Prayagraj: In view of the present situation of Covid-19 pandemic, the Allahabad high court on Monday extended all its interim orders passed by the hig.
The Long Trial of Hashimpura and Maliana (1987 till ) On May 22, 1987 Hashimpura was Surrounded by the PAC and the Army’
The Allahabad High Court directed the Uttar Pradesh government on April 19 to file a counter-affidavit in reply to a writ petition (PIL) seeking re-investigation into the alleged killing of 72 Muslims in Meerut’s Maliana village by the UP Provincial Armed Constabulary on May 23, 1987 and into other custodial killings during the 1987 Meerut riots.
The trial in the Maliana case has been going on in a Meerut session court for the last 34 years. According to the petitioners, key documents in the case, including the FIR have gone missing. Over 800 hearing dates have been given since proceedings began. The last hearing took place four years ago.
Century Old Mosque Demolished Despite Court Orders, UP Waqf Board To Petition HC Masjid Gharib Nawaaz 60 km from Lucknow
Describing it as a “misuse of power” the Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board (UPSCWB) has decided to approach the High Court demanding a “high level judicial enquiry and action against the guilty officers” for demolishing a 100-year old masjid in tehsil Ram Sanehi Ghat of Barabanki, on May 17, barely 66-kilometres from Lucknow.
The masjid, popularly called Masjid Gharib Nawaaz, stood near the Ram Sanehi Ghat tehsil compound. It was bulldozed despite an Allahabad High Court order of April 24, 2021 that had stated that the masjid should be protected from any eviction or demolition until May 31.
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