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1. Rampur police file FIR against Kanhaiya Gulati, nine others in Rs 47.75 lakh investment fraud

Rampur police file FIR against Kanhaiya Gulati, nine others in Rs 47.75 lakh investment fraud

Kanhaiya Gulati of Bareilly, who is wanted in an alleged Rs 800 crore fraud and has been declared a historysheeter, has been accused of duping property dealer Gulfam in Rampur of Rs 47.75 lakh. According to the complaint, Gulfam met officials of Canvij Group of Company in November 2023, who introduced him to Gulati. Gulati allegedly showed fabricated figures about the company's sound financial position and promised a five per cent monthly dividend for an investment of 20 months, along with return of the principal in the 22nd month if the amount was held for one month. Gulfam allegedly deposited Rs 47,75,000 in 11 installments between January 2024 and May 2025, but received only a nominal dividend. When he questioned the company officials, they allegedly delayed him with various excuses; when he went to the company's Bareilly office to demand the principal, he found it locked. He lodged a complaint at Rampur Kotwali on 3 September, and after no FIR was registered, he approached the Superintendent of Police. On the SP's orders, police registered an FIR on 20 October against Kanhaiya Gulati and nine accused, and an investigation has begun. About 100 cases are already registered against Gulati, who carries a reward of Rs 75,000, and the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) is also investigating several cases against him. A lookout circular has been issued against him and his family.

2. Haryana power employees call three-day strike over HERC licence to Eleven Power

Haryana power employees call three-day strike over HERC licence to Eleven Power

The Haryana Electricity Employees and Engineers Joint Front has called a three-day statewide strike from Thursday to protest the Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission's decision to grant Eleven Power Private Limited a 25-year parallel electricity distribution licence for Gurugram and Nuh. The order dated October 19 was issued under Section 14 of the Electricity Act, 2003, allowing over 8.3 lakh consumers to choose between two discoms. Power Minister Anil Vij said the autonomous body's decision was contrary to the State government's opposition to privatisation and would be challenged before the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity. The Joint Front alleged the move would undermine the State-owned Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam by handing high-revenue areas to a private player, and said the next phase of agitation would be announced on October 24. The Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU), Haryana, demanded withdrawal of the licence; its State president Rattan Mann said farmers and poor households in Nuh benefiting from subsidised electricity could be hit as no written assurance on continuing subsidies was given, and alleged higher tariffs could raise industrial and business costs in Gurugram and Manesar; BKU announced a mahapanchayat in Nuh within 15 days. Indian National Lok Dal patron Sampat Singh condemned the decision as a grave assault on the public power sector and said it was the first time two discoms were permitted in the same territory. Eleven Power, in its petition, committed to non-discriminatory supply under Section 43 of the Act and to release new connections within timelines in the commission's Electricity Supply Code, with network build-out in phases over five years across five divisions and Nuh from the first phase. Projections based on commission-approved growth rates show annual sales rising from about 12,220 million units in FY 2024-25 to about 18,224 million units by FY 2030-31, and nearly 1.3 lakh applications for new connections and load enhancement involving over 2,400 MW were pending across Haryana as of October 2025.

3. CBI takes over Parvinder Singh Jhota murder probe, team reaches Mansa and receives police file

A CBI team has reached Mansa to investigate the Parvinder Singh Jhota murder case. Union Home Minister Amit Shah visited Parvinder Singh Jhota's family today and assured them that the murder would be

CBI takes over Parvinder Singh Jhota murder probe, team reaches Mansa and receives police file

A CBI team has reached Mansa to investigate the Parvinder Singh Jhota murder case. Union Home Minister Amit Shah visited Parvinder Singh Jhota's family today and assured them that the murder would be investigated in depth and that a CBI team would soon reach Mansa. Following this, the CBI team contacted police officers in Mansa, and the Mansa police handed over the file related to the Parvinder Singh Jhota murder case to the CBI. The CBI will now conduct an in-depth investigation into the entire matter. The probe will seek to establish who conspired to murder Parvinder Singh Jhota and who else was involved in the killing. It will also examine the main accused Ashwani Kumar's connections with people linked to the drug trade and whether any police officer or employee facilitated the case. Answers to several important questions related to the murder are expected only after the CBI investigation. The CBI team declined to say anything on camera. Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann had announced a CBI probe into the murder of anti-drug activist Parvinder Jhota after returning from Paris. The government said the CBI investigation was ordered in response to the family's demand. The BJP alleged that Bhagwant Mann took the decision under pressure a few hours before Union Home Minister Amit Shah's visit. BJP leader Ravneet Bittu said Bhagwant Mann had not met Parvinder Jhota's family so far but ordered the CBI probe before Amit Shah's visit. Several opposition parties, including the Shiromani Akali Dal and the BJP, had been demanding a CBI investigation into the case. Parvinder Jhota's family and an action committee formed in the matter had also written a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah demanding a CBI probe. Amit Shah also met Parvinder Jhota's family.

4. Madras High Court says minor cannot lose Indian citizenship because father acquired U.K. citizenship

Madras High Court says minor cannot lose Indian citizenship because father acquired U.K. citizenship

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has held that a minor cannot be stripped of Indian citizenship merely because his father acquired U.K. citizenship. Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy was hearing a petition filed by the minor through his father, N.S. Gurudev Nagaiah Shanmugam of Madurai, seeking a direction to the Madurai Regional Passport Officer to process and renew the minor's passport. In a counter affidavit, the Regional Passport Officer relied on Section 8(2) of the Citizenship Act, 1955, contending that the minor's citizenship ended when the father ceased to be an Indian citizen under Section 8(1). The petitioner's counsel argued that the matter was governed by Section 9 of the Act, not Section 8, because the father ceased to be an Indian citizen by acquiring U.K. citizenship rather than by renouncing Indian citizenship, and that Section 9, unlike Section 8, does not provide that a minor child ipso facto ceases to be an Indian citizen when the parent does. The court noted that the father asserts he became a U.K. citizen in 2021, after the child's birth in 2016, and that the mother was and remained an Indian citizen at the time of the child's birth, so the minor became an Indian citizen by birth as both parents were citizens at the relevant time. The court held that Section 9 applies to the case, not Section 8, and that in the absence of statutory sanction the minor could not be stripped of citizenship merely because his father acquired U.K. citizenship in 2021. It found no impediment under the Citizenship Act, 1955 to processing the renewal application and directed the Madurai Regional Passport Officer to consider and dispose of the application within three months, with the petitioner to supply any further documents required. The petition was disposed of.

5. Punjab hands Parvinder Singh murder probe to CBI; Amit Shah seeks transfer of two other cases

Punjab hands Parvinder Singh murder probe to CBI; Amit Shah seeks transfer of two other cases

Seven days after anti-drug activist Parvinder Singh, alias Jhota, was shot dead inside a medical store in a busy market in Mansa on October 13, his body remains uncremated. His father, ex-serviceman Bhim Singh, announced on October 13 that the family would not permit a post-mortem or conduct the last rites until the case was handed to the Central Bureau of Investigation. Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann has now announced that the state government will transfer the investigation into the murder to the CBI. Jhota's killing was livestreamed on Facebook. The announcement came ahead of Union home minister Amit Shah's visit to the families of Jhota and two other anti-drug activists killed recently in Punjab. Shah met the family of the late Bikramjit Singh at their residence in Gurdaspur to offer condolences, and also met relatives of Gulzar Singh, who was killed for opposing local synthetic drug, or chitta, peddlers in Sangrur. In a post on X, Shah said he had expressed his condolences to Bikramjit Singh's family, who he said lost his life for raising his voice against the unchecked drug trade in Punjab under the AAP government. Shah said the central agency would pursue those responsible for Jhota's killing regardless of their influence, stating that in the case handed to the Centre, whoever is found guilty, however powerful, would be tracked down and brought before the court. He appealed to the chief minister to hand over the remaining two cases to the CBI as well, saying that was also the demand of the family members. Shah said the reality described by the victims' families and local residents distressed by the chitta trade was far more severe than what appears in official paper reports in Delhi. He set a deadline of December 31, 2029, to eradicate the illicit narcotics network from Punjab, asserting the Centre would track down and prosecute all perpetrators involved in the killings of anti-drug activists in the state.

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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