The Supreme Court heard a plea against reported train cancellations and Metro closures in Delhi ahead of the October 10 protests against CEC Gyanesh Kumar, and will take up the matter again at 2 PM. The contentions are untested.
Five SIR-deleted voters have asked the Supreme Court to expedite their pending appeals before the Appellate Tribunals so they can vote in the Kolkata and Howrah municipal elections in November, and to order an SIT into the SIR decision-making. The claims are the applicants’ own; no hearing or order has been reported.
In the Star Health data breach case, the Supreme Court has refused to quash criminal proceedings against cybersecurity researcher Himanshu Pathak, leaving the competing versions of why he accessed and downloaded customer data to be tested before the trial court. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday declined to interfere with the criminal proceedings against […]
The Lawyers’ Association for Constitution has constituted a five-member commission of former judges chaired by Justice Madan B. Lokur to examine the constitutional validity, methodology and impact of the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, with public hearings planned and a report targeted for December 2026.
The Supreme Court has said it will examine whether the Bar Council of India, as the statutory regulator of the legal profession, has the power to control and regulate law colleges and universities. Hearing pleas concerning the BCI-PEARL FIRST Trust and law institutions it has set up, the Court questioned how the BCI could be an expert body on legal education, observing that a regulator cannot itself run the institutions it is meant to regulate.
Hearing a plea over the Special Intensive Revision of Delhi’s electoral rolls, the Supreme Court issued notice to the Election Commission and suggested practical safeguards, an FAQ-style guide for voters, Booth Level Officer assistance, and orientation for BLOs, on ‘logical discrepancy’ notices said to be issued to lakhs of voters. The petitioner alleged the notices were vague and burdensome and that shifted voters were being made to file the wrong form; the Commission maintained every notice states its reason and that no voter will be deleted without a hearing. Nothing was decided.
Appearing for the victims in the Lakhimpur Kheri case, Prashant Bhushan told the Supreme Court that recent developments in the trial would shock the Court’s conscience, alleging that the presiding officer issued a non-bailable warrant against an ill witness who had sought exemption, and, in other matters, withdrew NDPS and SC/ST Act cases to his own court. The Court asked the State to name a senior public prosecutor, sought a sealed-cover report, and directed that the plea be placed before the Allahabad High Court Chief Justice. The allegations are untested.
A writ petition before the Supreme Court seeks disclosure of the names of Delhi voters issued notices during the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, and of the criteria behind the undefined ‘Logical Discrepancies’ category under which over 19 lakh voters were flagged. The petitioners say the notices give only generic grounds, preventing voters from defending their inclusion. The CJI has listed it for Tuesday with other SIR matters.
The Supreme Court directed the CBI to investigate financial irregularity allegations against the promoters of Indiabulls Housing Finance (now Sammaan Capital), despite the EOW’s exonerating report. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to investigate allegations of financial irregularities levelled against the promoters of Indiabulls Housing Finance Limited […]