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1. CBI questions actor Urmila Sanwvar for four hours in Saharanpur in Ankita Bhandari murder case

A Central Bureau of Investigation team returned to Saharanpur on Sunday and questioned actor Urmila Sanwvar for about four hours in connection with the Ankita Bhandari murder case. The case drew atten

2. Karnataka Cabinet to decide this month on land for new High Court building, says Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar

Karnataka Cabinet to decide this month on land for new High Court building, says Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar

Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar said the State Cabinet will decide later this month on allocating land for the new building of the High Court of Karnataka "on the Race Course premises". He was speaking at the foundation stone laying ceremony of the NLSIU South Campus at Nagarbhavi in Bengaluru on Saturday. Shivakumar said he had been receiving requests from the Chief Justice of the High Court of Karnataka for an alternate building, and noted that it is the only High Court in India that faces the legislature house. He said the government would speed up the process of land allocation for the new building, which he said would come up on 12-15 acres, and added that he wished Justice Surya Kant would also lay the foundation stone for the new building by the end of his tenure. In response to a Public Interest Litigation (PIL), the Karnataka Government had filed an affidavit in July, 2026, informing the High Court that it would soon pass a resolution allocating the Bangalore Turf Club (BTC) land for construction of a new high court building. Earlier in the year, in February, 2026, the Cabinet had approved the relocation plan of BTC races to Kunigal Stud Farm in Tumakuru, and BTC has also agreed to shift its operations and racing out of the city, sources said. The Chief Minister laid the foundation stone for the new NLSIU South Campus, to be built on 7 acres of land allotted by the Karnataka Government, comprising 2000 student rooms and 90 units of faculty and staff residences, with NLSIU also planning a new auditorium, student centre and research facilities on its existing campus site. Shivakumar also announced that the government will start a coaching institute to provide training for judicial service examinations to law graduates and offer continuing education for young lawyers, saying that while there were many coaching institutes for other entrance exams, there were none for law aspirants. Addressing students graduating from the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru, in the presence of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on October 17, 2026, Saturday, the Chief Minister exhorted them to "never stop questioning", warning that if students do not question, it will pave an easy way for people in power or others to decide for them. He said a robust democracy must provide citizens with the opportunity to question the government and that young lawyers and policymakers bear a special responsibility to protect the Constitution at a time when democratic institutions across the world are facing challenges. Manhar Bansal, a BA LLB (Hons) graduate, received 15 gold medals for his academic achievements at NLSIU, is the best outgoing undergraduate student and secured first rank in the University and in various individual subjects; in November 2025 he was awarded the Rhodes Scholarship for India 2026 and is currently pursuing Master of Studies in Comparative Literature and Critical Translation at Oxford University in the UK. He said he chose to pursue law out of a fascination with the humanities and social sciences, described his days at NLSIU as the most transformational years of his academic and personal life, and said he intends to pursue a PhD in Comparative Literature and work towards a public-facing academic career.

3. Bail hearing for CJP functionaries Das and Ranka deferred after magistrate recuses citing threat to life

Bail hearing for CJP functionaries Das and Ranka deferred after magistrate recuses citing threat to life

The bail hearing of Cockroach Janta Party functionaries Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka was put off on Sunday after the special executive magistrate failed to arrive at the scheduled time and later recused himself citing a threat to his life. Delhi police registered a case in connection with the alleged threat. Police sources said the SEM had been pressured to release Ranka and Das without delay. CJP argued that the alleged threat was a separate complaint and suggested that police examine call detail records to ascertain whether the SEM’s number had been shared from a CJP member’s device. The magistrate declined. Das and Ranka were sent to five days of judicial custody on Oct 14 after they entered Jantar Mantar, which had been denotified as a designated protest site, by breaching barricades. CJP alleged delay in the bail hearing, and the outfit’s legal head Ratna Singh also said four sureties had been rejected on vague grounds. She posted on X that she had been at the police station since 11am for the hearing, which was scheduled for noon, but the assistant commissioner of police, who also functions as the SEM, arrived around 5.30pm. Advocate Abhist Hela said no specific statutory provision was cited to reschedule the hearing, with the decision resting on concerns for judicial officers’ safety, among others. A police officer said someone tried to influence the SEM and he recused himself from the hearing, asking how he could hear the case under such threatening circumstances. The case has been registered under the provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for alleged criminal intimidation and threatening a public servant.

4. NGT restrains tree felling for Hebbal Short Tunnel Project until matter disposed of, next hearing December 15

NGT restrains tree felling for Hebbal Short Tunnel Project until matter disposed of, next hearing December 15

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Friday issued an order restraining the felling of trees for the Hebbal Short Tunnel Project until the hearing is completed and the matter is disposed of. The order states: "There should not be any cutting of trees, be it in any area of the Hebbal Short Tunnel Project till the matter is disposed of." The tribunal scheduled the next hearing for December 15, meaning the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) cannot cut any trees along the Hebbal Short Tunnel alignment until mid-December. The order followed a petition filed by a civic group, after the NGT had taken suo motu cognisance of a report in dated September 24 on the BDA's proposal to remove trees for the project. The report was titled "Over 70 tree species among 1,128 marked for felling for Hebbal tunnel project in Bengaluru". In the suo motu case, the Karnataka government submitted a representation stating that writ petitions concerning the matter were pending before the High Court, where the Advocate-General had given an undertaking that no trees would be cut until the matter was disposed of. The NGT then disposed of the original suo motu case. However, Aranya, Parisara Mathu Havamana Badalavane, Sangha, Mangaluru, noticed a discrepancy and filed another application seeking a restraining order. The group pointed out that the undertaking given by the Advocate-General before the Karnataka High Court, as stated during the suo motu hearing, pertained to a different area, Lalbagh, though it concerned the same project. The NGT order said the original application in general covers the entire project and the felling of trees for the same. Counsel representing the government also clarified that the undertaking pertained to a different area, after which the NGT passed the Friday order. Meanwhile, BDA Chairman N. A. Haris told that the BDA does not intend to fell all 1,128 trees but plans to translocate 1,072 trees and axe the remaining ones. The public notice issued by the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) refers to the "removal" of trees along Hebbal Main Road for the 2.3-km twin tunnel project. Civic groups opposing the short tunnel project argue that the BDA cannot announce such a decision, as it can be taken only by the Tree Expert Committee.

5. First-tier Tribunal grants adverse possession over 48cm strip under Surbiton kitchen extension

First-tier Tribunal grants adverse possession over 48cm strip under Surbiton kitchen extension

The First-tier Tribunal has ruled in favour of Mina Sharma and Neil Deeley in a boundary dispute with their neighbours Susannah and Chris James over a 48-centimetre strip of land in Cottage Grove, Surbiton, London. Susannah James bought her £600,000 semi-detached house in 2021 and a year later claimed that part of the adjoining property's single-storey kitchen extension had been built across the boundary onto her land. She and her husband asked Judge Ewan Paton to declare that the section of the neighbours' kitchen was trespassing and to order its demolition. The homes were once a single Victorian property later divided into two semi-detached houses. The boundary follows the garden fence line, but the roof line shows the neighbours' kitchen steps across the boundary by 48 centimetres, a discrepancy reportedly unnoticed for around 40 years because thick vegetation obscured the border. The extension is believed to have been built in the early 1980s, before Sharma and Deeley bought their home in 2012, and evidence from a previous joint owner indicated it had been in the same position since at least 2000. Sharma and Deeley did not dispute the original boundary line but claimed adverse possession, or squatters' rights, over the strip. Judge Paton described the evidence as overwhelming that the kitchen had remained in place for well over two decades before the dispute, and said building and enjoying part of a house on neighbouring land was possibly the plainest example of factual possession combined with an intention to possess. He found the neighbours had been in adverse possession since at least October 2000. He also noted that Ordnance Survey and Land Registry index maps can contain kinks, curves and steps, that buyers cannot reasonably be expected to spot every minor discrepancy, and that a purchaser is entitled to assume what they see is what they get. The tribunal approved the adverse possession application, meaning the Jameses cannot force removal or demolition of the disputed section of kitchen.

1. Yes Bank Limited and Ors. vs. Axis Trustee Services Limited and Ors. (15.10.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/1182/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed the legality of the Administrator of Yes Bank Limited writing down Additional Tier 1 (AT-1) Bonds without explicit authorization in the Yes Bank Limited Reconstruc

2. Deepak Raheja and Ors. vs. Omkara Assets Reconstruction Private Ltd. and Ors. (15.10.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/1181/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed the appeals by Deepak Raheja and others against Omkara Assets Reconstruction Pvt. Ltd. and others, focusing on whether a default under Sections 3(12) and 7 of the

3. Vayu Kishore vs. State of Karnataka and Ors. (08.10.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/1180/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed the appeal by Vayu Kishore against the State of Karnataka and others, focusing on the custody of his minor daughter, who was taken to India by her mother, Responde

4. The Secretary to Government vs. Sameer Ahamed N. and Ors. (15.10.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/1179/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed whether a person from a backward class who converts from Hinduism to Islam can claim the status and benefits of a Backward Class Muslim. The case involved The Secr

5. Chavan Dharmendar and Ors. vs. The State of Telangana and Ors. (12.10.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/1178/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed the issue of whether criminal proceedings under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, should continue against Chavan Dharm

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