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1. Neha Bora refuses peace bond after Delhi High Court dismisses challenge

Neha Bora refuses peace bond after Delhi High Court dismisses challenge

AISA president Neha Bora said on Saturday she would not sign a peace bond before a special executive magistrate, a day after the Delhi High Court dismissed her challenge to a police notice. The notice directed her to furnish a personal bond of Rs 10,000 with one surety. Delhi Police issued it on October 17 under Section 126 of the BNSS, asking her to appear before a special executive magistrate on October 19 and explain why she should not execute the bond for keeping peace for a period of inquiry. At a press conference at the CPI(ML) Liberation parliamentary office in New Delhi, Bora said peaceful demonstrations were a democratic right and questioned how raising concerns against the government could be considered a threat to peace. She said the right to question those in power and express dissent was fundamental to democracy. Bora said the fight against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, regardless of the direction it took, must not lead to the right to dissent being labelled a threat to peace. The notice was issued a day after Delhi Police detained Bora when she joined the 'Lehra Do Tiranga' march in the capital, part of protests demanding Kumar's resignation over alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. Bora challenged the notice in the Delhi High Court, calling the preventive proceedings an attempt to suppress peaceful dissent, and argued that the notice did not adequately establish the likelihood of a breach of peace. Maintaining that peaceful protests and democratic opposition should not be treated as public-order violations, she said she would not furnish the bond and reiterated that the right to dissent must be protected.

2. CBI arrests Satyendra Kumar, proclaimed offender in Bihar fodder scam, at Lucknow railway station

CBI arrests Satyendra Kumar, proclaimed offender in Bihar fodder scam, at Lucknow railway station

The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested Satyendra Kumar, a proclaimed offender wanted in Bihar's fodder scam cases who had been evading arrest for more than 25 years. According to a CBI spokesperson, Kumar was named by the agency in one of the fodder scam charge sheets filed in 2001. After the charge sheet was filed, Kumar absconded and the CBI had been looking out for him for over 25 years. As he failed to appear before the court to face trial, a permanent warrant of arrest was issued against him by the court. The agency said serious efforts were made to trace him and that, based on sustained physical and technical surveillance coupled with human intelligence, his location was traced to Nepal. Recently he entered India and was travelling from Guna in Madhya Pradesh to Lucknow by train on Thursday. A dedicated CBI team was formed to arrest Kumar on his way from Guna to Lucknow and was deployed at Lucknow railway station before the train's arrival; he was apprehended around midnight. The CBI said Kumar was being brought to Ranchi on transit remand, but did not elaborate on his role in the fodder scam cases. Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav has been convicted in five fodder scam cases relating to fraudulent withdrawals from the Chaibasa, Deoghar, Dumka and Doranda treasuries during his tenure as Bihar chief minister. The multi-crore fodder scam comprises 55 cases involving alleged fraudulent withdrawals of around Rs 950 crore from the undivided Bihar treasury between 1992 and 1995 through fake bills for fodder, medicines and equipment. In July this year, the Supreme Court declined to cancel the bail granted to Yadav in 2021.

3. Kanpur police arrest ex-employee of rehab centre over CCTV footage of minor; POCSO case filed

Kanpur police arrest ex-employee of rehab centre over CCTV footage of minor; POCSO case filed

Kanpur police arrested Vipin Adani, 26, a former employee of a private special school and rehabilitation centre in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur, for allegedly circulating CCTV footage of a deaf and mute student recorded when she was 17 to her father after he was dismissed from the institution. The case was registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and the Information Technology Act. Adani was dismissed in May this year over alleged financial and other irregularities. He is accused of retaining the CCTV footage without informing the centre's management and sending it to the girl's father after his dismissal. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central) Atul Srivastava said Adani wanted to defame the institution, which was established in 2009. Adani is currently employed at another rehabilitation centre in Kidwai Nagar. Police said he allegedly recorded the footage after seeing the girl in an objectionable situation and kept it without informing anyone at the centre. The video reached the father's WhatsApp number at around 3 pm on Friday. The father had enrolled his daughter at the centre in Kakadeo for her education and care, and he told police the footage was old. Its arrival left the family shocked, and he lodged a complaint at the police commissioner's office, expressing concern for his daughter's safety. Acting on the complaint, Kakadeo police visited the centre and examined its CCTV cameras and digital video recorder (DVR). Police traced the mobile number from which the video was sent. It was initially found to be in the possession of an employee at the centre, but further inquiry showed that its WhatsApp account was being operated on a different phone. The investigation led to Adani's arrest. The video also shows a young man who was studying at the same centre, police said. The young man, a resident of Kakadeo, was detained and is undergoing a medical examination. He will be produced before a court afterwards. His age has not been disclosed. As the girl was 17 when the footage was recorded last year, police invoked the POCSO Act along with the Information Technology Act. The centre's director, who is associated with a leading hospital chain, has also been named in the FIR. Police said they were continuing to investigate the circumstances in which the footage was recorded and circulated, and that further action would depend on the evidence collected. No one from the centre commented at the time of filing this report.

4. Karnataka High Court quashes FIR and criminal proceedings over Business Transfer Agreement dispute pending before arbitrator

Karnataka High Court quashes FIR and criminal proceedings over Business Transfer Agreement dispute pending before arbitrator

The Karnataka High Court has quashed an FIR and the subsequent criminal proceedings against partners and directors of Shalimar Agarbatti Company, holding that a purely civil dispute arising from a Business Transfer Agreement (BTA) cannot be given a criminal colour. A single-judge Bench of Justice M. Nagaprasanna observed that the complainant, a family member involved in the business dispute, was already challenging the validity of the BTA before an arbitrator while simultaneously alleging that the accused had committed cheating and forgery in connection with the same agreement. The Court observed that while in a given circumstance an incident may give rise to a civil wrong as well as criminal law, this was not one such case, and that criminal law was being set into motion on a business arising out of the Business Transfer Agreement and monetary claims, all of which had been pending before the Arbitrator for the last 8 years. Relying on Supreme Court judgments, the Court reiterated that an offence of cheating requires fraudulent or dishonest intention from the inception of the transaction, and that a mere breach of contract or failure to fulfil a promise, without such intention, does not by itself constitute cheating. The case arose from disputes among family members associated with Shalimar Agarbatti Company, a registered partnership firm. The petitioners in the connected criminal petitions were Vinod Kanji Shah, Alkesh Vinod Shah, VKS Incense Private Limited (now known as Shalimar Incense Private Limited), and Sandeep Harakchand Shah. The complainant, Nitin Kanji Shah, is Vinod's brother and Alkesh's uncle. In 2017, disputes arose between the partners, following which Nitin was expelled from the firm. Subsequently, VKS Incense Private Limited was incorporated and entered into a BTA with Shalimar Agarbatti Company on January 24, 2018. Nitin initiated arbitration proceedings, claiming a 50% share in the firm's assets and seeking a declaration that the BTA was illegal and not binding on him. He also sought monetary reliefs, including approximately Rs. 14.77 crore towards his share in the firm and Rs. 86.84 crore towards goodwill. While the arbitration proceedings were pending, Nitin filed a private complaint alleging that the accused had conspired to cheat him by transferring the firm's assets to the newly incorporated company. The Magistrate referred the complaint for investigation under Section 156(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, leading to the registration of an FIR under Sections 120B, 403, 406, 420, 468 and 471 of the Indian Penal Code. The police subsequently filed a 'B report', concluding that the dispute was civil in nature. However, the Magistrate rejected the report on December 27, 2023, and took cognizance of the alleged offences. Aggrieved, the accused approached the High Court seeking quashing of the FIR and the subsequent proceedings. Advocate Angad Kamath, appearing for the petitioners, argued that the dispute was essentially civil and already pending before an arbitrator appointed by the High Court.

5. Kentucky appeals court upholds verdict denying Stearnses easement over Warinner pathway

Kentucky appeals court upholds verdict denying Stearnses easement over Warinner pathway

The Kentucky Court of Appeals on October 23, 2026 upheld a jury verdict finding that Charlie E. Stearns and Kathy Stearns held no legal easement permitting them to cross adjoining property owned by John Warinner and Betty Warinner. The dispute concerns two adjoining parcels that once belonged to the same family: a roughly 37-acre tract bought in the 1950s and a three-fourths-acre tract acquired about 20 years later by John Warinner's parents. The parents used a pathway across the smaller parcel to reach parts of the larger property, but John Warinner testified that his parents had also used alternative routes for about 20 years before buying the smaller tract. After the parents died, a court-appointed Master Commissioner sold the two parcels separately on the same day; the Stearnses bought the larger tract, which adjoined land they already owned, and the Warinners bought the smaller parcel. The Stearnses asserted a right to keep using the pathway, the Warinners disagreed and erected barriers, and litigation followed in 2022, with the Warinners claiming the Stearnses wrongly asserted an easement and also bringing a trespass claim. At a jury trial in February 2025, the Stearnses argued the right to use the route arose while both parcels were under common ownership, relying on an implied easement, including an easement by necessity and what they described as an apparent easement. Two of John Warinner's sisters testified that the rough terrain made it extremely difficult, if not practically impossible, to reach the larger tract without crossing the smaller one. John Warinner testified that alternative access routes existed and identified an older road usable after repairs, though he acknowledged it needed work; a surveyor testified the Stearnses could reach the larger property without crossing the Warinners' land. The appeals court held that this evidence raised a factual question for the jury on whether crossing the smaller tract was reasonably necessary for access to the larger one, and found sufficient evidence supported the jury's rejection of the claim. The court noted that under Kentucky law an easement by necessity generally requires common ownership before division, a subsequent separation of ownership and a strict need to use the neighbouring property for access, and that such an easement generally cannot be established where the landowner has another way to reach a public road, even if that alternative is less convenient.

1. Gir Vanvaso Resort vs. Pancard Clubs Limited (22.07.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/1207/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed the dispute between Gir Vanvaso Resort and Pancard Clubs Limited, focusing on the ownership and possession of a resort under Corporate Insolvency Resolution Proces

2. Anumandala Rajesh Reddy vs. State of Karnataka and Ors. (24.08.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/1206/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed the appeals by Anumandala Rajesh Reddy against the State of Karnataka and others, focusing on whether the High Court erred in quashing proceedings initiated by Red

3. Indroneel Goho vs. Razouvonuo Thong and Ors. (29.09.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/1203/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed the appeal by Indroneel Goho against Razouvonuo Thong and others, focusing on whether the criminal proceedings for cheating under Sections 417 and 420 of the IPC s

4. Zaki Ullah Khan vs. State of U.P. and Ors. (15.07.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/1202/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed whether the deed granting fishing rights to Zaki Ullah Khan constituted a lease of immovable property, thus requiring registration and stamp duty. The Collector of

5. Rasilaben and Ors. vs. Dinesh Deumal Harani and Ors. (21.07.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/1201/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed whether Rasilaben and others should be impleaded as necessary parties in a suit filed by Dinesh Deumal Harani, who sought a declaration of his status as a tenant o

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