LiveLaw Breaking News Alerts: 19 August 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...

Ex-Lok Sabha MP Moves Supreme Court For Fixation Of MSP Based On Swaminathan Commission Report, Crop Loan Waiver

Petitioner-Vadde Rao seeks one-time waiver of crop loan dues of small and marginal farmers affected by agrarian distress.

Media-Business Nexus Concerning, Biased TV Debates Undermine Democratic Discourse : Justice KM Joseph

Former Supreme Court judge Justice K.M. Joseph recently expressed concern over the “close inexorable link” between business houses and major media organisations, remarking that biased television debates can prevent citizens from determining the truth.The former judge was delivering a lecture to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the US Declaration of Independence organized by the...

Goa Government Moves Supreme Court Seeking Life Sentence For Tarun Tejpal In Rape Case

The Goa government has approached the Supreme Court seeking enhancement of the sentence imposed on former Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal in the 2013 rape case, asking that he be sentenced to life imprisonment instead of the 10-year rigorous imprisonment awarded by the Bombay High Court.The State clarified it challenges only the quantum of punishment and does not seek to reopen or question...

Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : Augsut 18, 2026

Links to today's reports :No Excessive Force Used Against Student Protesters, Parliament March Was Illegal : Delhi Police To Supreme CourtSupreme Court Dismisses Plea To Abolish Hanging As Method To Execute Death Penalty, Says Union Free To Explore AlternativesCan Pre-Deposit Be Mandated To Invoke Arbitration? Supreme Court Refers To Larger Bench, Doubts 2009 PrecedentSupreme Court...

Senior Advocate Pradeep Rai Elected Supreme Court Bar Association President

Senior Advocate Pradeep Rai has been elected as the new President of the Supreme Court Bar Association (2026-27). He will be taking over the charge from Senior Advocate Vikas Singh, the SCBA President for 2025-26.Senior Advocate Rahul Kaushik and Advocate Pragya Baghel were elected as Vice President and Secretary respectively. Advocate Meenesh Dubey was elected Joint Secretary, while...

CJI Surya Kant Inaugurates New District Court Complexes In Kerala

Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Tuesday virtually inaugurated new court complexes at Irinjalakuda and Chavakkad in Thrissur district, describing the facilities as a significant step towards bringing the justice system closer to people in smaller towns and remote areas.The CJI was scheduled to be present in Kerala for the inauguration but joined the event virtually due to the flood...

Supreme Court Orders CBI Probe Into Alleged Financial Irregularities By Indiabulls Housing Finance's Promoters

The Supreme Court today directed the CBI to probe allegations of financial irregularities levelled against the promotors of Indiabulls Housing Finance Limited (now Sammaan Capital Limited).A bench of CJI Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana passed the order, calling on the CBI conduct the investigation notwithstanding the report of Delhi Police's Economic Offenses Wing qua...

Saradha Chit Scam : Supreme Court Grants Bail To Sudipta Sen In CBI Case After Nearly 10 Years Custody

The Supreme Court has granted bail to Sudipta Sen, one of the directors of the Saradha Group, noting that she has been in custody since December 30, 2016. Sen was accused of raising money from lakhs of small investors through agents over the last several years in West Bengal and adjoining States. Later, when the company failed to return the money, the scam came to the notice of the public,...

Zubeen Garg Death | Diligently Proceed With Trial, Supreme Court Tells Assam; Defers Mahanta's Bail Plea

The Supreme Court on August 17 directed the State of Assam to diligently proceed with the trial in the case of event organiser Shyam Kanu Mahanta in an alleged murder and cheating case in connection with the death of Assamese singer Zubeen Garg during a yacht trip in Singapore in September 2025.A bench comprising Justice BV Nagarathna and Justice R Mahadevan was hearing the bail plea of...

Shiv Sena Row | Speaker Cannot Equate Legislative Majority With Political Party: Kapil Sibal To Supreme Court

Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal on Tuesday contended before the Supreme Court that Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar had illegally conflated the Shiv Sena's legislative party with the political party while refusing to disqualify MLAs of the Eknath Shinde faction under the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution.Sibal argued that the Tenth Schedule does not contemplate a situation where...

Supreme Court Mulls CBI Probe Against Mamata Banerjee Over Alleged Obstruction Of ED's I-PAC Raid

The Supreme Court today(August 18) expressed its intention to transfer the investigation into former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's alleged obstruction of the Enforcement Directorate's raid of I-PAC, the political consultant of the All India Trinamool Congress, in January this year, to the Central Bureau of Investigation.The Court was hearing the writ petition filed by the ED...