New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) Spiritual leader Ashutosh Brahmachari Maharaj has moved the Supreme Court, challenging the anticipatory bail granted by the Allahabad High Court to Jyotish Peeth Shankaracharya Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati and his disciple Mukundanand Giri in connection with a child sexual abuse complaint registered by the Uttar Pradesh Police. As per the case details reflected on the official website, a Special Leave Petition (SLP) was filed on Thursday before the apex court see…
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Mathura, March 26 (IANS) An undertrial prisoner lodged in a district jail in Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura died by suicide after allegedly being distressed over not getting bail, officials said on Thursday. The prisoner succumbed during treatment, triggering panic within the jail administration and prompting an inquiry into the incident.The deceased has been identified as Suresh, a resident of Govardhan, who had been lodged in the district jail since May 2025, in a case registered under the provisions…
Mumbai, March 24 (IANS) A high-level committee that probed the 2024 Ghatkopar hoarding collapse has recommended the registration of FIRs against police and civic officials, besides advertisers and engineers, citing a “criminal conspiracy” and regulatory failures that led to 17 deaths. The panel report, tabled in the Maharashtra Assembly on Tuesday, identified the alleged involvement of certain police and municipal officials in facilitating illegal hoardings and said that those who fail to act ag…
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the anticipatory bail plea of folk singer Neha Singh Rathore in connection with an FIR lodged in Uttar Pradesh over her allegedly objectionable social media posts about Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Pahalgam terror attack.A bench of Justices J.K. Maheshwari and Atul S. Chandurkar made absolute its earlier interim order and directed that Rathore be released on anticipatory bail in the event of her arrest, noting that she had…
Prayagraj/New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) The Allahabad High Court has pulled up Prayagraj police officials over the arrest and delayed release of a man in an Arms Act case, observing that their conduct amounted to contempt of the apex court’s directions governing arrests in offences punishable with up to seven years. A Division Bench of Justices Siddharth and Jai Krishna Upadhyay directed the initiation of action against erring police officials while hearing a habeas corpus petition filed by Sachin…
Prayagraj, Feb 27 (IANS) Offering relief to Swami Avimukteshwaranand, the Allahabad High Court on Friday barred Uttar Pradesh Police from arresting him over a child sexual abuse complaint being investigated by Jhunsi Police Station here. The High Court also granted interim protection to the seer against coercive action until the next hearing in the case.Special POCSO Judge Vinod Kumar Chaurasia had last week directed the Jhunsi Police Station in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj to register an FIR on a …
New Delhi/Prayagraj, Feb 27 (IANS) The Allahabad High Court has granted bail to a man accused of uploading an Instagram post stating “Pakistan Zindabad” immediately after the terror attack in Kashmir’s Pahalgam, which claimed lives of 26 people, including 25 tourists and a local.Considering the nature of the offence and the material on record, a single-judge Bench of Justice Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal ordered the release of Faizan arrested in connection with an FIR registered under Sections …
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has reconstituted the three-member inquiry committee tasked with examining allegations against Allahabad High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma, who has been at the centre of controversy since burnt cash was discovered in March last year in an outhouse of his official residence, allotted to him while he was serving in the Delhi High Court. As per a notification issued by the Lok Sabha Secretariat on Wednesday, the reconstituted committee will …
New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) The Oudh Bar Association (Allahabad High Court, Lucknow bench) has written to Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant expressing concern over “repeated adverse remarks” made against judges of the Allahabad High Court and sought expunging of certain observations made in a recent judgment. In a letter addressed to the CJI, the bar association said that the Supreme Court, while exercising appellate jurisdiction, should avoid making stigmatic remarks against High Court judge…
Varanasi, Feb 19 (IANS) A Varanasi MP-MLA court will take up a review petition filed against Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Thursday.The case pertains to remarks allegedly made by Rahul Gandhi during his visit to the United States in September 2024.According to the complaint, he had questioned whether Sikhs in India would be permitted to wear turbans and kadas and whether he would be able to visit gurdwaras as a Sikh.Objecting to the statement, Na…