The PIL says, "Lord Ram himself asked his disciples to make a pilgrimage to the Setu."
The PIL has charged the state government of turning a blind eye to the rampant corruption at various levels in the administration.
The Supreme Court is scheduled to resume hearing on Thursday a clutch of petitions challenging the remission granted to all 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gang-rape case and murder of seven of her family members during the 2002 Gujarat riots.
Justice Singh said the commissioner prima facie exceeded his jurisdiction and violated the principles of natural justice in quashing the transfer of farmland to Bachchan in Daulatpur village in Barabanki district.
The Muslim Community has reacted with shock at the latest verdict of the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court, which ruled that the disputed site is indeed Ram Janmabhoomi and dismissed the suit filed by the Sunni Central Waqf Board as it was barred by limitation.
Zafaryab Jilani, Mushtaq Ahmad Siddiqi and Syed Irfan Ahmad, advocates who represent the parties seeking the construction of a mosque in the Ayodhya title suit, have appealed to the people to accept the judgment by the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court as the vindication of the rule of law."These cases related to the title and possession of Babri Masjid are apparently between two communities but actually they relate to the secular fabric of the country," they said.
While creating an impregnable security net around the Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court, the Uttar Pradesh government on Wednesday ordered complete closure of all liquor and fireworks' shops on Thursday, on the eve of the long-pending Ayodhya title suit.
The chief justice, who received a WhatsApp message about the case, heard the matter at his residence at 8 pm on Sunday and gave directions to constitute a bench comprising himself and Justice Srivastava.
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.
There are some convicts who are "more privileged", the Supreme Court said on Thursday while hearing pleas challenging the grant of remissions to 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gangrape case and the murder of seven of her family members during the 2002 Gujarat riots.
In his petition, Bachchan has pleaded that he was not accorded an opportunity of being heard in the matter by the commissioner's court.
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader L K Advani felt 'vindicated' about his Ayodhya 'rath yatra' in the wake of the Allahabad high court verdict and preferred a negotiated settlement for building a Ram temple at the place where the makeshift now stands.
Arun Jaitley, leader of the opposition in the Rajya Sabha, was restrained in his reaction to the Ayodhya verdict delivered by the Allahabad high court's Lucknow bench; but his joy was hardly hidden.
The Congress-led government has taken a defensive position on the political battleground in the Ayodhya title suit.
Ahead of the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court verdict in the Ayodhya title suit on September 24, peace committees are being set up in the districts of Jammu and Kashmir to maintain communal harmony and law and order
With both Prime Minister Singh and Home Minister P Chidambaram personally handling the Ayodhya issue, PMO officials are confident that the law and order situation will remain under control.
The petition challenges the Rae Bareli court decision against him in the Ayodhya demolition case.
The court ruled that the provision of interim maintenance during proceedings of the matrimonial disputes was applicable to both the spouses.
The brother of the 19-year-old Dalit woman told reporters on Saturday that the family wanted to shift to the national capital and continue their fight for justice there.
A bench headed by Chief Justice Uday Umesh Lalit directed Kappan to remain in Delhi for the next six weeks after the release from an Uttar Pradesh prison.
Two days after being stripped of the status of a cabinet minister and as head of the secretariat administration, Uttar Pradesh Cabinet Secretary Shashank Shekhar Singh found himself cornered further when the Centre told the Allahabad High Court that even the post of Cabinet Secretary, which he holds, is and IAS-cadre post. The Centre has said that the post of the Cabinet Secretary was "an IAS-cadre post".
It dismissed a petition filed by the UP government challenging an Allahabad high court order staying investigations into cases against him.
Government counsel D K Upadhyaya, while arguing against Bachahan's petition, submitted that the actor had failed to disclose the source of his claim over the land. "It is a case of forgery in the revenue records," Upadhyaya told Justice A N Verma.
The three-judge special bench comprising Justice S U Khan, Sudhir Agarwal and D V Sharma pronounced the verdict on September 30 at 15.30 hours.
His lawyer moved a supplementary affidavit before the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court forgoing his claim over the land allotted to him during the previous Samajwadi Party regime following the village panchayat's assurance not to further pursue the matter.
Sheela Bhatt explains why the judgment in the title suit in the Ayodhya case -- despite a delay of over half a century -- still comes at the wrong time for the Centre and several state governments.
The much-awaited verdict on the title suit of the disputed site at Ayodhya will be pronounced on September 24 by the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court.The long pending case is about the ownership of the Ayodhya land to which Hindus and Muslims had been making rival claims over the past one and a quarter century.While Hindus claimed the land to be the site of the birthplace of their most revered Lord Ram, Muslims asserted their right over the same.
On October 5, 2019, the sessions court hearing the matter had said that as per Supreme Court orders, all evidence has to be presented before December 24, 2019, which would be the last working day.
In a revelation which may have a bearing on the outcome of Amitabh Bachhan's legal battle against cancellation of allotment of farmland, the UP on Thursday alleged that the megastar had committed another fraud by giving a wrong address.
'I believe and agree with the view that the demolition case is politically motivated and that it does not involve issues of criminal and moral turpitude,' he said.\n\n\n\n
It is not immediately clear if they have to be present in court or can appear through a video conference due to restrictions imposed to fight the spread of coronavirus.
The Supreme Court has told a couple, who are software engineers seeking divorce, why don't they give a second chance to the marriage as both of them were not able to devote time to their union.
The request for 15 days' time will come up before the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on July 1.
An FIR was registered at Hazratganj police station on December 29, 2007, charging the minister in the previous Samajwadi Party government with securing three arms licences by showing his Lucknow address and hiding the one in his native Pratapgarh.In his affidavit, the MLA stated that he was not involved in any criminal cases, but the police said that 41 cases were registered against him.
Calcutta high court judge Justice C S Karnan will observe hunger strikes in Delhi and three other cities demanding restoration of his administrative and judicial work and withdrawal of the suo motu contempt proceedings against him.
'I do not think the scam is limited to 1,563 students. The number is too low to have caused such an inflation in the marks'
Swamy has contended that the pendency of the appeals in the SC has restricted his fundamental right to worship and enjoy dignity of life.
