Allahabad High court

Lucknow: 'Kanyadaan' is not mandatory for solemnisation of marriage under the Hindu Marriage Act and only 'saptapadi' is an essential ceremony as per the law, stated the Allahabad High Court. A bench of Justice Subhash Vidyarthi made…

New Delhi: Around 17 lakh madrassa students in Uttar Pradesh had a relief on Friday as the Supreme Court stayed an Allahabad High Court order scrapping the UP Board of Madarsa Education Act, 2004. Following this Supreme Court order,…

Lucknow: The Allahabad High Court struck down the UP Board of Madarsa Education Act, 2004, terming it "unconstitutional" for violating the principle of secularism. A division bench of Justices Vivek Chaudhary and Subhash Vidyarthi asked…

Lucknow: The Allahabad High Court on Friday declined relief to the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee in its petition against a Varanasi court order allowing Hindu worship in the sealed basement of the Gyanvapi mosque complex. Justice…

Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday rejected all petitions by the mosque committee challenging a civil suit that seeks restoration of a temple at the Gyanvapi mosque site. Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal said the suit filed in…

Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court, in a recent verdict, ruled that husbands cannot be charged with marital rape under Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) if the wife is 18 years of age or older. Justice Ram Manohar Narayan Mishra…

New Delhi: Nithari serial killing accused Moninder Singh Pandher was released from Luksar jail in Greater Noida on Friday. Three days this 65-year-old businessman was acquitted by the Allahabad High Court. The Allahabad High Court on…

New Delhi: Surendra Koli, the prime accused in the Nithari serial killings near New Delhi, was acquitted by the Allahabad High Court on Monday in 12 cases in which he was handed death penalty by a trial court. Moninder Singh Pandher, the…

Allahabad: The Allahabad High Court dismissed a PIL that sought the court to declare the site of the Shahi Idgah Mosque in Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura district as Krishna Janmabhoomi. A two-judge Bench comprising Chief Justice Pritinkar…

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday denied to order for a scientific audit of the disputed Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah Masjid land in Mathura to determine the contesting ownership claims of the two communities. The apex court…