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Allahabad, Jul 19 :  The Allahabad High Court Friday issued notice to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a petition challenging his election from Varanasi parliamentary constituency.

Justice M K Gupta fixed August 21 for hearing of the case. 

The petition was filed by former BSF jawan Tej Bahadur Yadav, who was declared Samajwadi Party candidate from Varanasi but failed to contest the election as his nomination papers were rejected by the returning officer.

The reason given for rejection of Yadav's papers was his failure to submit a certificate that he was not sacked from the BSF for either corruption or disloyalty. 

In his election petition, Yadav alleged that his nomination paper was wrongly rejected and requested the court to declare null and void Modi's election as member of Parliament from Varanasi.

After hearing the petitioner's counsel who argued that Yadav was not given an opportunity of being heard before rejection of his nomination papers, the court issued notice to PM Modi.
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Allahabad, Feb 19 :  Chants of 'Har Har Mahadev' and 'Ganga Maiya Ki Jai' rented the air as lakhs of devotees took dip at Sangam the confluence of Ganga, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers here on the auspicious occasion of Maghi Purnima.

The penultimate bathing day of the over 50-day-long Kumbh Mela, Maghi Purnima marks the end of the month-long penance period of Kalpwasi pilgrims.

"Kalpwasis are usually regarded the most faithful pilgrims of Prayaga Kumbh Mela. They vow to live an austere and minimalist life on the banks of the Ganga for a month.

"After today's holy bath they all will head back to their respective homes," explained an old ascetic.

A nip in the air failed to deter the overwhelming crowd of devotees seen taking the holy dip as early as 4 am, despite vehicle restrictions in the vicinity of the makeshift township of Kumbh Nagri.

"I have seen that the crowd picks up later in the day. So it makes sense to take the dip early in the morning," said Aditya Langar from Pathankot, who was busy drying up his clothes after taking the dip.

Forty nine special trains and 2,500 buses were pressed into service by the administration to ferry devotees from far away places to the Kumbh on Maghi Purnima.

Though not a shahi snan, Maghi Purnima like Paush Purnima and Maha Shivratri is called a 'parv snan' and is part of the six important bathing days during the Kumbh.

The belief is that a dip in the Ganga on the auspicious day washes away sins.

The Uttar Pradesh government on Monday declared the day Maghi Purnima a public holiday.

According to the administration, over 1.50 crore devotees are expected to take the holy dip by the end of the day. As many as 40 bathing ghats have been prepared to manage the crowd.

Over 1.07 crore pilgrims had taken dip in Sangam area on Paush Purnima on January 21.

The grand festival, which commenced on Makar Sakranti (January 15), will mark the last bathing day on March 4 on Maha Shivratri.                                        [Agencies]
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Lucknow, Sep 11:  The Allahabad High Court Tuesday told police they could not arrest four people booked for assaulting a Dalit woman and her daughter without following the CrPC provisions endorsed by the Supreme Court in an order in 2014.

Though the case was registered under Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act as well as under IPC sections the court prevented the police from making an immediate, routine arrest.

The ruling was given by Justices Ajai Lamba and Sanjay Harkauli of the High Court's Lucknow bench.

In 2014, the SC had endorsed guidelines on arresting the accused in the Arnesh Kumar case.

Sections 41 and 41A of the CrPC stipulate that an accused facing a jail term of up to seven years would not be arrested unless the police record elaborate reasons for the need of an arrest.

The high court ruling comes soon after Parliament passed a Bill overriding a Supreme Court judgment to prevent the misuse of the SC/ST law, particularly on arrests without a preliminary investigation.

Tuesday's ruling was on a bail plea by a Gonda resident Rajesh Kumar and three members of his family, who were accused by a Dalit woman of abusing and assaulting her and her daughter.

The family members were booked for various penal offences besides the stringent provisions of the SC/ST Act.PTI
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New Delhi, May 30 : The Punjab and Haryana High Court is set to a get a new chief justice in the coming days as the Law Ministry has cleared the name of Justice Krishna Murari for the post.


Justice Krishna Murari is a judge of the Allahabad High Court and his name to head the Punjab and Haryana High Court was cleared by the Supreme Court collegium last month.

Justice Ajay Kumar Mittal was recently appointed as the acting chief justice of the Punjab and Hayana High Court following the retirement of Justice Shiavax Jal Vazifdar who was heading the HC.

Meanwhile, Justice Hrishikesh Roy, a judge of the Gauhati High Court has been transferred to the Kerala High Court. Since, he is now the senior-most judge in Kerala HC, he has been asked to assume the charge of the acting chief justice following the retirement of Justice Antony Dominic.

Separate Law Ministry notifications also said Justices Krishna Singh and Rajiv Lochan Mehrotra, additional judges in the Allahabad High Court, have been elevated as permanent judges.

The Allahabad High Court at present is facing a shortage of 63 judges. While its approved strength is 160, it is doing with 97 judges.PTI
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Allahabad, Apr 13: The Allahabad High Court in its strict direction on Friday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to arrest BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar and other accused in the Unnao rape case immediately.
A bench, headed by Chief Justice D B Bhosle, came down heavily on the Uttar Pradesh government over the case and custodial death of the victim's father.
Pronouncing the verdict, the court said the CBI should consider the FIRs lodged on June 20, 2017 and other FIRs related to this case besides the agency should go for vacating the bails of other accused immediately.
The bench fixed May 2 as next date for hearing when the court will monitor the case.
The court was furious when the Additional Advocate General informed the bench that the BJP MLA has been detained by the CBI this morning. "The MLA and other accused should be arrested either by the CBI or other investigating agency immediately." 
Yesterday, during the hearing the court had questioned whether the UP government would arrest Sengar.
According to the victim, the Bangermau MLA raped her on June 17 last year. Her father died in judicial custody on Monday, a week after he was allegedly thrashed by the brother and supporters of the legislator. UNI
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Allahabad, Apr 11: In a major embarrassment for the Uttar Pradesh government, the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday took suo motu notice in the Unnao gangrape case in which BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Senger is prime accused and sought a report from the Yogi Adityanath government on Thursday.
A bench, headed by Chief Justice D B Bhosle, took cognizance of a letter of the victim and issued these directives.
Justice Bhosle directed the state advocate general or additional Advocate General to be present personally during the hearing tomorrow along with the report.
The High Court also directed to preserve the body of the deceased father of the rape victim if it was not cremated so far. UNI
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Allahabad, Mar 6: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) on Tuesday filed complaint against Uttar Pradesh Stamp and Civil Aviation Minister Nand Gopal Nandi in Dhumanganj for his alleged derogatory remarks against BSP and SP senior leaders.
While addressing a election gathering at Durga Puja Park in Preetamnagar area on Tuesday, Mr Nandi allegedly compared Samajwadi Party patron Mulayam Singh Yadav with 'Ravan', BSP chief Mayawati with 'Supranakha', Mulayam brother Shivpal with 'Kumbhkaran' and SP president Akhilesh with 'Meghnath'.
The complained was filed by BSP regional coordinator Ashok Kumar, the Circle officer of Civil Lines Srichandra said and added that the investigations had started.
Irked by the alleged comments of Mr Nandi, Samajwadi Student Sabha workers protested against state government in Allahabad University and burnt effigies. The workers warned that if Mr Nandi doesn't apologise the protest will intensify.
Mr Nandi was sharing the dais in support of BJP candidate Kaushlendra Singh Patel.
Mr Patel, former mayor of Varanasi, is contesting on BJP ticket from Phulpur parliamentary seat for the bypoll scheduled to be held on March 11. The Phulpur Lok Sabha seat was vacated by Keshav Prasad Maurya when he was appointed as the Deputy UP CM.
The UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya, Health Minister Sidharth Nath Singh Singh, district in-charge Ashutosh Tondon, Tourism Minister Rita Bahuguna Joshi, Law Minister Brajesh Pathak and were too present in the election gathering. UNI
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Allahabad, Dec 26: For promotion and branding of Kumbh mela, 2019, its logo will be displayed in theatres and government offices here.
Official sources here on Tuesday said District Magistrate, Allahabad, Suhas L Y has instructed that logo of Kumbh mela should be displayed at every government office, office buildings and in rooms of officials. 
The DM had a meeting with cinema hall owners about the display of logo in theatres before screening of the films. 
On DM’s request, theatre owners have decided to display the logo of Kumbh mela at screen before film begins. UNI
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Allahabad, Oct 12: The Allahabad High Court on Thursday overturned the lower court’s verdict and acquitted Nupur and Rajesh Talwar in the absence of concrete evidence in the sensational 2008 Aarushi-Hemraj murder case. Delivering their verdict, Justice VK Narayan and Justice AK Misra said that the given the circumstances and lack of concrete evidence, the couple couldn’t be held responsible for the murder of their daughter and servant. The couple had been convicted by a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Court and sentenced the couple to life imprisonment and fines.  UNI
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Allahabad, Oct 2: Four members of a family, including three women, were mowed down by Rajdhani superfast Express train in Naini area of the trans-Yamuna area of the district here on Monday. GRP sources here said the family of four was crossing the tracks at Naini station instead of taking the foot over-bridge when suddenly Bhubaneswar Rajdhani express train came and crushed them at 0400 hrs. The family was returning to Chota Chaka village after attending the Dusherra mela at Naini when the accident occurred. The deceased have been identified as Brajkali(58), Sushila Devi(45), Shilu(18) and Vijay Kumar (38). UNI
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Allahabad, Aug 23: Over 50 long distance and passengers trains have been either diverted or cancelled due to the derailment of the Kaifiyat Express in Auraiya district of Uttar Pradesh, disrupting the rail services between Kanpur and Delhi this morning. According to North Central Railway (NCR) spokesman Amit Malaviya, "A medical relief train was rushed to the site of the mishap from Tundla, while a Mainline Electric Multiple Unit (MEMU) rake was sent from Shikohabad to evacuate the passengers onboard the Kaifiyat Express". All passengers were evacuated and the stranded passengers left the site by 0850 hrs for their onward journey to Delhi. "A number of trains have been cancelled following derailment of Kaifiyat Express. These include the Kanpur-New Delhi Shatabdi Express, the Lucknow-Agra Cantt Intercity Express, the Lucknow-New Delhi Gomti Express and all passenger trains running on the Kanpur-Tundla section", he said. "New Delhi-bound Rajdhani trains originating from Howrah, Rajendra Nagar (Patna), Sealdah and Bhubaneswar, besides the Garibrath from Ranchi, have been diverted through Lucknow-Moradabad", he said while adding that New Delhi-Lucknow Shatabadi Express was also diverted through Moradabad-Bareilly route. In addition, more than 40 trains scheduled to run through the Kanpur-Tundla route have been diverted through Moradabad route, he said. Eight coaches of the Delhi-bound Kaifiyat Express derailed at around 0245 hours today when it hit a loader which had fell on the tracks. Around 74 passengers were injured. UNI
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Lucknow, Aug 14 : Uttar Pradesh police has sounded a high alert in the state following the threat of terror act during the Janmashtami festival and the celebrations of the 7Ist Independence Day. The international-border with Nepal has been sealed off, while security has been spruced up at the sensitive places like Ayodhya, Mathura, Varanasi, Allahabad and other places. Special checking drive has been launched at all the airports, railway and bus stations besides the security personnel are keeping a close watch on the activities of the anti-social elements and their stay in the hotels, guest houses, lodges and dharamshalas in different parts of the state. State Director general of Police (DGP) Sulkhan Singh has already issued an advisory to all the 75 districts of the state to be on high alert. However, the security forces in Lucknow, the state capital, are on super alert where Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath would unfurl the national tri-colour at the Vidhan Bhawan for the first time. "The entire area and its one kilometer surrounding have been cordoned off, while people staying in the area were being asked to disclose their identity proof," a senior official here today said. Commandos of the ATS and STF have already been deployed at the Vidhan Bhawan, where the CM and other VVIPs would attend the Independence Day function tomorrow morning. Earlier, the security at the UP Vidhan Bhawan went tizzy last month when some suspected explosives were found inside the state Assembly on July 12. Though there is a dispute on the nature of the explosives, with government claiming it as highly sensitive PETN, but some unconfirmed reports of the FSL says that it is just a polishing powder. Meanwhile, a report from Mathura said that security has been tightened in and around Mathura ahead of Krishna Janmashtami festival which starts tonight, when lakhs of devotees have reached the city for the festivities. Police officials said two companies of Rapid Action Force (RAF) and eight companies of Provincial Arms Constabulary (PAC) have already been deployed in the Mathura city. In addition to the existing 17 CCTV cameras in the city, 30 more were being installed at strategic points. Besides, 16 watch towers had been erected around the Sri Krishna Janmsthan. Security personnel too will be screened and be allowed to enter the shrine premises only after thorough checking. The entire Mathura town has been divided into three zones and 16 sectors. Zones would be looked after by an officer of the rank of additional SP and deputy SPs would be in charge of the sectors. These zones had been marked as red, yellow and green zones. Lord Krishna’s birthplace (Janmsthan) falls in the red zone area, which had been divided again into seven sectors for additional security. The area outside the ‘Janamsthan’ had been categorised as yellow zone and the remaining city area as green zone. UNI 
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