Allahabad High Court

The Uttar Pradesh government is yet to act on an Allahabad High Court order to clear dry ponds of encroachments to create additional storage to tap rain water during the monsoon.

The Supreme Court Tuesday dismissed a plea by dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar seeking a direction to the CBI to examine those dropped from the investigating agency's list of prosecution witnesses.

An advocate here has filed a petition raising questions on a Congress leader's statement that the decision to remove union ministers P.K. Bansal and Ashwani Kumar was a joint decision of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi.

A day after the Uttar Pradesh government announced a compensation of Rs.6 lakh for the kin a terror accused who died in police custody, a writ petition was filed in the high court Monday challenging the ex-gratia.

Amid the intensifying debate in the country on the autonomy of the CBI, a petition has been filed in Allahabad High Court seeking to end the control of the Uttar Pradesh government over investigating agencies like the CID and vigilance department.

Murdered teenager Aarushi Talwar's dentist parents, accused in the killing, were Tuesday allowed by a court here to leave the national capital region for filing a plea in the Allahabad High Court to summon some witnesses.

Bureaucracy in Uttar Pradesh found itself in the firing line of the judiciary this week, with almost 50 officials served contempt of court notices and non-bailable warrants.

The Supreme Court Thursday suspended proceedings before the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) and the Allahabad High Court till it gives ruling on the market regulator's plea for contempt proceedings against two Sahara group companies.