LiveLaw Breaking News Alerts: 05 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...

Plea Against CEC Gyanesh Kumar : Live Updates From Supreme Court

The Supreme Court will hear today petitions seeking suspension and prosecution of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over SIR decisions allegedly taken unilaterally.A Bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana will hear the matters.The petitions also seek a declaration that the CEC cannot take decisions for the Election Commission of...

NALSAR Students Are Brilliant, Bold & Brave : Justice Ujjal Bhuyan

The NALSAR students showed the country what a law student should be, the Judge added.

Any Process Taking Away Voting Rights Of Millions Of Citizens Is Unjustifiable, No Court Can Condone It: Justice Ujjal Bhuyan

No amount of whataboutery can justify a process disenfranchising millions, Justice Bhuyan said.

ECI Row : Supreme Court To Hear Tomorrow Petitions Against CEC Gyanesh Kumar Over SIR Decisions

The petitioners seek prosecution of Gyanesh Kumar, reversal of ECI decisions, and SIT inquiry into SIR voter deletions.

'Legislative Privileges Shouldn't Be Invoked To Curtail Press Freedom' : The News Minute To Supreme Court

Digital news outlet The News Minute and its Editor-in-Chief Dhanya Rajendran have 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 an intervention application...

Can't Have An Election Commission Which Malfunctions Like This; Supreme Court Must Decide CEC Case Soon : Justice Nariman

"The heart of the Constitution and the heart of democracy, which is the right to vote, is at great peril," Justice Nariman said.

Ideally, Judges' Children Should Avoid Appointments As Lawyers Of Govt Or State Agencies : Justice Oka

Justice SC Sharma should have disclosed, at the outset of hearing the CEC case, that his son was ECI's lawyer, Justice Oka said.

Attempt By JPC To Meet Supreme Court Judges Was 'Shocking': Former SC Judges

Former judges of the Supreme Court criticised the now-cancelled meeting of the Lok Sabha Joint Parliamentary Committee(JPC) on 'One Nation, One Election' with the Chief Justice of India and other Supreme Court judges as being against the tenets of separation of powers.The former judges questioned why the Supreme Court agreed to an "informal discussion" on the Constitution (One Hundred...

Supreme Court Takes Suo Motu Cognisance Of Relocation Of 135-Year-Old Central Secretariat Library Under Central Vista Plan

The Supreme Court has taken suo motu cognisance of the proposed relocation of the 135-year-old Central Secretariat Library (CSL) in Delhi, which houses more than 8.5 lakh books, amid reports that no room has been allocated for it in the new Central Vista PlanA bench comprising Justice Sanjay Kumar and Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva is scheduled to hear the matter on Monday (October 5). The suo...

Court Seeks Police Response On Plea Against CM Rekha Gupta Over 'Hanumans' Remark On Government Officials

A plea has been filed before a Delhi Court seeking action against Chief Minister Rekha Gupta over an alleged remark comparing government officials to Lord Hanuman during an official government programme. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Ashwani Panwar of Rouse Avenue Courts sought response of the Delhi Police and directed that a status report be called. The complaint has been moved by one...

#TheLawChallenge : A Weekly Quiz For The Legally Curious By LiveLaw & QShala, Attractive Prizes For Winners

Welcome to the LiveLaw and QShala Law Trivia Quiz! We are excited to bring you this collaborative initiative — a law trivia-based quiz that will be held every Saturday. The quiz is entirely online, and you can participate by answering questions through the Google Form linked on this page. Ready for the Law Challenge is India's first comprehensive law quiz book for curious minds, published by Juggernaut. Built around over 300 questions across 20 chapters, it explores the Indian Constitution,...