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Meraj Ahmed alias Bhai Meraj, an associate of Mukhtar Ansari and Munna Bajrangi, was booked by Varanasi police under the Uttar Pradesh Gangster Act. On 15 May 2025, the Allahabad High Court quashed the proceedings against him after finding that the base case depicted in the gang chart had already been quashed.
The Supreme Court stayed an order by the Allahabad High Court which had observed that touching a woman's breast does not constitute rape. The Supreme Court termed the High Court's remarks as insensitive and inhuman.
In March 2023, a trial court in Uttar Pradesh acquitted 41 men accused of involvement in the 1987 Malyana communal violence due to insufficient evidence. As reported on 10 May 2023, a victim has challenged this acquittal in the Allahabad High Court, which has since summoned the trial court records.
A law student filed a public interest litigation before the Allahabad High Court seeking directions to the Centre and State governments to ensure dignified living standards for sex workers, citing international conventions.
This case concerns allegations that Yogi Adityanath and others delivered provocative speeches in Gorakhpur in 2007, which were reportedly followed by communal riots. On 26 August 2022, the Supreme Court dismissed a petition challenging the Allahabad High Court order that upheld the Uttar Pradesh government's decision to deny sanction for the prosecution of Yogi Adityanath.
In September 2020, a special CBI court acquitted all 32 individuals, including L.K. Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi, of criminal conspiracy charges in the 1992 destruction of the Babri Masjid due to lack of evidence. As reported on 1 August 2022, the Allahabad High Court is currently considering an appeal against this acquittal after requesting responses from the State and the CBI.
A law student who accused politician Chinmayanand of sexual assault was arrested in September 2019 for allegedly attempting to extort money from him. She was released from jail on 11 December 2019, and the Allahabad High Court dismissed her plea alleging bias by the investigating team on 30 April 2020.
The Allahabad High Court ordered the removal of hoardings displaying personal details of individuals allegedly involved in protests, observing that the police and executive lacked the legal power for such public exhibitions. As reported on 13 March 2020, the Supreme Court heard the Uttar Pradesh government's appeal against this order and observed that no law currently supports the state's action of displaying such personal details.
The Supreme Court dismissed a petition by the Uttar Pradesh government challenging the Allahabad High Court's order directing a CBI investigation into the financial activities of Noida former Chief Engineer Yadav Singh.
The Allahabad High Court commuted the death sentence of Surinder Koli to life imprisonment in the murder case of Rimpa Haldar, a victim associated with the Nithari killings.
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