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Plea Filed In Supreme Court Over Mob-Gathering In SC Premises After INDIA Bloc Leaders Entry

Lawyers have filed writ petitions in the Supreme Court over the mob-gathering which took place on the Supreme Court premises yesterday night after Opposition Leader Rahul Gandhi and other INDIA bloc leaders marched to the SC Registry to file their petition against the Election Commission of India and the SIR.Senior Advocates Gaurav Bhatia and Mahesh Jethmalani mentioned the matters before...

Supreme Court Seeks Presence Of Senior Delhi Police Officer To Explain Alleged Assault Of Women Journalists During Protest Coverage

The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought the personal presence of a senior Delhi Police officer to explain the alleged assault on women journalists during the recent protests in Delhi.Chief Justice of India Surya Kant made the observation after Senior Advocate Indira Jaising mentioned a petition filed by the Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI), seeking safeguards for journalists covering...

Supreme Court Stays Criminal Defamation Trial Against Rahul Gandhi For Comments Against PM Narendra Modi

The Supreme Court has temporarily stayed the trial proceedings in the criminal defamation case against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his alleged remarks describing Prime Minister Narendra Modi as “Choro Ke Sardar” and “Commander-in-Thief”.A bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh issued notice returnable in 4 weeks on Gandhi's plea against the Bombay High...

Madras High Court Upholds TN Speakers Acceptance Of Resignation Of AIADMK MLAs Who Joined TVK, Allows Disqualification Proceedings To Continue

The Madras High Court, on Tuesday (October 13), upheld the decision of the Tamil Nadu Speaker, accepting the resignation of MLAs who quit All India Anna Dravida Kazhagam (AIADMK) party immediately after elections and joined TVK. [2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 498]The bench of Chief Justice SA Dharmadhikari and Justice G Arul Murugan held that the resignation of the MLAs was genuine and the Speaker was...

Section 161 CrPC Statements Cannot Be Relied On At Trial But Can Be Considered At Cognizance Stage : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that although the statements recorded by the police under Section 161 Cr.P.C./Section 180 BNSS cannot be relied on at trial, they can be considered at the cognizance stage. “Section 161 CrPC statements, obviously, cannot be relied on at the trial, but definitely could be gone into at the time of cognizance, since that is the material available before the Court,...

Journalist Files Contempt Petition Against MHA Secretary, Delhi Police Commissioner Alleging Police Assault While Covering Protests

Amaan Rastogi, a 26-year-old journalist with the digital news platform Molitics, has filed a contempt petition in the Supreme Court. The petition alleges wilful disobedience of the Court's order dated 11.10.2026 in Shailendra Mani Tripathi v. Govind Mohan & Ors. (Contempt Petition (C) Diary No. 63801/2026 in W.P.(C) Diary No. 63560/2026). Rastogi uses they/them pronouns.In that order, a...

Lawyers Association For Constitution Moves Supreme Court Alleging Police Excesses Against Advocates During Delhi Protests

A writ petition has been filed before the Supreme Court under Article 32 of the Constitution on behalf of the Lawyers' Association for Constitution (LAFC) and four of its member/ advocates who were allegedly manhandled and illegally detained by the Delhi Police during protests in Delhi on 10 and 11 October 2026. The petition has been filed through Advocate-on-Record Ms. Pyoli.The petition...