The court had on October 1 asked the woman's parents to apprise it of their version of the incident and had also ordered the Hathras district administration to arrange for their travel to the court and facilitate their appearance before it.
An official of the Supreme Court said this is for the first time that a permission has been granted to register case against a sitting high court judge.
The HC directed the UP chief secy and DGP, the DG of the CRPF, the VC and registrar of the University to adhere to the recommendations of the NHRC, including paying compensation to six students who were grievously hurt in police action.
The parents of Arushi Talwar on Friday questioned Central Bureau of Investigation's very right to oppose their plea before the Allahabad high court to be discharged in the three-year old sensational murder case of their daughter.
Justices Rajesh Kumar Agarwal and Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana assumed charge as Supreme Court judges, taking the apex court's strength to 31 including Chief Justice P Sathasivam.
Terming as "not correct" the Allahabad high court order that prohibited all media reports related to troop movements, Press Council of India Chairman Justice Markandey Katju on Thursday said that the Council would soon challenge it in the Supreme Court. "The Press Council of India will be challenging the order of the Allahabad high court in the Supreme Court of India very shortly," the PCI chief, who is a former Supreme Court judge, said in a statement.
A complaint made by the judge of Allahabad high court against poor availability of life saving drugs in Uttar Pradesh hospitals was to be taken up for hearing as a public interest litigation by the chief justice himself on Friday.
Taking suo moto cognisance of the September 14 gang-rape and subsequent death of the teenager, the bench also ordered the Hathras district magistrate and senior superintendent of police to appear before it.
The court order came following a PIL filed by a social activist who felt that such news could be harmful to security matters relating to the Indian Army and the nation, reports Sharat Pradhan.
After dithering for months on the issue of recommending a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the Dadri lynching case, the Uttar Pradesh government said if the Allahabad high court found an inquiry by the investigation agency relevant, it would honour and implement the order.
A division bench comprising Chief Justice D B Bhosle and Justice Yashwant Varma passed the order on a public interest litigation filed by Prakash Kharwadkar, who contended that the logo of 'Shudh Plus', one of the sponsors of the tournament, is displayed on jerseys of the Gujarat Lions team which was against the law.
Taking up the matter on Sunday, a bench comprising Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice Ramesh Sinha, termed the action of Uttar Pradesh authorities as "highly unjust" and said it was an absolute encroachment on personal liberty of individuals.
The Allahabad high court on Friday directed a probe by a state agency into alleged irregularities involving Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament Amar Singh during his stint as the head of Uttar Pradesh Development Council, dismissing his plea seeking quashing of proceedings against him.
A fortnight after ordering a Central Bureau of Investigation inquiry in Deputy Chief Medical Officer Y S Sachan death case, the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday asked the agency to probe the killing of two of his seniors, observing that the murders may have been carried out to put a curtain on the Uttar Pradesh health department scam.
The Allahabad High Court on Monday issued notices to five Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh, including Bharatiya Janata Party Member of Parliament Varun Gandhi and BJP president Rajnath Singh, on separate petitions challenging their election to Parliament.
The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Thursday issued notice to a television news channel -- directing it to produce all documents related to the matter of the Dr Zakir Hussain Memorial Trust run by Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid -- on the basis of which a Public Interest Litigation was filed.
The Allahabad high court on Friday directed the Enforcement Directorate to investigate charges of money laundering against Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament Amar Singh, saying that the matter needed a thorough probe as it had "national ramifications". The court gave the direction while dismissing a petition filed by the former Samajwadi Party general secretary, who had challenged an FIR lodged in Kanpur nearly two years ago.
In a jolt to the Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh, the Allahabad High Court on Friday restrained it from proceeding on the ambitious Ganga Expressway project aimed at connecting the state's eastern and western parts and directed it to obtain prior environmental clearance.The order was passed by a division bench comprising Justice Ashok Bhusan and Justice Arun Tandon, on a petition filed by a Varanasi-based social organisation 'Ganga Mahasabha'.
The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Friday issued a notice to Dr Zakir Hussain Memorial Trust, run by Union minister Salman Khurshid and his wife Louis, on a PIL seeking direction for the lodging of an FIR and also monitoring by the court in the case relating to the Trust.
He further contended that in his bail application, Prajapati stated that he had no criminal case pending against him but six cases were pending against him.
The Allahabad High Court reserved its order on three PILs, challenging dropping of proceedings against Chief Minister Mayawati and her cabinet colleague Naseemuddin Siddiqui in the Taj Corridor case.
The Allahabad High Court on Monday ruled doctors cannot run private hospitals or nursing homes at their residential premises.
In a respite to L K Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and 19 others in the Babri Masjid demolition case, the Allahabad High Court on Thuursday dismissed the Central Bureau for Investigation's revision petition challenging a special court decision to drop criminal proceedings against them.
The Lucknow bench of Allahabad high court on Friday directed the Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati-led Uttar Pradesh government to stop all construction activities along the banks of the Gomati river in Lucknow.
In a reprieve from Tuesday's harsh order of arrest for allegedly committing contempt of court, Uttar Pradesh Principal Home Secretary R M Srivastava got a reprieve when a division bench of the Allahabad high court on Wednesday stayed the operation of the single-bench.
Taking a very serious note of alleged defiance of court's orders by the Uttar Pradesh government, the Lucknow bench of Allahabad high court on Thursday even went to the extent of suggesting that there was breakdown of Constitutional machinery in the state.
The six months include the three months already spent in detention. The NSA allows preventive detention for up to a year.
"Would your Lordships give me time till Monday? I have almost got it done. We are working something out," senior advocate Harish Salve, appearing for the UP government, told the bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana. "List on Monday," said the bench which, also comprised justices Surya Kant and Hima Kohli, acceding to the request.
In its order, the court observed that the action of the authorities was a violation of Article 21 of the Constitution under which no person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty except according to procedure established by law.
The petition came up before Justice D P Singh of the Lucknow Bench of High Court who heard arguments of the counsels for Bachchan and the state government.
The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Thursday reserved its order on the maintainability of a writ petition filed by a local activist -- seeking a probe into allegations of irregularities against Robert Vadra relating to his land transactions with real estate major DLF in Haryana.
A roster of the work for fresh cases notified under the order of the chief justice of India will come into effect from February 5 till further orders.
In a major relief for former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati, the Allahabad high court on Monday dismissed petitions against her in the Taj Corridor case.
Justices Imtiyaz Murtaza and V K Verma also asked the Uttar Pradesh government and the complainant Madhvendra Singh to file their counter-affidavits.
The court has sought a status report on the FIR lodged at Gosaiganj police station on the complaint of doctor Sachan's wife Malti Sachan. It has also sought a status report of the judicial inquiry into Sachan's death being conducted by Chief Judicial Magistrate Rajesh Upadhyaya and report on information given by the jail authorities to Gosaiganj police station on the night when the medical officer was found dead.
Taking note of a Public Interest Litigation seeking investigation into the alleged nexus between realty giant DLF and businessman Robert Vadra, the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Thursday directed the central government to submit a reply within the next three weeks.
The Allahabad high court on Monday asked the Uttar Pradesh government and Noida Authority to file their counter-affidavits on the hundreds of petitions filed by the farmers of Gautam Buddh Nagar district, who have challenged the acquisition of more than 3,000 hectares of land for the development of Greater Noida and Noida Extension areas.
The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Wednesday sought a report from the Economic Offences Wing of the Uttar Pradesh police on the investigation into alleged irregularities in Dr Zakir Hussain Memorial Trust run by Union Minister Salman Khurshid and his wife Louise.
The Allahabad High Court on Saturday restrained the Uttar Pradesh government from arresting SP General Secretary Amar Singh in connection with an FIR lodged at Kanpur in which he has been accused of corrupt practices while his party was in power in the state.
