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LiveLaw Breaking News Alerts: 06 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...
Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : October 5, 2026
Links to reports of October 5 :Supreme Court Asks Centre To File Affidavit On Space Allotted Under Central Vista Plan For 135 Yr Old LibrarySupreme Court May Close Reference On Legislative Privileges As TN Assembly Resolution Was Withdrawn In 2004Great Nicobar Project: Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Centre's Challenge To PIL Maintainability, Urges Calcutta HC To Decide SoonSupreme...
Tax Classification Must Be Based On Form Of Goods At Stage Of Sale & Not Its End Use : Supreme Court
"The tax authorities are bound to look at what is supplied and not at what is the 'end use' of the good," the Court said.
Great Nicobar Project | 'Preservation Of Culture Is A Constitutionally Protected Fundamental Right': Justice Joymalya Bagchi
During the hearing of a matter pertaining to the Centre's Great Nicobar Island mega-infrastructure project, Justice Joymalya Bagchi today orally said that preservation of culture is a constitutionally protected fundamental right. A bench of CJI Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana was dealing with the Union's challenge to a Calcutta High Court order, which upheld...
Voter Listed In Electoral Roll Cannot Be Deleted Without Notice Except In Case Of Dead Voter : Justice Ujjal Bhuyan
Supreme Court Justice Ujjal Bhuyan on Sunday emphasised that the name of a voter once entered in the electoral roll cannot be deleted without notice and an opportunity of hearing, except where the voter is deceased.Justice Bhuyan highlighted that Section 22 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950 permits deletion of an entry in the voters' list only after the voter has been given...
Can Bail Be Granted In NDPS Case For Failure To Supply Arrest Grounds Though S.37 Conditions Not Met? Supreme Court Reserves Order
The Supreme Court today reserved judgment on the issue whether an accused in an NDPS case can be granted bail on account of failure to supply grounds of arrest as per Article 22(1) of the Constitution, without satisfying the stringent twin conditions for bail prescribed under Section 37 of the Act.A bench of Justice BV Nagarathna and Justice R Mahadevan reserved judgment in appeal filed by...
Supreme Court Issues Notice On PIL To Fill Vacancies In State Human Rights Commissions
The Supreme Court today issued notice on a PIL seeking filling up of vacant positions in State Human Rights Commissions across the country within a timebound period prescribed by the Court. The Court called for the authorities' response, after it was informed that most of the State Human Rights Commissions are either lying vacant or non-functional. "Even NHRC website is not updated"...
Centre Notifies Elevation Of Justices Sunita Agarwal, DK Upadhyaya & Aparesh Kumar Singh As Supreme Court Judges
With the elevation of Justice Sunita Agarwal, SC now has 3 women judges.
Identify Authority Which Will Ensure Every Road Has Footpath : Supreme Court To Centre
The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre to identify a central authority responsible for ensuring that wherever there is a road, there is a footpath, and directed the Union Government to identify five towns where the Court's directions can initially be implemented as a pilot project.A bench comprising Justice PS Narasimha and Justice Alok Aradhe asked Additional Solicitor General KM...
'Investigating Officer Must Not Create Evidence' : Supreme Court Upholds Acquittal After Finding Witnesses Were 'Set Up'
An investigative agency cannot manufacture a chain of circumstances by introducing witnesses without explaining why, when and under what circumstances it recorded their statements, the Court said.
Lakhimpur Kheri Case: Supreme Court Sends Vigilance Report On Trial Judge To Allahabad HC CJ; State Appoints New Prosecutor
The Supreme Court on Monday directed that a vigilance report concerning the trial judge in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case be placed before the Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court for an appropriate decision.The development came during the hearing of the bail matter concerning former Union Minister Ajay Mishra's son, Ashish Mishra, who is an accused in the case. In the earlier...