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.
After hearing the case of 23 houses where notices were pasted to use bulldozers to remove encroachment, the court has fixed the date of next hearing on November 4.
The Muslim side had filed a recall application challenging the order of January 11, 2024. Recall petition was filed regarding 15 petitions and on October 16, the High Court had reserved its verdict in the case.
While the Sunni Waqf Board filed a special petition against the order of appointment of the court commissioner, the Hindu side pointed out that the Supreme Court has not banned the appointment.
The court stayed the chargesheet in a case filed during the 2022 assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh.
Rejecting a petition of Anjuman Intezamia Masjid opposing the survey, the court maintained that a scientific survey was necessary to find out the truth of the claim of the petitioners.
The high court has ordered the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to conduct scientific survey without harming the alleged Shivling.
The court also stated that the media should be banned from interviewing the undertrial prisoner.
