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Supreme Court Stays Senthil Balaji's Arrest In TASMAC Corruption Case, Asks Him To Cooperate With Probe
The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the arrest of former Tamil Nadu Minister and present MLA V Senthil Balaji in the case registered by the Tamil Nadu Vigilance over alleged corruption in the TASMAC, subject to the condition that he cooperates with the investigation.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi passed the interim order while hearing Balaji's...
'They Have Embraced Freedom' : Omar Abdullah & Wife Agree To Dissolve Marriage, File Application In Supreme Court
The Supreme Court was today informed that Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir Omar Abdullah and his estranged wife Payal Abdullah have agreed to part ways and have filed an application invoking Article 142 of the Constitution seeking dissolution of their marriage on mutual consent.Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal submitted before a bench comprising Justice PS Narasimha and Justice Alok Aradhe...
Supreme Court Directs All States/UTs To Constitute 'Board Of Visitors' For Prison Oversight
The Supreme Court yesterday (July 30) passed an order directing the States and Union Territories to set up Board of Visitors (BoVs) in each district, to be headed by the Principal District Judge of that district, as per the Model Prison Manual, 2026. A bench comprising Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice K Vinod Chandran was hearing a suo moto case regarding discrimination based on caste,...
'How Is UAPA Attracted Just Because Mob Burnt Police Station?' : Supreme Court Asks Uttarakhand Govt In Haldwani Violence
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the Uttarakhand government's plea challenging the bail granted to Abdul Malik, an accused in the 2024 Haldwani violence case, while expressing serious reservations over the invocation of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) in the case.A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana declined...
Supreme Court Restrains MHADA From Issuing Work Order For Bandra Redevelopment Project
The Supreme Court recently directed that no work order shall be issued for the proposed MHADA cluster redevelopment project at Bandra Reclamation till 13th August while seeking responses from the State of Maharashtra and other respondents in a batch of petitions challenging the redevelopment scheme.A bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta directed the respondents to file...
Salary Details Of Judges Not Exempted From RTI Act: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court recently held that details regarding the pay scale/salary details of judges are not information that is exempted under Section 8 of the Right to Information Act. [2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 358] Justice M Dhandapani noted that the judges receive their salary from the Consolidated Fund of India and since the salary is paid from public funds, a citizen cannot be prevented...
Supreme Court Deprecates Political Pressure Dictating Prosecution Sanction, Raps Rajasthan Govt
The Supreme Court recently criticised the State of Rajasthan for changing its stance, under the influence of political dictate, on granting prosecution sanction which was earlier declined. It remarked that prosecution sanctions are meant to safeguard innocent public servants from frivolous harassment and can't resemble the dilemma in Hamlet's Soliloquy: to be or not to be."The...
Savarkar Wrote Book Questioning God's Existence & Religious Beliefs : Grandnephew Tells Court
In a development in the ongoing criminal defamation case against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, on Thursday (July 30) Satyaki Savarkar, accepted before a special court in Pune that his grandfather and right-wing ideologue Vinayak Savarkar, wrote the 'controversial' book सावरकरांचे विवज्ञानविनष्ठ विनबंध (Savarkar's Science-oriented...
Administrative Action Cannot Be Struck Down Merely Because It Was Not Issued As A Formal Order : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Thursday (July 30) held that when an authority possesses a power under a relevant statute to take an action, the mere fact that the action is styled as a "circular" or "communication" rather than a formal "order" does not invalidate it. “Once the power exists and it is clear that this particular power has been exercised, the style under which it was exercised would...
LiveLaw Breaking News Alerts- 31 July 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...