HIGH COURT WEEKLY ROUNDUP 2026 [12- 18 Jan] | Rohingya Funding Syndicate; MP’s Missing Girls; Bharat Mata Portrait Row; and more
A quick legal roundup to cover important stories from all High Courts this week.
Misuse of Police Powers under Gangsters Act
Alleged Misuse of Police Powers under Gangsters Act: Allahabad HC slams UP Home, Police Department for non-compliance with Court orders, flags “lackadaisical approach”
“Such an approach seemingly proceeds on the erroneous assumption that the power to issue notifications, being vested in the executive branches, may be exercised without due application of mind, by resorting to unfettered discretion and without examining the consequential effects thereof.”