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Allahabad High Court dismisses Gyanvapi mosque committee's plea challenging Varanasi court order
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Allahabad High Court dismisses Gyanvapi mosque committee's plea challenging Varanasi court order

The High Court dismissed a civil revision plea moved by AIMC that has challenged a Varanasi Court order dismissing its objection to the maintainability of Hindu Worshippers' suit seeking permission to regularly worship Shringar Gauri and other deities inside the Gyanvapi Mosque compound

Petition in Varanasi court seeks ASI survey of entire Gyanvapi complex
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Petition in Varanasi court seeks ASI survey of entire Gyanvapi complex

The court has also given time till May 19 to the Anjuman Intezamia Masajid Committee to file objections to the fresh petition filed by the Hindu side. A copy of the application was also given to the Masjid Committee

Allahabad HC official suspended after image wearing payment scan code goes viral
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Allahabad HC official suspended after image wearing payment scan code goes viral

In the viral photo, some lawyers were also seen scanning the QR code and paying the court employee. The matter escalated after Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal saw the viral image and ordered suspension of the said employee

What are Arya Samaj marriage certificates and are they valid proof?
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What are Arya Samaj marriage certificates and are they valid proof?

The Allahabad High Court has ruled that marriage certificates issued by the Arya Samaj do not have statutory force. Earlier in June, the Supreme Court declined to accept certificates issued by the Arya Samaj as valid proof of marriage

Even if penetration was very slight and wasn't into vagina, the act would constitute rape: Allahabad High Court
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Even if penetration was very slight and wasn't into vagina, the act would constitute rape: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court observed that in rape cases, the extent of penetration is immaterial. 'The perineum is part of the private parts, which sheathes the urethra,' it added

Lakhimpur Kheri violence: SC says Ashish Mishra's bail plea be placed before judges who dealt with matter earlier
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Lakhimpur Kheri violence: SC says Ashish Mishra's bail plea be placed before judges who dealt with matter earlier

A bench of justices B R Gavai and B V Nagarathna directed the apex court registry to obtain order from the Chief Justice of India for placing the matter before the appropriate bench

Supreme Court dismisses 'publicity interest litigation' on Taj Mahal
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Supreme Court dismisses 'publicity interest litigation' on Taj Mahal

A bench of justices M R Shah and M M Sundresh refused to interfere with the Allahabad High Court order that had dismissed the plea

Jam Session in Court: Lawyer shows up late for hearing, Allahabad HC orders personal presence of SP Traffic
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Jam Session in Court: Lawyer shows up late for hearing, Allahabad HC orders personal presence of SP Traffic

The police official was asked by the bench of Justice Saurabh Shyam Shamshery to come up with an appropriate plan to manage the traffic and parking around the Allahabad High Court

Right Word | Why we need to take care of our cows for a cultural and spiritual renaissance
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Right Word | Why we need to take care of our cows for a cultural and spiritual renaissance

Gujarat Governor Acharya Devvrat recently observed that Hindus worship cows but neglect them when they grow old

Allahabad High Court takes suo moto cognisance of fire incident at Lucknow hotel
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Allahabad High Court takes suo moto cognisance of fire incident at Lucknow hotel

Four people were killed and close to a dozen were injured when a fire broke out at a hotel located in the Hazratganj area of the city on Monday

Allahabad HC upholds death sentence of man for killing six
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Allahabad HC upholds death sentence of man for killing six

In 2017, The CBI court awarded the death sentence to Sarvan for killing his three children and wife after she objected to his affair with his sister-in-law. He also killed a neighbour and her son when they tried to stop him

Allahabad High Court seeks reply from UP govt on petition related to death due to spurious liquor
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Allahabad High Court seeks reply from UP govt on petition related to death due to spurious liquor

The petitioners include eight widows of those who died after consuming the liquor in Azamgarh district, which was bought from licensed retail country liquor shops

Uttar Pradesh: Fire breaks out in Advocate General's office; no casualty reported
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Uttar Pradesh: Fire breaks out in Advocate General's office; no casualty reported

The fire has caused damages to floors five to eight. The files of all the cases of the government are kept on the eighth floor that are taken to the courtroom of Allahabad High Court, where the lawyers put forth their stand

Prayagraj violence: House demolished had nameplate of main accused Javed Mohammad, Uttar Pradesh govt tells high court
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Prayagraj violence: House demolished had nameplate of main accused Javed Mohammad, Uttar Pradesh govt tells high court

According to the petition filed by accused Javed Mohammad's wife and daughter, the house did not belong to him, but was owned by Fatima, who had received it as a gift from her parents before marriage

Lakhimpur Kheri case: No relief for Ashish Mishra, next bail plea hearing on 8 July
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Lakhimpur Kheri case: No relief for Ashish Mishra, next bail plea hearing on 8 July

On 18 April, the Supreme Court cancelled Mishra’s bail and asked him to surrender in a week, saying the victims were denied a fair and effective hearing

Supreme Court stays Allahabad HC's bail condition of Azam Khan related to land of Jauhar University
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Supreme Court stays Allahabad HC's bail condition of Azam Khan related to land of Jauhar University

A vacation bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Bela M Trivedi said that prima facie the Allahabad High Court's bail condition imposed on Azam Khan is disproportionate and sounds like a decree of a civil court

Supreme Court grants interim bail to Samajwadi Party's Azam Khan, invokes special power under Article 142
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Supreme Court grants interim bail to Samajwadi Party's Azam Khan, invokes special power under Article 142

A Supreme Court bench of Justices LN Rao, BR Gavai and AS Bopanna hearing a writ petition said that the interim bail granted to Azam Khan will continue till his regular bail plea is decided

Mathura temple-mosque case: Applications filed for early appointment of advocate commissioner
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Mathura temple-mosque case: Applications filed for early appointment of advocate commissioner

After taking the copy of the two applications, the counsels for Uttar Pradesh Central Sunni Waqf Board and Shahi Masjid Idgah sought time to reply to the objections raised

Taj Mahal or Tejo Mahalaya: Allahabad HC rejects plea to open 22 closed doors to ascertain 'real history' of mausoleum
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Taj Mahal or Tejo Mahalaya: Allahabad HC rejects plea to open 22 closed doors to ascertain 'real history' of mausoleum

The petitioner had sought a direction to the government to constitute a fact-finding committee to study the 'real History of Taj Mahal' and put to rest the controversy surrounding it

Uttar Pradesh: Allahabad HC grants bail to SP's Azam Khan in land grabbing case
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Uttar Pradesh: Allahabad HC grants bail to SP's Azam Khan in land grabbing case

The case in which Khan's bail plea has been approved is about wrongful possession of Waqf Board property. Notably, he had earlier been granted bail in 86 other cases