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Tuesday, October 14, 2025
TopicAllahabad HC

Topic: Allahabad HC

‘Don’t mock PILs,’ Allahabad High Court dismisses plea to open locked rooms in Taj Mahal

Petitioner and BJP media in-charge in Ayodhya, Rajneesh Singh, wanted an ASI committee to give clarity on the monument’s ‘history’.

43,000 arbitration execution pleas are pending in UP. Hundreds are decade-old, one’s from 1981

Allahabad HC compiled data after Supreme Court asked for it on 2 April. Apex court expresses concern, seeks roadmap from HC to tackle arrears in arbitration cases.

Consensual sex with major not offence but unethical, immoral, Allahabad HC says

Court denies bail to a man for allegedly sexually assaulting his girlfriend and standing as a mute spectator while she was being allegedly raped by two more men.

Allahabad HC’s remarks on cows are needless. National animal status is for endangered species

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Confusion in Allahabad HC over anticipatory bail has led to ‘geography justice’, ‘bench-hunting’

In March 2020, a 5-judge bench said anticipatory bail pleas can be filed directly in HC under 'special circumstances'. But at least 2,000 such bail orders have been passed in Allahabad HC since Jan. 2021.

Executive acting like colonial rulers, criticism of govt not sedition: Ex-CJ of Allahabad HC

Former Allahabad High Court Chief Justice Justice Govind Mathur, who retired on 13 April, has defended judicial interventions amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

Entire medical system is ‘Ram bharose’ in UP small towns, villages — HC says on Covid mess

HC bench made the observation while taking into account death of a man in a Meerut hospital where doctors failed to identify him and the body was disposed of as unidentified.

Allahabad HC asks UP govt to explain how it is tackling Covid in rural and sub-urban areas

A two-judge bench issued the direction while hearing a petition that claimed the state government's focus was only on dealing with Covid in major cities.

Two sisters claim ownership of land allotted for Ayodhya mosque, move Allahabad HC

The petitioners claim their father was allotted 28-acre land in Dhannipur village by the Nazul Department for 5 years which he continued to possess beyond that period.

Married woman living with another man without divorce not entitled to protection — Allahabad HC

Petitioners Asha Devi and Suraj Kumar had moved the court contending that they both are adults 'living as husband and wife', and so no one should interfere in their lives.

On Camera

Niti Aayog recommends fully decriminalising 12 offences under new I-T Act to ‘foster more trust’

Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.

India, UK sign £350 mn deal for Martlet. What are these Lightweight Multirole Missiles

In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.