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1. NCLT Mumbai approves amalgamation of Rujuvalika Investments with Tata Steel

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Tata Steel has informed through an exchange filing that the Mumbai bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has granted its final and formal approval to the scheme of amalgamation of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Rujuvalika Investments Limited, with Tata Steel. The company stated that it received the certified true copy of the amalgamation order pronounced by NCLT Mumbai on 1 October 2026, on 15 October 2026. Tata Steel said the merger was undertaken as part of a strategy to simplify the corporate structure of the Tata Steel group, since extinguishing the existence of Rujuvalika Investments Limited would yield substantial savings on administration, operations and legal compliance costs. As Rujuvalika Investments is entirely a subsidiary of Tata Steel, all shares of Rujuvalika will stand cancelled upon the merger. The company clarified that in consideration for the cancellation of these shares of the transferor company, neither will any new shares be issued by the transferee company nor will any cash payment be made. Rujuvalika Investments was registered as a non-banking finance company (NBFC), and a no objection certificate was therefore obtained from the Reserve Bank of India, which was issued on 18 June 2024. After the merger, the NBFC licence of Rujuvalika will be surrendered. As per the NCLT order, all assets, liabilities, bank accounts, legal proceedings and contracts of Rujuvalika Investments will officially transfer to Tata Steel. Once this process is completed, Rujuvalika Investments Limited will be dissolved without winding-up proceedings. Tata Steel is one of the most valuable companies of the Tata group, with business operations in several countries outside India and a market capitalisation of more than Rs 2.20 lakh crore, according to the exchange filing cited as the source.

2. Supreme Court-appointed HPEC opens portal for evidence on July 2026 protest violence

Supreme Court-appointed HPEC opens portal for evidence on July 2026 protest violence

The High Powered Enquiry Committee (HPEC) appointed by the Supreme Court has launched an online portal, to receive complaints, statements and evidence relating to the violence during Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)-led protests in July 2026, the Press Trust of India reported. The committee, chaired by retired Supreme Court judge Justice R Subhash Reddy, has invited affected persons, witnesses and other stakeholders to submit complaints, representations, statements, documents and other relevant evidence using the prescribed formats. Submissions may also be made in person at the HPEC office at Shiksha Sadan, 17, Rouse Avenue Institutional Area, New Delhi. The five-member committee was constituted by the Supreme Court to investigate all aspects of the violence at Jantar Mantar in Delhi and at other places outside the national capital during July 2026, along with broader issues linked to the incidents. Besides Justice Reddy, its members are former Punjab and Haryana High Court Chief Justice Ravi Shankar Jha, former Delhi High Court judge Justice Shalinder Kaur, former Central Bureau of Investigation director Rishi Kumar Shukla and retired Meghalaya director general of police L R Bishnoi. The committee will examine issues including the use of pellet guns, targeted violence, harassment of female protesters, excessive violence and destruction of property allegedly caused by either side. According to the public notice, the Supreme Court granted liberty to the parties to the writ petitions to approach the HPEC and submit relevant material, documentary evidence and suggestions in the manner decided by the HPEC through its Chairperson. The online submission facility was developed in line with the court's directions to protect vulnerable witnesses and to help affected people and stakeholders submit material, and the court directed that utmost confidentiality be maintained in respect of statements made and evidence submitted by such vulnerable witnesses, the notice said. The committee was ordered to be formed while the Supreme Court heard a batch of petitions alleging police excesses against student protesters during the CJP-led agitation; the petitions also included allegations of violence against police personnel. The CJP-led march to Parliament on July 20 in Delhi saw clashes between protesters and security personnel, who used lathis and tear gas shells to disperse crowds attempting to move towards Parliament. The student-led protests, which spread to several cities, centred on the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan; the agitation began at Jantar Mantar on June 20 and was called off on July 25 after Pradhan resigned and the government accepted the CJP's other demands. The committee will now receive complaints and evidence online or in person as it investigates the July violence.

3. Supreme Court seeks replies from Centre, Delhi Police on plea for prior permission for protests in Delhi

Supreme Court seeks replies from Centre, Delhi Police on plea for prior permission for protests in Delhi

The Supreme Court on Thursday sought responses from the Centre, Delhi Police and other parties on a plea seeking to make organisers of protests liable for loss of life, injuries and damage to public or private property, Press Trust of India reported. A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi issued the notices. The petition seeks a direction that no protest, dharna, demonstration, procession or public assembly be held in Delhi without prior written permission from the competent authority. It also seeks a declaration that those who organise, call for, lead or convene any protest without prior permission, or who breach the conditions of such permission, may be held personally and/or jointly and severally liable for loss of life, injury, damage to public or private property, restoration costs and public expenditure arising from the organiser's unlawful act or omission. The plea further asks for directions to authorities to identify and notify designated sites in Delhi for protests, dharnas, demonstrations and public assemblies, with such sites located away from densely populated, commercial and central areas. It also seeks a requirement that every application for permission to hold a protest, dharna, demonstration or procession include an affidavit from the organiser disclosing the source of funds used to organise the gathering, and stating whether any part of the funds has been or will be received from a foreign source or an unidentified source. According to the plea, a false or incomplete declaration should be grounds for revoking permission, recovering compensation and costs from the organiser and those found to have financed the assembly, and initiating prosecution in accordance with the law. The court has sought responses on the petition, which raises questions of organiser liability, funding transparency and designated demonstration sites.

4. Supreme Court seeks EC, Centre replies on pleas over voter deletions and Delhi protest curbs

Supreme Court seeks EC, Centre replies on pleas over voter deletions and Delhi protest curbs

The Supreme Court on Thursday sought responses from the Election Commission and others on a petition filed by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and 12 other Opposition leaders alleging large-scale deletion of voters and irregularities in the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, news agency Press Trust of India reported. The court was hearing a batch of petitions concerning the electoral roll revision and protests in Delhi. Chief Justice of India Surya Kant said during the hearing that "Nobody can browbeat the judiciary", and the court said it would ask one of the petitioners about his conduct on the next date of hearing. The court also sought responses from the Centre, Delhi Police and other authorities on issues linked to protest venues, policing and the treatment of journalists. It issued notices to Gandhi, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra, the Congress and others on a petition against the October 12 march to the Supreme Court by Gandhi and several other Opposition leaders. The court sought responses from the Centre and Delhi Police to a petition challenging an October 11 order that removed Jantar Mantar from the list of designated protest sites and named three alternative venues for demonstrations. In a separate matter, it issued notices to the Election Commission and others on a petition filed by AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi seeking to set aside the special intensive revision of electoral rolls. The court also sought responses from the Centre and others to a petition seeking guidelines for interactions between police and journalists during protests and crowd-control operations, and directed police not to take coercive action against a woman journalist booked on a complaint by a Delhi Police officer who accused her of making casteist remarks and publicly humiliating him during a protest near Jantar Mantar. The court said it was not taking cognisance of media reports suggesting that government authorities had tendered unconditional apologies in contempt proceedings. It asked Delhi Police to submit prohibitory orders issued under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, formerly Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, restricting public gatherings and demonstrations in the national capital on various dates over the past fortnight. The court further instructed all law-enforcement agencies to preserve CCTV footage and other digital evidence related to the protests. The batch of petitions covers the alleged electoral roll revision irregularities, the Opposition leaders' march, restrictions on demonstrations and police interactions with journalists.

5. Telangana High Court stays recovery of ₹24.14 crore invoices from discoms till October 28

Telangana High Court stays recovery of ₹24.14 crore invoices from discoms till October 28

Justice E.V. Venugopal of the Telangana High Court on Wednesday passed an interim order staying the implementation of invoices amounting to ₹24.14 crore uploaded on the PRAAPTI portal for recovery from the power distribution companies of Telangana. The order was passed after hearing a writ petition moved by way of lunch motion by the Southern and Northern Power Distribution Companies of Telangana, seeking to restrain the Union government and others from initiating coercive steps against them for recovery of the invoices. The petition names Power Finance Corporation Limited, PFC Consulting Limited, Grid Controller of India, M/s Lanco Kondapalli Power Limited, the Andhra Pradesh Power Coordination Committee, the power distribution companies of Andhra Pradesh and the Centre as respondents. Referring to the four invoices uploaded on the portal totalling ₹24.14 crore, the Telangana discoms contended that the amounts did not qualify as 'dues' or 'outstanding dues' under the Electricity (Late Payment Surcharge and Related Matters) Rules, 2022 and the Electricity Act, 2003, and that the Rules cannot be invoked against them. The companies said they had rejected the invoices as historical in nature and not covered under the LPS Rules, and that a letter had been addressed to the Chief Executive Officer of PFC Consulting Limited requesting removal of the invoices, to which there was no response. The companies have filed an appeal before the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity against the CERC order in the matter, listed for hearing on October 28. They argued that the PRAAPTI portal cannot entertain invoices arising prior to the issuance of the LPS Rules, 2022, as the present invoices relate to works dating back to 2000-01, and that allowing this would revive every barred and stale claim. The counsel further submitted that, in the backdrop of El Nino, Telangana was witnessing high demand for electricity for agriculture needs and the companies were making arrangements through power exchanges and from sources outside the State through the national grid; if the invoices were not suspended, the National Load Despatch Centre may stop the companies' attempts for short-term access and force load restrictions affecting farmers. The judge said the interim directions would remain in force till October 28.

1. B. Anasuyamma (Died) per L.R. and Ors. vs. B. Madhusudhan Reddy (Died) per L.Rs. and Ors. (14.10.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/1175/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed a dispute originating from a 1959 family settlement involving B. Anasuyamma and others against B. Madhusudhan Reddy and others, concerning the rightful ownership a

2. Sanjay Prasad vs. Madhusudan Dwivedi and Ors. (14.10.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/1174/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed whether an intra-court appeal is maintainable against an order passed by a Single Judge in contempt proceedings, specifically when the order addresses the merits o

3. The Assistant Commissioner of Central Tax, CGST Division vs. Sreenivasa Rao Ravinuthala and Ors. (14.10.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/1173/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed the issue of whether the appeal filed by The Assistant Commissioner of Central Tax against Sreenivasa Rao Ravinuthala and others was barred by limitation under the

4. Alladin Charities and Zakat Wakf vs. Mohammed Saleem and Ors. (14.10.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/1172/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed a dispute between Alladin Charities and Zakat Wakf and Mohammed Saleem regarding the execution of a decree for specific performance of a property sale agreement. T

5. Mohd. Asad Choudhary vs. State of Himachal Pradesh and Ors. (14.10.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/1171/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed the issue of Mohd. Asad Choudhary's academic credential verification by Manav Bharti University, which was necessary for his employment confirmation as a Sub-Inspe

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