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Young lawyers are taking up the cudgels for detainees and riot victims

A group of young lawyers is educating protesters about their rights, assisting detainees, and now helping Delhi's riot victims rebuild their lives, all services pro bono

Allahabad HC to hear plea for having a fixed NPR data collection proforma

The formation of a fixed proforma for the NPR updating exercise would come handy for the purpose of supply of information to a citizen in case of his exclusion from the NRC, the petitioner argued.

SC quashes plea challenging Chinmayanand's bail in sexual exploitation case

A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan and Naveen Sinha rejected the plea saying that the Allahabad High Court has given reasons in its order granting bail to Chinmayanand and it requires no interference

Govt asks SC collegium to rethink its pick for chief justice of Andhra HC

This is perhaps the first recommendation to be returned to the collegium by the present government

Allahabad HC dismisses sacked BSF jawan's election petition against PM Modi

The High Court accepted the plea and said that Yadav had no locus standi to file the election petition.

HC asks SIT if law student's allegations against Chinmayanand were probed

The law student on Sept 5 had alleged in her application that Chinmayanand had shot her obscene video in his mobile phone

Honesty has virtually become endangered species: Allahabad High Court

"We need immediate steps to evolve a scheme (as is being practiced in respect of rare animals) to protect honest and impartial men of integrity," the court said

This Allahabad HC judge decided 100,000 cases in 12 years

The same judge was in news in 2015 for ordering all government officers to get their children admitted to government primary schools so the condition of those schools could be improved

Allahabad HC seeks report on infra, medical facilities at BRD hospital

The court fixed September 12 as the next date of hearing

HC turns down plea of live-in couple for protection

HC termed petitioners' contention as 'misconceived' that they had 'a right to live-in relationship' and were 'therefore entitled to protection'

No toll on DND road: Allahabad HC

In a verdict that may bring relief to millions of commuters in the National Capital Region (NCR), the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday ruled no toll tax would be collected from those using the 9.2-km, eight-lane Delhi-Noida Direct (DND) flyway.The division Bench comprising Justice Arun Tandon and Justice Sunita Agarwal passed the order while allowing a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by the Federation of Noida Residents' Welfare Association.The PIL, filed in 2012, had challenged "levy and collection of toll in the name of user fee by Noida Toll Bridge Company".The high court had on August 8 reserved its verdict on the plea.The judgment upheld the concession agreement but held the two specific provisions relating to levy and collection of fee to be inoperative and has directed the company to stop collecting the user fee thereby making the facility toll free.In a more than a 100-page verdict, the court held, "The user fee which is being levied/realised is not supported by the leg