HC seeks govtrsquos reply on Hindu courts in West UP

  • | Wednesday | 22nd August, 2018

Ankit Singh has sought court's interference on newspaper reports saying that in West UP , a decision was taken by some locals to constitute Hindu courts in every district on the pattern of sharia courts. ALLAHABAD: The Allahabad high court on Tuesday took cognizance of a PIL seeking the court's interference against the constitution of Hindu courts on pattern of ‘sharia courts’ in several district of western UP.The court has asked counsel for state government to apprise the court in this regard on the next date of hearing. It has fixed September 11,2018 as next the date of hearing.‘Implead 1st judge of Hindu court’Passing the directives, a bench of Chief Justice Dilip Babasaheb Bhosale and Justice Yashwant Varma directed petitioner Ankit Singh to implead Puja Sakun Pandey, who is first judge of a Hindu court, and told her to file her response on the PIL filed against its constitution in west UP.

ALLAHABAD: The Allahabad high court on Tuesday took cognizance of a PIL seeking the court's interference against the constitution of Hindu courts on pattern of ‘sharia courts’ in several district of western UP.The court has asked counsel for state government to apprise the court in this regard on the next date of hearing. It has fixed September 11,2018 as next the date of hearing.‘Implead 1st judge of Hindu court’Passing the directives, a bench of Chief Justice Dilip Babasaheb Bhosale and Justice Yashwant Varma directed petitioner Ankit Singh to implead Puja Sakun Pandey, who is first judge of a Hindu court, and told her to file her response on the PIL filed against its constitution in west UP. Ankit Singh has sought court's interference on newspaper reports saying that in West UP , a decision was taken by some locals to constitute Hindu courts in every district on the pattern of sharia courts.

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