Tag: Allahabad HC

Allahabad HC grants bail in UAPA case over WhatsApp video; raises questions on overuse of stringent national security laws

Accused Savej, charged with ‘waging war’ and serious BNS offences for circulating a Pakistan-made video critical of PM Modi, released on bail; Court cites lack of criminal history, procedural lapses, and Article 21 right to speedy trial, raising concerns about misuse of stringent anti-terror provisions

Allahabad HC’s recent judgement dubbed “saffron-tinged”, “fuelling fear among Christians,” says United Christian Forum

Raising a crucial question of whether “majoritarianism” is creeping into judicial pronouncements, the UCF, in a statement issued on July 4 has critiqued a July 1 judgement of the Allahabad HC that has made pronouncements on “conversions”

Allahabad High Court rejects bail plea in alleged conversion case; says Article 25 does not provide right to convert religion

In a controversial interpretation of Article 25 of the Constitution, the single judge bench of Rohit Ranjan Agarwal said if this practice is not stopped, the “majority population of this country would be in minority one day”

Love vs Law: Allahabad HC verdict offers hope, but inconsistencies persist

High court protects one couple, but conflicting rulings highlight ongoing struggle for interfaith couples.

Allahabad and Madhya Pradesh High Courts deliver two contradictory judgments on interfaith marriage without conversion under Special Marriage Act (SMA)

While Allahabad HC bench of Justice Jyotsna Sharma said interfaith couples not intending to convert their religion can marry under SMA, a similar plea for police protection was rejected by Madhya Pradesh HC citing Muslim personal law

Why are Allahabad HC’s orders refusing police protection to inter-faith couples, wrong in law and principle?

Interfaith couples and those without marriage registration proof in Uttar Pradesh find themselves without constitutional rights recourse as the Allahabad HC selectively rejects their pleas for police protection

Hathras conspiracy case: two more accused granted bail by the Allahabad High Court

CFI leader KA Rauf Sherif and Mohd. Danish granted bail, HC noted that the court below had failed to appreciate the material available on record

Allahabad HC: Appalling conditions of the state jails, indifference shown to the plight of prisoners

Hearing a PIL, the bench took serious note of the meagre wage offered to inmates, tremendous overcrowding, murders inside jails, grants one last chance to the state to act firmly

Serve at Cow Shelter for a Month, Bail Condition to Slaughter Accused: Allahabad HC

The counsel for the applicant submitted that the applicant was innocent and was falsely implicated based on the confessional statement of the co-accused.

Unnatural in Indian culture that father-in-law would rape daughter-in-law: Allahabad HC

Court granted anticipatory bail to rape accused after making an observation based on the culture of the land, but not the allegations of the survivor

Allahabad HC seeks govt response in Dr Kafeel Khan’s plea against his termination

Dr Khan was terminated from his post in November; he was held responsible for the death of 63 children at BRD Hospital

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