Allahabad High Court
- Opinions
Saharanpur mosque demolition: A Benjaminian critique
In the early morning of September 5, 2026, as Saharanpur embraced sleep, all five main gates of the district’s Collectorate complex were sealed, turning it into a cantonment. Amid a heavy deployment…
- India
HC seeks UP response over licence issued in dead man’s name
Lucknow: The Allahabad High Court has sought responses from the Centre and the Uttar Pradesh government on a PIL challenging the Aadhaar-based online system for issuing learning and driving licences after it…
- Delhi
Allahabad HC quashes NSA detention, orders release of DU student
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday, September 2, quashed the detention of Aakriti Chaudhary, a 25-year-old Delhi University history graduate who was taken into custody under the National Security Act in…
- India
Hijab not essential to faith, can’t be added to school uniform: HC
The Allahabad High Court has ruled that a student cannot claim the right to alter a school’s prescribed dress code to suit personal preference, dismissing a plea by a Muslim girl seeking…
- India
SC set to hear on Monday Rahul Gandhi’s plea against HC order
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday, August 17, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s plea challenging the Allahabad High Court order which directed the CBI and ED to verify…
- India
Rahul moves SC against HC order in disproportionate assets case
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has moved the Supreme Court challenging an order of the Allahabad High Court which directed the CBI and ED to verify the allegations of disproportionate assets…
- India
Unaccounted cash at home: Panel finds Justice Varma almost guilty
New Delhi: A three-member inquiry committee probing allegations against former High Court judge Yashwant Varma has found all three articles of charge against him proved, holding that his explanation for the discovery…
- Hate Crime
Majoritarian sentiments can’t impair constitutional rights: HC
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court on August 6 had directed the Uttar Pradesh government and the father of two adult sisters who voluntarily converted to Islam to jointly pay Rs 25 lakh…
- India
Parents confine sisters converted to Islam, HC slaps Rs 25L fine
Uttar Pradesh: The Allahabad High Court came down heavily on a father who refused to release his daughters, confining them for nearly five years, as he was disappointed that they converted to…
- India
Women above 18 are free to chose religion, marry by choice: HC
Prayagraj: As long as women voluntarily convert to Islam and marry based on their choice of person, no individual, including the father, can interfere in that decision, stated the Allahabad High Court.…
- India
Pleader an outsider: Allahabad HC quashes Jauhar University plea
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court has refused to entertain a petition filed by a businessman on behalf of Mohammad Ali Jauhar University against the demolition of its buildings, observing that the pleader…
- India
Allahabad HC defers Krishna Janmabhumi–Shahi Idgah case
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court on Friday, July 17, adjourned the hearing in the Mathura Krishna Janmabhumi-Shahi Idgah mosque dispute matter till August 25. The adjournment came following the joint request by…
- India
Allahabad HC upholds gang rape conviction after 47 Years
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court has upheld the conviction of a 71-year-old man in a 1979 gang rape case of a minor, but reduced his sentence from 7.5 years to four years…
- Opinions
Nikah halala cannot become a shield against criminal law
The Allahabad High Court’s refusal to quash a first information report (FIR) alleging repeated rape under the guise of nikah halala is a significant reminder of a constitutional first principle: criminal law…
- Hate Crime
HC stays deportation of Indian man accused of being Bangladeshi
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Monday, July 6, stayed the deportation of a Muslim man who was accused of being a Bangladeshi national after he claimed that he was wrongfully identified…