Supreme Court Refuses To Interfere With Delhi High Court Ruling Against Ilaiyaraaja In 'En Iniya Pon Nilave' Copyright Dispute

The Supreme Court today (01 October) has refused to interfere with the Delhi High Court's order restraining the use of a recreated version of the song En Iniya Pon Nilave, in a challenge brought up by music composer Ilaiyaraaja. The bench, instead, clarified that the High Court's observations are prima facie. A bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice K Vinod Chandran was hearing the...

'Just Sharing Our Concern' : Supreme Court Seeks State's Response On Mahua Moitra's Plea Alleging MPLADS Obstruction

The Supreme Court today(October 1) has directed the State of West Bengal and the Union to file a counter in a writ petition filed by Congress (TMC) Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra, claiming obstruction in carrying out Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme(MPLADS) fund work in her Krishnanagar constituency.At the outset, before a bench comprising Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice...

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Calcutta HC Judgment Invalidating Bengal OBC Certificates Issued In 2025-2026

The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice on a petition challenging the Calcutta High Judgment which declared the OBC certificates issued between 2025-26 to be void.A bench comprising Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana further ordered that the appointments will be subject to the result of the decision in the present matter. The bench further directed that this should be made clear...

'Legislative Privilege Shouldn't Be Invoked Against Non-Member For Mere Criticism' : Subhashini Ali To Supreme Court

Former Lok Sabha MP and former CPI(M) Polit Bureau member Subhashini Ali has moved the Supreme Court seeking permission to intervene in the constitutional reference concerning the scope and limits of parliamentary privileges under Articles 105 and 194 of the Constitution.Ali, who served as a Lok Sabha member from Kanpur in 1989 and was a member of the CPI(M) Polit Bureau from 2014 to 2024,...

2008 Ahmedabad Blasts : Supreme Court Stays Execution Of Convict's Death Penalty

The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the execution of the death sentence awarded to Ahmed Bawa @ Abbu Abubakar Barelvi, one of the 38 convicts sentenced to capital punishment in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts case.A Bench comprising Justice Vikram Nath, Justice Sandeep Mehta and Justice Augustine George Masih passed the order while hearing Barelvi's challenge to the Gujarat High Court...

Supreme Court Dismisses Trinamool Congress Plea Against Freezing Of 4 Indian Bank Accounts, Requests HC To Expedite Hearing

The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to grant relief to the Mamata Banerjee-led All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) in its plea challenging the freezing of four of its Indian Bank accounts by the West Bengal Police.A bench of Justice MM Sundresh and Justice B Varale refused to entertain the petition filed against the Calcutta High Court's refusal to grant interim relief to them. Noting...

Delhi Court Frames Money Laundering Charge Against Yasin Malik, Others Over 'Hawala Transactions' With Pakistani Outfit

A Delhi Court has recently framed money laundering charge against Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik and 6 others under PMLA, over allegations of receiving foreign funding from Pakistani establishment through hawala channels.Special NIA Judge Prashant Sharma of Patiala House Courts also framed charges against Zahoor Ahmad Shah Watali, Naval Kishore Kapoor, M/s Trison Farms and...

LiveLaw Breaking News Alerts: 01 October 2026

LiveLaw is introducing a new feature —'Breaking News Alerts' — designed to keep our readers instantly updated on the most important judicial developments. With real-time coverage of urgent pronouncements and orders from the Supreme Court and High Courts, this feature ensures that critical updates reach you the moment they happen. Whether it's a landmark ruling or an urgent interim...

Whether IPC Prosecution Can Continue After Sanction Under PC Act Was Refused: Supreme Court Reserves Judgment

The Supreme Court today (30 September) reserved its judgement in a batch of petitions by former IDBI bank officials and government nominees on the bank's board, wherein they challenged their prosecution for offences under the Indian Penal Code (IPC, now the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023/BNS 2023) after sanction to prosecute them under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (PC Act) was...

Supreme Court Rebukes UP Police Over FIR Discrepancies, Summons Officer

The Supreme Court today(September 30) criticised the Uttar Pradesh police for registering a first information report against an unknown person in a case relating to harassment, despite the fact that the complainant had apprehended the suspect on the spot. In a case before Justice Sanjay Kumar and Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva, the complainant appeared in person and alleged that despite her...

Journalist Seema Chishti Seeks To Intervene In Supreme Court Reference On Legislative Privileges

Journalist Seema Chishti, Editor at The Wire, has moved the Supreme Court seeking permission to intervene in the long-pending case concerning the scope of legislative privileges under Article 194(3) of the Constitution and their interplay with the fundamental right to freedom of speech and expression under Article 19(1)(a).In her intervention application filed though Advocate-on-Record...

Kerala Court Awards Life Sentence To Woman Who Strangled Newborn

A Kerala court has awarded life imprisonment to Thodupuzha resident Rose Mary @ Kuttiyakka for causing the death of her newborn baby by strangulation in 2014.Smt. Ash K. Bal, I Additional Sessions Judge, Special Court under POCSO Act and Children's Act, Thodupuzha found her guilty of murder under Section 302 IPC.The prosecution case was that the accused, who was living separately from her...