Supreme Court to hear an anticipatory bail plea filed by former Punjab Director General of Police Sumedh Singh Saini---an accused in the 1991 Balwant Singh Multani murder case
Saini was earlier granted three weeks interim protection from arrest in relation to the Balwant Singh Multani murder case.
Senior Adv Mukul Rohatgi had argued that Punjab govt was after Saini because he had filed two chargesheets in which current CM @capt_amarinder was named.
Supreme Court hears a PIL concerning caste discrimination, harassment, and institutional failure in higher educational institutions.
Bench: Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi
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SG Tushar Mehta: we have published draft regulations. 391 suggestions and inputs were received. Thereafter an expert committee was formed. They have gone into it… Some of the suggestions have been found to be favourable. And a report has been filed before a UGC.
Sr. Adv. Indira Jaising: this was filed in 2019. Since then we have had much water flowing under the bridge. Several people have committed suicide. We are already aware that draft regulations have been published. We made the suggestions. 2 coordinate benches of this Court have attempted to address this issue as well.
Supreme Court to resume hearing today pleas challenging the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in Bihar.
Bench: Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi
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On the last hearing, the Court had directed the ECI to issue a formal notice stating that Aadhaar will be accepted as an identity proof document for the inclusion of a voter to the revised voters' list being prepared as part of the exercise.
Justice Kant to Sr. Adv. Rakesh Dwivedi (for ECI): what's the current status? Should we not wait for actual assessment as to how many individuals left out?
Sr. Adv. Gopal Sankarnarayanan: the ECI is moving ahead with the other states. Since we had to a large degree addressed on the legal aspect just give us a date today. If it is found that this is a perversion of a constitutional scheme we may press that this may not continue. There is no question of proceeding with other states and establishing fait accompli. An actual date may be given.
Supreme Court hears a plea in connection with the pendency of criminal trials against alleged gangsters in the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi.
Bench: Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymala Bagchi
In July 2025, Apex Court expressed serious concern over the pendency, noting that there exists a significant delay between the framing of charges and commencement of evidence in these cases.
Justice Surya Kant: You need to summon some Secretary level officers and let head of forces be all there— NIA, CBI, ED etc...hold a meeting. Something needs to be done.
Supreme Court Judges Justices Surya Kant and KV Viswanathan, along with Prof (Dr) C Raj Kumar, Founding Vice Chancellor of O.P. Jindal Global University, to participate in the launch of Commentary on Mediation Act, 2023 by Advocate-on-Record Nandini Gore. The book is published by Mohan Law House
The guests unveil the book
Gore now speaks about the book. She says "This book is a reflection of my belief that mediation is more than an alternate to litigation. My own journey began years ago in a case, I experienced first hand the power of mediation."
Supreme Court hears a plea against illegal organ transplant
Justice Surya Kant : This is a medical issue how do we decide it
Dr S Ganpathy: Recently a few weeks back CJI while addressing Bar Association Amravati stated that not parliament but constitution was supreme and to uphold the same judiciary intervene. This is a case about brain death and the word is a misnomer and this is a term coined to get organs from those who are not dead..
Justice Kant: It's impossible for me to grasp this medical language.
Justice Kant: We may agree with you... But there is doctrine of separation of powers... How do we direct parliament ?
Justice Bagchi: Issue is legislative. Right to abort, is a legislative right. Passive euthanasia was recognised by this court. How can courts replace with something else when legislature takes irreversible cessation of brain activities as brain death.. how can we change it ?
Justice Bagchi: We can only enforce constitution..this is not an unlawful intrusion into Article 21. We cannot second guess the legislature for defining what is brain dead.