A mob gathering on the night of 12 October at the Supreme Court premises, as the petitioners describe it, will be examined on Thursday: the Chief Justice of India has agreed to list the writ petitions after two Senior Advocates mentioned them.
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India Surya Kant has agreed to list on Thursday writ petitions filed by lawyers over what they describe as a mob gathering on the Supreme Court’s premises on the night of 12 October 2026, after INDIA bloc leaders entered the premises. The allegations are those of the petitioners, they are untested, and no response from the Supreme Court administration, the Delhi Police or the leaders named has been reported. [Writ petitions on the gathering at the Supreme Court premises]
Senior Advocates Gaurav Bhatia and Mahesh Jethmalani mentioned the matters before the Chief Justice for urgent listing. Who will sit on the Bench has not been stated.
What is not yet known
The reliefs sought have not been stated. The petitions have yet to be taken up, and the leaders’ side has not been heard on the allegations.
On the day, the leaders’ stated purpose was to file a petition against the ECI. That petition is itself pending before the Court with Registry objections, as covered separately.
The evening, as the petitions tell it
The petitions concern the evening of the day on which Rahul Gandhi and other INDIA bloc leaders marched to the Supreme Court Registry, in the afternoon, to file a petition against the Election Commission of India (ECI) over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. According to the petitions, the leaders and their followers entered the premises through Gate B at around 7 PM.
Those said to have been present with followers include Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge and Priyanka Gandhi, Karnataka Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav and Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav. The petitions allege that a large crowd then gathered within the Court’s precincts and created a ruckus.
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Case Details: Writ petitions over the alleged gathering at the Supreme Court premises on 12 October 2026; case titles and numbers not available; mentioned on 13 October 2026; to be listed on Thursday, 15 October 2026.
Appearances: Senior Advocates Gaurav Bhatia and Mahesh Jethmalani.
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Lawyers move Supreme Court over alleged mob gathering on court premises after INDIA bloc leaders entered on 12 October; Chief Justice agrees to list the writ petitions on Thursday.