Pleas seek ownership rights of Bhojshala, not maintainable under writ jurisdiction: Intervenor to HCA Muslim intervenor told the Madhya Pradesh High Court that Hindu parties' petitions for the Bhojshala monument are not maintainable. The a...
Bhojshala actually a temple of Goddess Saraswati, it can't be a mosque: Hindu side to HCThe Madhya Pradesh High Court is hearing arguments on the Bhojshala-Kamal Maula Mosque complex. The Hindu side presented historical records...
SC stays HC order convicting Ansari for threatening jailer in 2003The trial court had acquitted Ansari, but the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad HC last year reversed the trial court order and sent him to ja...
HC indicates Karnataka Lokayukta appointment under active considerationThe Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, who is part of the panel along with the Chief Minister, Speaker of the Assembly, Chairman of the Legisl...
HC asks counsels in Hijab case to wind up their argument by Friday, hints delivering order shortlyThe Chief Justice of the High Court Ritu Raj Awasthi, who is part of the three-judge bench, told the counsels that that the arguments shoul...
If declared essential, dress will be forced on all, says AGOne of the petitioners, Hazra Shifa, said in Udupi that a mob attacked her brother and her family's restaurant. Reports said glass windows ...
Resume classes; don't wear anything that instigates: Karnataka High Court to hijab case petitionerA full HC bench of Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justices JM Khazi and Krishna S Dixit said it wanted the matter resolved at the earli...
Will go by evidence: UP DGP HC Awasthy on 'Love Jihaad' lawThe UP police lodged a case against a Muslim youth in Bareilly under the new law on Sunday on a complaint from a Hindu family that he was t...
Issue norms to avoid actions like Hathras cremation: Allahabad high court to UP govtThe HC directed that no officer unrelated to the investigation should make public statements on the alleged offence as it can lead to “unne...
UP govt requests Allahabad HC to direct judges to take up rape and POCSO cases on priorityIn December last year, the state had announced the setting up of 218 fast-track courts after a spate of rape cases that came to a head with...
In best interest of law & order: UP DGP on cremation in dead of nightUttar Pradesh’s police chief HC Awasthy said the decision to cremate the body of the 19-year-old Hathras victim at 2:30 am must have been t...
Recent crimes in Uttar Pradesh could have been averted, says DGP in letter to state copsUP has been under fire over a string of murders and kidnappings and though the state government has officially cited a decrease in major cr...
BJP MPs and MLAs of UP take aim at state police, vent their frustration on social mediaBJP leaders have also blamed police inaction for the death of former Baghpat district chief Sanjay Khokhar who was killed when he went for ...
UP fights fake news as Jamaat blamed in most social media postsSaharanpur Police released a note saying that after inquiry all this was found to be fake and the news reports were wrong. The police also ...
Uttar Pradesh Police tries to acquire more humane faceAwasthi told ET that detailed planning was done before the lockdown announcement. “We are used to imposing curfews and prohibitory orders,”...
Can court hear petitions challenging Speaker's action: Bombay High CourtHC asked Congress leader Naseem Khan, who has filed a petition challenging the way the BJP government in Maharashtra proved its majority in...
- 2G Scam: Awasthy to oversee CBI probe
HC Awasthy, a 1985-batch IPS officer from UP, is set to replace YP Singh as the joint director in charge of the supervision of 2G spectrum ...