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The Supreme Court directed Uttar Pradesh authorities to continue with the security measures to ensure that gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari, who is currently lodged in Banda jail in the state, is not visited with any "unforeseen situation".

The Uttar Pradesh government assured the Supreme Court on Friday it will strengthen the security of gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari inside the Banda jail if needed, so no harm is done to him.

Chief Justice DY Chandrachud has asked for a report after an open letter - purportedly by a woman judge in Uttar Pradesh alleging sexual harassment by a senior and requesting permission to kill herself - went viral on social media.

The son of gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari, who is currently lodged in Banda jail, has moved the Supreme Court seeking a direction to transfer his father to any prison outside Uttar Pradesh, saying he apprehends "imminent and serious threat" to

A court in Uttar Pradesh's Banda on Wednesday awarded a death sentence to a man for raping and killing a five-year-old girl in 2021.

A court in Uttar Pradesh's Banda on Tuesday sentenced a man to 14 years in jail for killing his wife for dowry.

A court in Uttar Pradesh's Banda has sentenced a man to 20 years imprisonment for raping an eight-year-old girl in 2019.

A court has sentenced two men to 20 years imprisonment for raping a teenage girl in Uttar Pradesh's Banda district, about 200 km from state capital Lucknow, in 2019.

A court in Uttar Pradesh's Banda has sentenced a man to life in jail for shooting dead his friend 13 years ago out of envy that his girlfriend often talked to the victim.

After intervention by a district court, seven people were charged for allegedly raping a Dalit woman in Uttar Pradesh's Banda district.

Malawi's President Joyce Banda on Saturday declared this week's chaotic election "null and void" and called for a fresh vote, but the high court rejected the decision.

Judicial work across Uttar Pradesh was crippled on Tuesday as lawyers struck work for a day on a call by the Uttar Pradesh Bar Council to protest a series of attacks on lawyers. The strike was provoked, particularly, by recent attack on senior Allahabad High Court lawyer Krishna Raj Sirohi, the assault on lawyers in Tiloi and police highhandedness ...

Thirteen prisoners overpowered guards in a prison van and escaped at gun point while they were being driven back to jail after a court hearing in Uttar Pradesh's Banda district, police said on Thursday. Among those who escaped include two robbers from the Thokia gang who had killed several policemen some years ago.

The Supreme Court today sought response from the Uttar Pradesh government on PIL seeking a CBI probe into the Banda rape case incident.The court issued notices to UP Home Secretary, SP Banda district and Banda jail superintendent. The petitioner wanted a CBI probe into the incident because they claim the victim is a minor. They want actio...

The Allahabad High Court will decide today whether the Banda girl allegedly raped by BSP MLA Purushottam Dwivedi is a minor or not. A lower court, which was to hear the case on Monday, said, "Since all documents have been deposited in the high court, it was not appropriate for the lower court to hear the case."After spending over a month behind bar...

The Supreme Court directed Uttar Pradesh authorities to continue with the security measures to ensure that gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari, who is currently lodged in Banda jail in the state, is not visited with any "unforeseen situation".

The Uttar Pradesh government assured the Supreme Court on Friday it will strengthen the security of gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari inside the Banda jail if needed, so no harm is done to him.

Chief Justice DY Chandrachud has asked for a report after an open letter - purportedly by a woman judge in Uttar Pradesh alleging sexual harassment by a senior and requesting permission to kill herself - went viral on social media.

The son of gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari, who is currently lodged in Banda jail, has moved the Supreme Court seeking a direction to transfer his father to any prison outside Uttar Pradesh, saying he apprehends "imminent and serious threat" to

A court in Uttar Pradesh's Banda on Wednesday awarded a death sentence to a man for raping and killing a five-year-old girl in 2021.

A court in Uttar Pradesh's Banda on Tuesday sentenced a man to 14 years in jail for killing his wife for dowry.

A court in Uttar Pradesh's Banda has sentenced a man to 20 years imprisonment for raping an eight-year-old girl in 2019.

A court has sentenced two men to 20 years imprisonment for raping a teenage girl in Uttar Pradesh's Banda district, about 200 km from state capital Lucknow, in 2019.

A court in Uttar Pradesh's Banda has sentenced a man to life in jail for shooting dead his friend 13 years ago out of envy that his girlfriend often talked to the victim.

After intervention by a district court, seven people were charged for allegedly raping a Dalit woman in Uttar Pradesh's Banda district.

Malawi's President Joyce Banda on Saturday declared this week's chaotic election "null and void" and called for a fresh vote, but the high court rejected the decision.

Judicial work across Uttar Pradesh was crippled on Tuesday as lawyers struck work for a day on a call by the Uttar Pradesh Bar Council to protest a series of attacks on lawyers. The strike was provoked, particularly, by recent attack on senior Allahabad High Court lawyer Krishna Raj Sirohi, the assault on lawyers in Tiloi and police highhandedness ...

Thirteen prisoners overpowered guards in a prison van and escaped at gun point while they were being driven back to jail after a court hearing in Uttar Pradesh's Banda district, police said on Thursday. Among those who escaped include two robbers from the Thokia gang who had killed several policemen some years ago.

The Supreme Court today sought response from the Uttar Pradesh government on PIL seeking a CBI probe into the Banda rape case incident.The court issued notices to UP Home Secretary, SP Banda district and Banda jail superintendent. The petitioner wanted a CBI probe into the incident because they claim the victim is a minor. They want actio...

The Allahabad High Court will decide today whether the Banda girl allegedly raped by BSP MLA Purushottam Dwivedi is a minor or not. A lower court, which was to hear the case on Monday, said, "Since all documents have been deposited in the high court, it was not appropriate for the lower court to hear the case."After spending over a month behind bar...