Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati has called for restraint and dialogue amid the ongoing controversy over wearing the hijab in schools in Uttar Pradesh, urging authorities and school managements to resolve such sensitive matters locally rather than allowing them to become prolonged legal or political disputes. Mayawati said issues involving religious customs and practices...
A fresh controversy over religious freedom and school dress codes has emerged after AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi strongly criticised an Allahabad High Court decision rejecting a minor student’s plea to wear a hijab along with her prescribed school uniform. Owaisi described the ruling as an “attack on Islam” and questioned the court’s approach to determining...
The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Allahabad High Court to defer further proceedings in a case involving allegations that Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi possesses assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. The apex court also restrained the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement...
In a landmark judgment, the Allahabad High Court has convicted Awadhesh Kumar and Mata Prasad for the 1982 murder of Kusuma Devi, overturning a 1984 trial court acquittal. The court sentenced both men to life imprisonment and directed them to surrender within two weeks. Background of the Case The incident occurred on August 6, 1982,...
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday granted bail to Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Azam Khan and contractor Barqat Ali in the high-profile Dungarpur case from Rampur. Justice Sameer Jain approved their bail applications in connection with the criminal appeal currently pending before the court. The case dates back to 2016 when several houses in...
Private medical colleges in Uttar Pradesh are under legal scrutiny following complaints of sudden and steep MBBS fee hikes during the 2024-25 academic session. Students and parents have raised concerns over the legality of these increases, alleging violations of NEET guidelines that prohibit mid-session hikes and cap annual fee increases at 5% or 15% over...
The Allahabad High Court has granted significant relief to Abbas Ansari, the disqualified MLA from Mau Sadar and son of late gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, by overturning a lower court’s order in a hate speech case on Wednesday. Following the verdict, Abbas Ansari’s assembly membership will now be reinstated. Ansari was earlier convicted by the Mau...
The Supreme Court on Monday strongly criticized Congress MP and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, over his alleged remarks about the Indian Army. The comments were reportedly made during the Bharat Jodo Yatra, where Gandhi claimed that “Chinese troops are thrashing Indian Army soldiers in Arunachal Pradesh” and alleged that China...
New Delhi: Justice Yashwant Varma of the Allahabad High Court, who is embroiled in a controversy regarding the alleged recovery of a significant sum of cash at his official residence in New Delhi earlier this year, has contested an in-house inquiry report from a committee established by the Supreme Court that suggested initiating his impeachment....