#Supreme Court

Supreme Court agrees to urgently hear Punjab's plea against CBI probe into CM Mann's office

Punjab will urgently approach the Supreme Court against the High Court order directing the CBI to probe ED allegations that CM Bhagwant Mann's OSD ran a transfer-posting and tender racket, with a report due in two months.

6 October 2026 · 2 min read

India

'Established beyond doubt': Rahul Gandhi accuses CEC of illegally changing Form 6 after court rebuke

Rahul Gandhi said it was 'established beyond doubt' that CEC Gyanesh Kumar changed voter-registration Form 6 illegally and unilaterally, after the Chief Justice of India clarified the Supreme Court never approved any modified form. The poll panel issued a point-by-point rebuttal.

6 October 2026 · 2 min read

The Supreme Court of India, New Delhi (file photo)

Opinion

Not suspended, but summoned: the court just put the Election Commission's secrets on a one-week clock

The Supreme Court refused to suspend CEC Gyanesh Kumar — but its warning that non-unanimous ECI decisions can be 'taken back' turns the next hearing into a trial of the Commission's own records. Power that hides behind procedure has met procedure as the weapon.

5 October 2026 · 2 min read

India

'Will take those decisions back': SC refuses to suspend CEC, but puts 14 disputed ECI decisions on notice

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to suspend CEC Gyanesh Kumar over allegations of unilateral decisions during the voter-roll revision, saying it cannot pass orders on newspaper reports alone. But it issued notices and warned that decisions taken without the required unanimity could be recalled.

5 October 2026 · 2 min read

Politics

21 AIADMK MLAs and the Speaker's Mercy: the Disqualification Fight Reaches the Supreme Court

After the Speaker dropped disqualification proceedings against 21 AIADMK MLAs who defied their party whip, Desiya Makkal Shakti leader M.L. Ravi has moved the Supreme Court, asking how Tamil Nadu's ruling majority was really built.

4 October 2026 · 2 min read

Fireworks over Chennai during Deepavali. The Supreme Court says it will consider fixed time windows for bursting crackers rather than allow it round the clock.

Business & Finance

Supreme Court lets Sivakasi make 'chorsa' again, as long as it is a Gen-2 green cracker

The court rejected a nationwide firecracker ban and accepted NEERI's call for a "limited and conditional relaxation" for redesigned joined crackers. Sivakasi cheered, but says mass production will have to wait for next year.

1 October 2026 · 3 min read