Allahabad High Court
Allahabad HC Ruling: Marital Rape Not Deemed an 'Offence' if Wife is 18 or Above
The husband was convicted under sections related to cruelty and voluntarily causing hurt, while charges under Section 377 were acquitted. The Supreme Court has agreed to list pleas to criminalize marital rape, with the government expressing concerns about potential social ramifications.
Adult couples can live-in with person of their choice: Allahabad HC
Disposing of a joint petition filed by inter-religious live-in couple, Justice Surendra Singh-1 directed that in case any disturbance is caused in the peaceful living of the petitioners, the petitioners shall approach the superintendent of police concerned, with a copy of this order, who shall provide immediate protection to the petitioners.
Recorded phone conversation is admissible evidence: Allahabad HC
“The communication between the mobile phones of two accused persons when recorded on a digital voice recorder after putting the call on speaker will not amount to interception,” the bench said.
Allahabad HC stays ASI survey of Gyanvapi mosque till Thursday
The matter will now be heard at 3.30 p.m. on Thursday. A bench of Chief Justice Pritinker Diwaker passed the order while hearing the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee's challenge to the Varanasi district judge's July 21 order for an ASI survey of the Gyanvapi Mosque.
Allahabad HC rejects Muslim sides' plea in Gyanvapi case
The Hindu worshippers requested permission for daily worship of Hindu deities in the Gyanvapi mosque. The high court has rejected the mosque committee's challenge to the 5 Hindu women worshippers' suit pending before the Varanasi court. Last year in December, the bench of Justice J.J. Munir reserved its judgment after hearing counsel for both parties at length.
Centre notifies appointment of Chief Justices to three HCs
The new Chief Justices are Justice Pritinker Diwaker of the Allahabad High Court, Justice Ramesh Sinha of the Chhattisgarh High Court, and Justice K. Vinod Chandran of the Patna High Court. Law Minister Kiren Rijiju, in a tweet, said: "In exercise of the power conferred by the Constitution of India, the President of India has appointed.
Consenting adults free to live together: Allahabad HC
In this major judgment, the court quashed the first information report, which was lodged by the father of a girl in Uttar Pradesh's Jaunpur district. A division bench of Allahabad HC comprising Justice Suneet Kumar and Justice Syed Waiz Mian relied upon a judgment of the apex court which provided that live-in relationship between the consenting adults is legal if the requirements of marriage, such as legal age of marriage, consent and soundness of mind, are met. No rule permits or bans such connections, the apex court had added.
Gyanvapi Masjid Row: how it has played out since 1991
Thirty years later in 2021, the Allahabad High Court stayed proceedings in the Kashi Vishwanath Mandir-Gyanvapi Masjid case in a Varanasi court, suspending a controversial archaeological survey of the premises to determine whether a Hindu temple was partially razed to build the 17th-century mosque.
Supreme Court refuses to immediately stop Gyanvapi mosque survey, agrees to examine the matter
The Allahabad High Court in its judgement in April had dismissed a petition challenging a Varanasi court's order to appoint an advocate as a Court Commissioner to inspect the Kashi Vishwanath temple-Gyanvapi mosque complex. Senior advocate Huzefa Ahmadi listed a plea before the apex court filed by the commitee of the management of Anjumane-e-Intezamia Masjid seeking a stay on survey of the Kashi Vishwanath temple-Gyanvapi masjid complex.
Corruption is termite, root cause of all problems: Allahabad HC
The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court, while refusing anticipatory bail to a government doctor, observed that corruption was a termite in every system and once it entered the system, it went on increasing. Dr Rajeev Gupta had filed the anticipatory bail application on behalf of his wife Dr Sunita Gupta, former senior divisional medical officer (DMO), Northern Railway, Charbagh, Lucknow. She was working with the radiology department.
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