The apex court has also sought a report from Delhi High Court Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya, highly placed sources told Bar & Bench. A fire at the judge’s house had inadvertently led to the recovery of cash by the firefighters, ToI reported. The Supreme Court Collegium had then decided to repatriate Justice Varma back … Read more
New Delhi: Union Minister of Women and Child Development Annpurna Devi today strongly condemned a recent judgment by the Allahabad High Court, which ruled that the act of grabbing a woman’s breast and snapping the string of her pyjama does not constitute rape but instead falls under the category of assault with intent to disrobe. … Read more
New Delhi: A fire at the official residence of Delhi High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma led to the finding of an alleged unaccounted sum of cash by firefighters. Following this, the Central Government took note of the matter, prompting the Supreme Court Collegium to convene an urgent meeting chaired by Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna. … Read more
Today, the Allahabad High Court once again extended the stay on the arrest of Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair until February 19 in connection with an FIR against him over his alleged X Post (formerly Twitter) on Yati Narsinghanand’s ‘derogatory’ speech. During the hearing, a bench of Justice Siddhartha Varma and Justice Yogendra Kumar Srivastava … Read more
The Supreme Court today (January 27) castigated the Allahabad High Court for not showing the “courage” to grant bail in a case for unlawful religious conversion. The Court went to the extent of saying that the refusal to grant bail in a case like the present one gave the impression that “altogether different considerations weighed … Read more
In a significant order, the Allahabad High Court today effectively tossed out the “unfettered powers” of the Uttar Pradesh Police to open Class-B history sheets against citizens without observing the principles of natural justice. For context, as per the UP Police Regulation, Class-B history sheets are opened for “confirmed and professional criminals, who commit a … Read more
The wife made such a mistake…the husband knocked on the door of the High Court, knowing the whole matter. ‘The wife drinks… The post The wife made such a mistake…the husband knocked on the door of the High Court, knowing the whole matter. “Wife drinks alcohol”…Husband knocked on the door of the High Court, knowing … Read more