produce him dead or alive, Firozabad police went door-to-door to find the man absconding since 1984 in a culpable homicide case.

Shared groceries & dreams, no legal protection. Extra-marital live-ins are uncharted territory

Once ignored by law, live-in relationships now enjoy legal recognition. But when it involves a married person, high courts have diverged in applying the laws.

Cash-at-home row: Justice Yashwant Varma submits resignation to President

New Delhi: A year after the controversy of alleged cash recovery at his official residence, Allahabad High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma submitted his...

All accused equal, but some more ‘Hon’ble’? Allahabad HC sparks protocol row over FIR etiquette

A recent Allahabad High Court order questioning UP police over missing honorific for Anurag Thakur in an FIR has triggered concerns over hierarchy creeping into criminal procedure.

‘Crimes against humanity’ override delay—Allahabad HC refuses to close 1984 Kanpur anti-Sikh riot cases

10 applicants, many elderly, had argued that fair trial was impossible without original records and amid delay, but judge said prima facie case was made out via surviving witnesses.

How Allahabad HC came to the rescue of 12 live-in interfaith couples after UP govt’s snub

They said they fell in love and decided to live together. Of the 12 couples, seven women were Muslim residing with Hindu men, while five women were Hindu living with Muslim men.

In the spotlight: Allahabad HC’s Justice Pankaj Bhatia’s career beyond ‘shocking’ bail order row

Justice Bhatia says SC’s remarks have had a ‘chilling effect’ on him. He sought a roster change as debate widens to judicial independence & pendency in one of India’s busiest HCs.

Arrested for murder in 1982, 100-yr-old acquitted by Allahabad HC in case that lay pending 4 decades

Accused of a 1982 murder involving a land dispute, Dhani Ram was in his 50s when he was convicted. His challenge to the trial court conviction has been pending for over 40 years.

Firm wouldn’t exist without you—HC snub to Marion Biotech directors in Uzbekistan cough syrup deaths

Marion Biotech is the Noida-based manufacturer of DOK-I Max cough syrup, which was linked to the deaths of at least 18 children in Uzbekistan in 2022.

On Camera

New promo video by PLA Navy is a teaser of China’s deep blue capabilities

Rather than functioning as conventional propaganda, the video operates as a device for interpretation, subtly shaping expectations about future developments in China’s naval trajectory.

Adani’s giant copper plant hits technical setbacks in first year

The 500,000 tonne-per-year plant produced just 94,000 tonnes of refined copper from April 2025 to February this year.

JD Vance worried Pentagon not giving Trump the full picture of the war—The Atlantic report

Vance, originally sceptical about US launching strikes against Iran, is reported to be worried that the US does not have enough interceptors and offensive missiles, something he has raised with Trump.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.