Sabarimala Reference | Live Updates From Supreme Court 9-Judge Bench [Day 8]

Today is the eighth day of arguments before the 9-judge bench of the Supreme Court in the Sabarimala reference.Apart from CJI Surya Kant, the Bench comprises Justice BV Nagarathna, Justice MM Sundresh, Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah, Justice Aravind Kumar, Justice Augustine George Masih, Justice Prasanna B Varale, Justice R Mahadevan and Justice Joymalya Bagchi.Reports from Day 1 Hearing are...

Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : April 22, 2026

Links to today's reportsSabarimala Reference | Supreme Court Debates Essential Religious Practice Test, Denominational Rights vs State Reform Power'Jail Shouldn't Dilute Rights Of Prisoners With Disabilities': Supreme Entrusts Oversight To High-Powered Committee'Look-Out Circular Not Confidential, Why Can't Accused Be Intimated?': Supreme Court Asks CBI; Calls For Standard Operating...

'Drug Peddlers Using Students As Sellers': Supreme Court Raises Concerns About Drug Trafficking In Educational Institutes

While dealing with a narcotics case involving a 21-year old law student, the Supreme Court recently raised concerns about drug trafficking and abuse across educational institutions in the country.It lamented that drug peddlers often target students as consumers as well as agents, thereby transforming schools and colleges into target zones for illicit substance networks.A bench of Justices...

Supreme Court Requests Allahabad HC CJ To Ensure Priority Disposal Of Long-Pending Service Disputes

The Court also imposed a cost of Rs 1 lakh on the UP Government for denying the service claims of an employee for years.

Calcutta High Court Stays ECI Memo Branding 800 Persons As “Trouble-Makers”; Says It Cannot Issue “Blanket Direction” Beyond Statute

The Calcutta High Court has stayed a controversial communication issued from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer, West Bengal, which allegedly identified around 800 persons as “trouble-makers” and called for action against them ahead of the Assembly elections, observing prima facie that the Election Commission cannot issue such “blanket direction” when election offences are...

Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Action Against PM Narendra Modi For Alleged MCC Violation By April 18 Speech

A writ petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions to the Election Commission of India to take action against the televised address by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 18, 2026, a day after the Constitutional (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026 was defeated in the Lok Sabha.“The broadcast constituted a misuse of state machinery and official media for electoral gain,...

Sabarimala Reference | How Can Judgment Be Challenged In Writ? Supreme Court Questions Plea Against Dawoodi Bohra Practice

During the Sabarimala reference hearing today, the Supreme Court questioned the maintainability of a writ petition which was filed challenging the practice of excommunication in the Dawoodi Bohra community.Noting that the writ petition was essentially challenging the 1962 judgment in Sardar Syedna Taher Saifuddin Saheb vs The State Of Bombay, Justice BV Nagarathna asked how a writ petition...

S. 225 BNSS | Magistrate Must Conduct Inquiry Or Order Probe Before Proceeding Against Accused Outside Jurisdiction : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that a Magistrate must conduct an inquiry or direct an investigation under Section 225 of Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 before proceeding against an accused residing outside the territorial jurisdiction. In other words, if a person is being accused in a criminal complaint and lives outside the jurisdictional area of the court, the Magistrate...

'Extra Ordinary Situation In Bengal' : Supreme Court Refers To Judges' Gherao, Asks How ED Can Avail Regular Remedies Against CM

Pointing to the recent incident where judicial officers were gheraoed while performing official SIR duties in West Bengal, the Supreme Court today questioned the State's contention that the Enforcement Directorate should be relegated to ordinary statutory remedies for alleged obstruction of its search at I-PAC office by CM Mamata Banerjee.“This is an extraordinary situation. Before the...

2017 School Headmistress Rape-Murder : Supreme Court Dismisses Assam Govt Appeal Against Acquittal

The Supreme Court recently dismissed the appeal filed by the State of Assam against the Gauhati High Court's judgment which acquitted the accused in the 2017 rape and murder case of a school headmistress,A bench comprising Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta upheld the Gauhati High Court's judgment which upheld the acquittal of accused Moinul Haque for the offences of murder and...

Order 7 Rule 11 CPC | Plaint Can't Be Rejected Over Deficiency In Valuation, Court Fee Without Giving Chance To Rectify: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court recently held that a litigant cannot be automatically non-suited under Order 7 Rule 11 CPC over deficiency in valuation of the suit or payment of court fee. As the two are curable defects, an opportunity must be given to the litigant to rectify and suit rejected only if there is non-compliance."the rejection of a plaint under Order VII Rule 11(b) or (c) is not automatic upon...

Can't Lay Down Blanket Rules On State Interference In Religion For Social Reform : Supreme Court In Sabarimala Reference Hearing

On the seventh day of hearing in the Sabarimala reference, the Supreme Court observed that it would be difficult to lay down any universal or prospective guidelines on when the State can intervene in religious practices in the name of social reform, emphasizing that such questions would necessarily depend on the facts of each case.The 9-judge bench engaged in an extensive discussion on the...