The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court has sought clarification from the Union Government on whether Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is an Indian citizen.
The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has refused to entertain the plea of Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi to interfere in the proceedings of a lower court over his remarks on Vinayak Damodar Savarkar.
The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court not to assign any judicial work to Justice Yashwant Varma, when, upon transfer, he assumes charge as a Judge of the Allahabad High Court.
Annoyed by the transfer of Justice Yashwant Varma from the Delhi High Court, the Allahabad High Court Bar Association started an indefinite strike from Tuesday.
"The jurisdiction over the stated subject matter constitutionally lies in exclusivity with the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha and eventually with the Parliament and the President," he said.
Not passing any order and posting the matter for the first week of April, a bench of Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice PV Sanjay Kumar said that clubbing all suits/ applications related to the case and hearing them together will benefit both the sides in the case since it will avoid multiple proceedings.
The high court called for the responses of the Union of India, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), the UP government, the district agistrate concerned and all the plaintiffs of the suit within two weeks.
In an unprecedented verdict, the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on Friday pronounced a split verdict in the attempt to murder case against rebel SP MLA Abhay Singh.
“The Supreme Court has taken note of the newspaper reports of a speech given by Mr Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav, a sitting judge of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad. The details and particulars have been called from the High Court and the matter is under consideration,” said a statement issued by the Supreme Court.
The court gave oral instructions to the state government not to take any such action which is not lawful. On the other hand, the government lawyer also assured the court to follow the court's order.
