Impound Vehicles With Unpaid E-Challans, Freeze Online Services: Supreme Court Orders, Notes Over ₹23,000 Crore Traffic Fines Pending

The Court also ordered the freezing of online services, blacklisting and denial of fitness/PUC certificates for unpaid e-challans.

Supreme Court Asks AG To Consider Plea To Enhance State Bar Councils' Strength

The Supreme Court today(October 1) requested the Attorney General, R. Venkataramani, to consider the plea of increasing the statutory limit of the State Bar Councils, which at present stands at 25 members as per Section 3(2)(b) of the Advocates Act, 1961.A bench comprising Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana passed an order while hearing a writ petition filed by one advocate, who...

We Want To Reform Entire Judicial Recruitment Process : Supreme Court

While hearing a matter challenging the Gujarat High Court's recruitment process for District Judges, the Supreme Court orally indicated that it wishes to initiative to reform judicial examination process. The Court was hearing writ petition was filed by two advocates challenging the Gujarat High Court's recruitment process for District Judges under the 25% direct recruitment quota for...

Can't Seek Priority Just Because You Are Judicial Officer : Supreme Court Rejects Early Hearing Plea

A Bus conductor and a Principal Secretary to State have equal access to justice, the Court said.

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...

Gujarat High Court Upholds Judge's Dismissal For Associating With Practicing Advocate, Accepting Phone From Her

The Gujarat High Court has held that a judicial officer found assoicating/communicating with a practicing advocate, accepting a phone from the latter and using the same would amount to improper conduct. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 268]In doing so the court upheld the removal of a judicial officer over various charges including the charge that he was in touch with a practicing advocate and...

'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...

IBC | CIRP Need Not Be Set Aside Merely Because S 9 Application Was Filed Fraudulenty : Supreme Court

The Court said that while the Adjudicating Authority can recall the admission of a Section 9 application on the ground of fraudulent jurisdictional facts, the CIRP need not automatically be terminated.

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...