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Interim maintenance for women must begin from filing date to prevent financial hardship, rules Allahabad High Court

December 29, 2025 6:55 pm

Justice Rajiv Lochan Shukla was hearing a petition filed by a woman alleging delay in getting her interim maintenance as the family court allowed it from the date of the court order, not from the date of filing the plea.

'Very sorry state of affairs': Allahabad High Court imposes Rs 20 lakh cost on state for 'illegal' demolition of property

December 29, 2025 6:49 pm

Terming it a serious infringement of the right to property, Justice Alok Mathur ordered restoration of the possession of vacant land to the petitioner and ordered enquiry against the erring officials.

Allahabad HC’s judgment on live-in-relationships is a welcome move, but caveats remain

December 29, 2025 4:48 pm

The court stops short of reiterating that all couples, irrespective of caste, religion and creed, enjoy such constitutional freedoms

‘Applicant can’t be a shuttlecock, thrown from one dept to another for compensation’: Allahabad HC

December 27, 2025 9:08 pm

The bench has been hearing a contempt application filed by a man, who said the govt did not pay compensation for acquiring three of his plots in Prayagraj despite court orders.

‘Trial court erred in conviction’: Allahabad HC acquits man who spent 24 years in jail in dacoity case

December 24, 2025 4:34 pm

The trial court had sentenced the man to life imprisonment. Ordering his release, the HC noted that he was convicted merely on his confessional statement before the lower court

Allahabad HC quashes cheating case against international shooter Vartika Singh

December 25, 2025 4:09 am

Four FIRs were lodged against Vartika Singh after she alleged she was asked for Rs 25 lakh as a bribe in return for a berth in the National Commission for Women.

‘No illegality in order’: Allahabad HC junks appeal seeking withdrawal of SC/ST Act case

December 23, 2025 2:10 am

Mere expression of intention by the state govt for withdrawal of prosecution case does not bind the court, said the HC

Allahabad High Court affirms right to love and live as you please

December 20, 2025 7:36 am

HC’s intervention is a modest but necessary corrective — an assertion that the law must recognise adults as rights-bearing citizens, with the freedom to make their own way, not wards to be steered towards socially-approved choices

‘Sar tan se juda’ slogan challenges sovereignty, integrity of India: Allahabad High Court denies bail to man booked for incitement

December 19, 2025 6:02 pm

Allahabad High Court Rejects bail plea: Justice Deshwal said any slogan by a crowd that provides a death sentence contrary to the appropriate punishment provided by the BNS or other criminal law is not only against the constitutional object but also a challenge to the Indian legal system.

Initially lawyers struggle to earn sufficient income: Allahabad High Court reduces maintenance amount payable by advocate

December 19, 2025 12:52 pm

Justice Madan Pal Singh was hearing a plea filed by a man, who is a lawyer, seeking revision of the family court’s order directing him to pay Rs 5000 monthly maintenance to his estranged wife.

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Lawyers protest turn violent in Lucknow

February 10, 2016 3:37 pm

Lucknow, Feb 10 (ANI): Following the death of a lawyer in Lucknow, hundreds of lawyers in the capital city of Uttar Pradesh went on a rampage to protest against the alleged murder of an advocate of the Allahabad High Court. The violent mob destroyed dozen of vehicles and set two buses and a building on fire. A lawyer, Shravan Verma, was allegedly murdered in the Naka area of Lucknow. An FIR has been registered by the local police and three arrests have been made in connection with the case.

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