Supreme Court
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Speed News: Supreme Court Refuses Interim Suspension Of CEC Gyanesh Kumar
Originals | Oct 05, 2026, 06:17 PM ISTSupreme Court Refuses Interim Suspension Of CEC Gyanesh Kumar. Meanwhile, SC To Hear Plea Seeking Directions To Delhi Police To Allow Peaceful Protests. Get all the latest updates of the day in today's Speed News.
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'Criminal assault on democracy': Rahul Gandhi ups the ante against CEC after SC notice to poll body
India | Oct 05, 2026, 04:29 PM ISTRahul Gandhi has once again targeted Gyanesh Kumar and said the CEC had abused his position to help the BJP. He also alleged that Kumar illegally changed the Form 6.
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'Can't pass order on news report': SC issues notice to poll panel, CEC, two ECs and Centre
India | Oct 05, 2026, 11:55 PM ISTThe Supreme Court is hearing a batch of pleas seeking suspension of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and challenging the manner in which the poll panel led by him took decisions, allegedly without the approval of two election commissioners.
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'Need to create fear in minds of anti-social elements': SC to Delhi Police amid rising rape cases
India | Oct 05, 2026, 12:53 PM ISTThe Supreme Court has asked the Delhi Police to strengthen preventive policing and create fear of legal consequences among people prone to committing crimes amid rising rape and sexual offences in Delhi-NCR. The court also stressed round-the-clock surveillance.
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'No whataboutery can justify act of taking away voting rights': Supreme Court judge amid SIR row
India | Oct 04, 2026, 11:39 PM ISTSpeaking at the NALSAR University of Law in Hyderabad, Supreme Court judge Justice Ujjal Bhuyan has said no "whataboutery can justify" the act of taking away the voting rights in India. His remarks come amid the row over a report claiming 'dissent' with EC members over SIR.
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Speed News: PM Modi Hails Indian Pilot Smit Machchhar For Averting 9/11 Like Tragedy
Originals | Oct 01, 2026, 06:45 PM ISTPM Modi Hails Indian Pilot Smit Machchhar For Averting 9/11 Like Tragedy. Rahul Gandhi Questions Form 6 Changes Amid SIR Row, Seeks ECI Answers. SC Dismisses Mamata-led TMC Plea To Operate Four Debit-frozen Bank Accounts. Get all the latest updates of the day in today's Speed News.
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Supreme court asks centre to fix social media rules for minors amid fake ban reports
Technology | Sep 30, 2026, 12:37 PM ISTIndian government officials have dismissed the recent stories that suggest the Centre plans to restrict social media use for minors- majorly anyone under 18 years of age. They called those reports fake and groundless.
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'Neither complete ban nor 24-hour permission': Supreme Court seeks middle ground on firecrackers
India | Sep 30, 2026, 01:24 PM ISTThe Supreme Court said a middle ground needed to be found by specifying the hours during which firecrackers could be used and identifying the types that would be permitted.
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West Bengal Police moves SC challenging bail granted to Milan Pradhan to contest Nandigram bypolls
India | Sep 30, 2026, 11:32 AM ISTOn Tuesday, the Calcutta High Court granted interim bail to Congress candidate Milan Pradhan in all the six cases. He was granted bail on a Rs 20,000 bail bond and will contest the by-election from outside jail.
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Speed News: PM Modi Should Resign Over 'Pressure' on CEC, Says Kharge
Originals | Sep 29, 2026, 05:45 PM ISTPM Modi Should Resign Over 'Pressure' on CEC, Says Kharge. SC Agrees to Hear Plea Against CEC Gyanesh Kumar, SIR. AAP's Saurabh Bhardwaj Files Complaint Over Alleged Police Assault. BJP Announces 10 Candidates for Bihar, UP MLC Polls. Get all the latest updates of the day in today's Speed News.
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SC asks Rajasthan Cricket Association not to declare result, but refuses to stay elections
Rajasthan | Sep 29, 2026, 01:17 PM ISTA bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana passed the order while hearing a plea filed by a former woman cricketer, who said there was neither a single female voter nor any woman candidate in the election.
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Supreme Court sets deadline for Election Commission to decide TMC name and symbol dispute
India | Sep 28, 2026, 03:53 PM ISTA three-judge bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, has directed the Election Commission to decide on the TMC name and symbol dispute within three months.
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Extend same third-language policy relief to Class 6 students: SC directs CBSE
Education | Sep 28, 2026, 03:37 PM ISTThe Central Government had maintained that it was not in favor of granting an exemption to Class 6, noting that approximately 99% of CBSE schools are prepared to implement the policy. However, despite this, the Supreme Court directed that an exemption be granted to Class 6 students as well.
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Supreme Court refuses to stay Centre's decision to impose MDR on UPI payments, seeks responses
Business | Sep 28, 2026, 01:29 PM ISTThe Supreme Court has sought responses from the central government, the Reserve Bank of India, the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), and the UPI Steering Committee on the matter within four weeks.
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SC takes suo motu cognisance of minor's gang-rape in moving bus in Delhi-NCR, recalls Nirbhaya case
India | Sep 28, 2026, 12:12 PM ISTThe Supreme Court has taken suo motu cognisance of multiple reported sexual assault cases involving minors and women in Delhi-NCR. A bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and K Vinod Chandran sought a response from the Delhi Police.
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Plea in SC seeks prosecution of CEC Gyanesh Kumar over alleged SIR violations, demands SIT probe
India | Sep 25, 2026, 01:46 PM ISTA petition filed in the Supreme Court has sought criminal prosecution of CEC Gyanesh Kumar over alleged statutory violations during the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. The plea challenges alleged changes to Form 6 and other decisions taken without the Commission's full concurrence.
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Big setback for Danam Nagender as SC dismisses plea against disqualification as Telangana MLA
India | Sep 24, 2026, 01:13 PM ISTThe Supreme Court has dismissed Danam Nagender's challenge to his disqualification as Telangana MLA, leaving the High Court's order intact. Nagender was disqualified after contesting the 2024 Lok Sabha election on a Congress ticket while serving as a BRS MLA.
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Supreme Court stays Allahabad HC order directing Noida DM Medha Roopam to pay compensation to studen
India | Sep 23, 2026, 08:55 PM ISTThe Supreme Court has stayed the Allahabad High Court’s order directing Noida DM Medha Roopam to pay Rs 5 lakh compensation from her salary to student activist Akriti Chaudhary, whose detention under the NSA was earlier quashed by the Allahabad High Court.
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'Cannot hold Noida DM Medha Roopam solely responsible': Supreme Court on student’s NSA detention
India | Sep 23, 2026, 04:58 PM ISTSenior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for the Uttar Pradesh government, argued that the DM had not taken the detention decision independently. He said the report submitted to her had gone through multiple levels of scrutiny, including by the SHO, DCP, and police commissioner.
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SC delivers split verdict on plea to refer CEC, ECs Act validity challenge to larger bench
India | Sep 23, 2026, 04:17 PM IST"We heard these petitions and applications for more than five days," Justice Deepankar Dutta said and added that talking with one voice would have been better for institutional solidarity, but unfortunately, our opinion is divided.