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1. Delhi High Court issues notice to police after Jantar Mantar denotified as protest site

Delhi High Court issues notice to police after Jantar Mantar denotified as protest site

Delhi Police told the Delhi High Court on Tuesday that Jantar Mantar has been denotified as a designated protest site pursuant to directions of the Supreme Court. The submission was made during the hearing of a plea by the Indian Youth Congress seeking permission to hold a protest at Jantar Mantar against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. Police said the plea had become infructuous after designating Ramlila Maidan, Burari Ground and CBD Ground as the new protest sites, but the High Court issued notice to the authorities on the prayer for reconsideration of the request. The High Court also sought the police response on the other challenges raised in the petition and listed the matter for further hearing in November. Additional Solicitor General Chetan Sharma, appearing before Justice Amit Mahajan, said the entire petition concerned peaceful protest at Jantar Mantar and that all other prayers flowed from it, adding that Jantar Mantar had been denotified pursuant to Supreme Court orders. He also told the court that a plea challenging the denotification of Jantar Mantar as a protest site has already been filed in the apex court. Senior advocate Sidharth Luthra, appearing for the petitioner, said the plea would be amended in view of the latest development and urged the court to seek the police stand on the remaining prayers. The High Court then issued notice to the police on the prayers against automatic, mechanical, unguided or disproportionate prohibition of peaceful assembly without an individualised assessment and consideration of less restrictive regulatory policy, and on the requirement of applying for a protest at least 10 days before the proposed date. On October 9, the Supreme Court asked the government to consider designating an alternative venue to Jantar Mantar for peaceful protests in the national capital. The top court stressed the need for a site with basic amenities for demonstrators while hearing a plea challenging proposed restrictions on metro stations and the cancellation of trains arriving in Delhi in view of a protest called by the Cockroach Janta Party against CEC Kumar. The Indian Youth Congress, through its national president Uday Bhanu Chib, moved the High Court earlier this month against Delhi Police's October 1 decision refusing permission for the protest at Jantar Mantar. The Congress youth wing is seeking Kumar's resignation over alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision exercise. The petition said the case raises the issue of how fundamental rights under Articles 19(1)(a) and 19(1)(b) of the Constitution can be regulated by police authorities while considering an application for a peaceful democratic demonstration at Jantar Mantar. It said the proposed demonstration arose out of concerns regarding transparency, accountability and functioning of constitutional institutions, and was proposed as a peaceful exercise of the petitioner's right to freedom of speech and expression and the right to assemble peacefully and without arms. The plea also said the IYC had applied to Delhi Police on September 25 to hold a peaceful demonstration of around 100 to 150 people from October 1 to October 25, and had undertaken to comply with lawful conditions on security, traffic, discipline and public order. The High Court is now examining the challenge after the police said Jantar Mantar has ceased to be a notified protest site.

2. Government to move datasets to indigenous cloud infrastructure ahead of Data Protection Act rollout

The government plans to shift its datasets to indigenous cloud infrastructure in preparation for the rollout of the Data Protection Act. The Act establishes a framework for processing personal data an

3. CBI arrests four more in Rs 700 crore fraud involving Haryana departments; Panchkula court sends them to three-day remand

CBI arrests four more in Rs 700 crore fraud involving Haryana departments; Panchkula court sends them to three-day remand

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Monday arrested four more accused in a fraud of more than Rs 700 crore involving various Haryana government departments, Chandigarh Smart City and Crest Society. Those arrested include Gaurav Kansal, a utensil trader from Sector 35, along with Siddharth Narula, Mohit and Manoj. All four were produced before the CBI court in Panchkula, which sent them to three-day remand. According to the CBI, Gaurav played an important role in converting funds withdrawn from government accounts into cash and depositing it back into bank accounts. Over two years, he allegedly laundered Rs 94 crore with former IDFC Bank branch manager Ribhav Rishi, the alleged mastermind of the case. The agency alleges that the accused worked as a gang. It is now investigating where the money reached and where assets were purchased with it. The CBI said that between 6 December 2023 and 5 December 2025, fake companies RS Traders, Capco Fintech Services and Swastik Desh Projects sent Rs 26.78 crore to Bharat Distributors' account through 82 transactions, and Rs 25.18 crore was returned through 66 transactions. The agency alleges that cash was also given in return for these transactions. Instead of spending funds withdrawn from government accounts directly, the money was rotated through several bank accounts and converted into cash so that the source and ultimate beneficiaries would be difficult to trace. According to the CBI, the process was run from Ribhav Rishi's office in the Industrial Area, while Gaurav worked as a cash converter. The role of Gaurav's cousin is also being investigated. The CBI said Gaurav laundered government funds for Ribhav Rishi through more than 140 transactions and routed nearly Rs 94 crore to cash converters. One of the most sensational disclosures concerns 20 January 2026, when Rs 18.46 crore was allegedly siphoned from the Municipal Council Kalka account. Of this, Rs 4 crore went to the RBL account of SRR Planning Guruj, which sent Rs 2.50 crore to Mega Store the same day. On 21 and 22 January, Swastik sent another Rs 80 lakh and Rs 1.10 crore. On 22 January 2026, at Ribhav Rishi's instance, Mohit Goyal arranged Rs 2 crore in cash through his store and his acquaintances. The same evening, that Rs 2 crore reached the son of accused IAS officer RK Singh in Delhi through a hawala channel. In this way, government money from Municipal Council Kalka became cash and reached a public servant within 48 hours. The third arrested accused, Mohit Goyal, owns Chandigarh Mega Store at SCO 357 in Sector 32D and lives in Sector 37B. According to the CBI, Mohit Goyal knew that RS Traders and Capco Fintech Services were Ribhav Rishi's firms, and IDFC First Bank branch manager Ribhav Rishi had opened his store's account. Between 11 October 2023 and 28 January 2026, the accused firms RS Traders, Capco Fintech, Swastik Desh and SRR Planning Guruj sent Rs 59,50,47,515 to Mohit Goyal and his two firms, Chandigarh Mega Store and Bhagwati Agencies, in 112 transactions. In return, he sent back only Rs 14,05,24,000 from the bank.

4. Moradabad lekhpal suspended over alleged illegal occupation of nazul land worth crores, FIR planned

Moradabad lekhpal suspended over alleged illegal occupation of nazul land worth crores, FIR planned

Moradabad District Magistrate Anunay Jha ordered the immediate suspension of Lekhpal Amar Singh over allegations that he facilitated illegal occupation of nazul land worth crores. SDM Abhay Singh suspended Amar Singh with immediate effect and attached him to the Bhulekh section Registrar Kanungo office. Tehsildar Sadar was assigned a departmental inquiry, and instructions were issued to begin criminal proceedings against those responsible, making an FIR against the lekhpal and others involved in the alleged conspiracy likely. The land in question is nazul land near Pili Kothi in Civil Lines. Businesswoman Shweta Jain said that on 18 June, revenue lekhpals Amar Singh and Pankaj Hayanki arrived around 3:30 pm with a large force from Civil Lines police station when she was not at home. Only her elderly in-laws were present. Before anyone could understand what was happening, a wall was built on the lawn next to the house and possession was allegedly handed to jeweller Vandana Agrawal, wife of Alok Kumar Agrawal and a resident of Mandi Bas. The lekhpal did not show any order for the occupation. Shweta Jain complained to the district administration and police officers the next day, and on 25 June she complained to then Divisional Commissioner Anjney Kumar Singh. The Assistant Superintendent of Police was given the inquiry, and the SDM also conducted an inquiry. Documents relating to the occupation under the freehold claim were examined. Transfer of nazul land requires prior government permission, but no such permission was taken in this case. Vandana Agrawal cited approval from the District Magistrate dated 9 May 2000, but no approval was found on record, indicating that the freehold proceeding had not taken place. In a freehold matter, giving possession of land falls within civil court jurisdiction. On Monday, the full report was placed before the District Magistrate, and action followed on his instructions. The role of fellow lekhpal Pankaj Hayanki and Civil Lines police also came to light; the large police force reached the spot only after the lekhpal made a phone call. While Pankaj Hayanki and the Civil Lines police have so far not been actioned, the direction to initiate criminal proceedings against all persons involved in the alleged arrangement is expected to tighten the noose around them. The case has exposed alleged collusion between the revenue department and police in illegal occupation of land in the district. District Magistrate Anunay Jha said suspension and directions for criminal and departmental action were issued in the matter, and strict action would continue against employees involved in such acts for conduct violating government conduct rules; such persons would not be spared in any circumstance.

5. Supreme Court asks Delhi government to seek IB inputs on Jagtar Singh Hawara jail transfer plea

Supreme Court asks Delhi government to seek IB inputs on Jagtar Singh Hawara jail transfer plea

The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Delhi government to obtain inputs from the Intelligence Bureau (IB) on whether Jagtar Singh Hawara, who is serving a life sentence for his role in the 1995 assassination of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh, can be transferred from Tihar Jail to a prison in Punjab. The direction was issued by a Bench of Justices MM Sundresh and Prasanna B Varale while hearing Hawara's plea for the jail transfer in the case Jagtar Singh Hawara v. Govt. of NCT of Delhi. Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati, appearing for the Delhi government, submitted that a decision in a matter like this cannot be taken without obtaining inputs from the IB, and that transfers should be avoided if the Intelligence Bureau provides adverse inputs. She also said the Punjab government had filed an affidavit stating that the transfer should not be considered in the interest of maintaining peace and tranquillity. The Court accordingly asked the Delhi government to seek the required inputs from the IB. "Learned ASG appearing for the Delhi government, relying on the counter-affidavit, submitted that a decision in a matter like this cannot be taken without obtaining inputs from the Intelligence Bureau (IB). In such a matter, we request ASG to get instructions on whether the petitioner (Hawara) can be transferred to a jail in Punjab," the Court's order said. Hawara is presently serving life imprisonment after being found guilty of the conspiracy behind the 1995 assassination of the former Punjab Chief Minister. In his plea, he submitted that the case in which he is serving his sentence was registered in Punjab, where his daughter also lives, and contended that no case is pending against him in Delhi. He said being lodged in Tihar makes it difficult for him to participate in proceedings pending in Punjab. During the hearing, ASG Bhati raised concerns about whether a jail transfer was ideal, pointing to Hawara's involvement in a jailbreak. She submitted that he was found in a jailbreak, that the convict escaped, that his death sentence was converted to life imprisonment, that he is the killer of the former Chief Minister of Punjab, and that he was arrested in Delhi in another case. She further referred to a Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) advisory on shifting high-risk prisoners from one State to another, which, she said, required the State to consult the Intelligence Bureau. Senior Advocate Colin Gonsalves, appearing for Hawara, countered that the jailbreak incident had happened years ago. He said the matter started with June 1984, Operation Blue Star, and the assassination of the Chief Minister 31 years ago, and that assuming his client was involved, the assassination took place in the background of social upheaval and was 30 years old. The Court, however, expressed that there were lingering concerns about the possible consequences of a jail transfer. "Facts are disturbing. If you want, we will ask ASG to get instructions from IB. We are not competent persons to decide whether this will cause any law and order situation or other things," Justice Sundresh said. Justice Sundresh recalled granting parole to prisoners in a bomb blast case who later reformed, but stressed the need to consider the consequences of Hawara's transfer, remarking that every sinner has a future and that the implications would have to be looked at, adding that Hawara "should not trigger something." The matter will be heard next on November 3.

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The Supreme Court of India addressed whether the Delhi High Court had jurisdiction to appoint an arbitrator under Section 11(6) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, in a dispute between Arci

2. Hemant D. Shah HUF and Ors. vs. Chittaranjan D. Shah HUF and Ors. (12.10.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/1160/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed whether the 2nd and 3rd Respondents, Chittaranjan D. Shah HUF and others, should be included in arbitration proceedings concerning a disputed property. The court e

3. Hardev Construction Private Limited vs. Union of India (UOI) and Ors. (12.10.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/1159/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed the rejection of Hardev Construction Private Limited's bid for a railway project by the Union of India due to non-submission of the original Bid Security, despite

4. Union of India through its Secretary and Ors. vs. SGT Girish Kumar and Ors. (12.10.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/1158/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed a request by the Union of India for clarification of a prior judgment granting ex-servicemen disability pension with broad banding benefits. The Union argued that

5. Haramani Sahoo and Ors. vs. Lalita Nayak and Ors. (12.10.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/1157/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed the permissibility of an amendment sought by Haramani Sahoo and others, legal heirs of Rabindranath Sahoo, in a suit concerning property rights against Lalita Naya

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