Allahabad HC stays UP Govt's move to withdraw cases against terror accused

The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on Friday stayed the Samajwadi Party government's process of withdrawal of terror charges against those falsely implicated in terror cases. The court directed the state government to first check with the central government before taking the decision to withdraw the cases, as most anti-terror laws have been conceived and passed by the latter. The bench has given the Akhilesh Yadav government six weeks to reply and referred the matter to a larger bench.