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1. Supreme Court asks tribunal to speed up advocate’s appeal in SIR row

Supreme Court asks tribunal to speed up advocate’s appeal in SIR row

Supreme Court asks tribunal to speed up advocate’s appeal in SIR row The Supreme Court on Friday (June 19, 2026) directed an appellate tribunal to expeditiously decide the appeal filed by a 75-year-old advocate challenging the deletion of his name from the electoral rolls following the special intensive revision (SIR) exercise in West Bengal. A Bench comprising the Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice V. Mohana was hearing a plea filed by Yean Ali, a Murshidabad-based lawyer who has been practising for nearly five decades and whose name was removed from the electoral rolls during the SIR exercise. Ali, counsel apprised the Bench that his appeal had been pending since March 27, 2026, and that he had exercised his franchise for several years before his name was excluded from the rolls. The Bench remarked that a mechanism comprising former High Court judges had already been put in place to adjudicate disputes arising out of deletions from the electoral rolls and said the petitioner ought to pursue his remedy before the concerned forum. “Prima facie, we are agreeing with you that you appear to be a genuine bona fide resident of West Bengal… But you know the mechanism we have created. Former High Court Chief Justice and retired judges are there in the Tribunal,” the Chief Justice said. The Chief Justice added that he had received a communication from the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court on Thursday night (June 18, 2026) seeking more time to dispose of the pending appeals. Taking the petitioner’s plea into consideration, the Bench directed the concerned appellate tribunal to decide his appeal preferably within two months. “Having regard to the nature of relief sought in the petition, we request the appellate tribunal, where the petitioner’s appeal is pending, to decide the matter expeditiously,…

2. Ban on Telegram stays; it’s justified, says Delhi HC

Ban on Telegram stays; it’s justified, says Delhi HC

Ban on Telegram stays; it’s justified, says Delhi HC The Delhi High Court on Friday upheld the Centre’s temporary ban on messaging platform Telegram, noting that the government’s action was proportionate and justified in view of the alleged use of the platform by organised cheating networks linked to the NEET-UG 2026 controversy. Dismissing Telegram’s challenge to the June 16 emergency blocking order, the court found that the Union government had followed the procedure prescribed under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act and had recorded adequate reasons for invoking its emergency powers. A significant aspect of the ruling is the court’s endorsement of the government’s interpretation of Section 69A. Rejecting Telegram’s argument that the provision permits blocking only specific content and not an entire platform, the court held that the Act’s broad definition of “information” encompasses software and computer programmes. Since Telegram functions through software infrastructure constituting a “computer resource”, the government was legally empowered to direct a temporary block on the platform, the court said. “An application or platform performs logical, arithmetic and memory functions through electronic, magnetic or optical impulses, and includes input, output, processing, storage, computer software and communication facilities connected with a computer system or computer network. Accordingly, this Court is of the view that Respondent No. 1 was empowered under Section 69A of the IT Act to issue directions for blocking public access to Telegram,” it said. The court rejected Telegram’s contention that the order reflected non-application of mind, observing that the government had specifically cited the circulation of purported examination papers, fraudulent activities targeting students and the inability of…

3. Supreme Court seized of granting leave to convicts pending appeal, amicus curiae informs five-judge Larger Bench of Madras High Court

Supreme Court seized of granting leave to convicts pending appeal, amicus curiae informs five-judge Larger Bench of Madras High Court

Supreme Court seized of granting leave to convicts pending appeal, amicus curiae informs five-judge Larger Bench of Madras High Court The Supreme Court is seized of the issue of granting ordinary or emergency leave to convicts whose appeals against conviction are pending before appellate courts, amicus curiae Abudu Kumar Rajaratnam told a Larger Bench comprising five judges of the Madras High Court on Friday (June 19, 2026). He made the submission before the Larger Bench consisting of Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justices C.V. Nirmal Kumar, and Sunder Mohan who had taken up a reference made to them by a Division Bench of Justices N. The reference was made on November 11, 2025, after the Division Bench found there was a conflict between the decisions rendered by two Full Benches (comprising three judges of the High Court) on the issue in State of Tamil Nadu vs Yesu (2011) and T. Therefore, the Division Bench had directed d the Registry to place the matter before the Chief Justice with a request to constitute a Larger Bench to answer whether leave could be granted to a prisoner whose appeal against conviction was pending before either the Supreme Court or the High Court. The Division Bench had also directed the Registry not to entertain any petition for grant of emergency leave or ordinary leave under the Tamil Nadu Suspension of Sentence Rules, 1982, with respect to convicts whose appeals against conviction were pending at appellate courts, until the Larger Bench answered the reference. After taking up the reference for hearing on June 10, 2026, the Larger Bench appointed senior counsel Mr. Rajaratnam as an amicus curiae to assist the court.

4. Omar Hoda and Kunal Vajani appointed Additional Advocate Generals for Karnataka in Supreme Court

Omar Hoda and Kunal Vajani appointed Additional Advocate Generals for Karnataka in Supreme Court The Karnataka government has appointed advocates Omar Hoda and Kunal Vajani as the Additional Advocate

5. Tamil Nadu seeks a tribunal on the Mekedatu project as it is “inadmissible” and “impermissible”

Tamil Nadu seeks a tribunal on the Mekedatu project as it is “inadmissible” and “impermissible”

Tamil Nadu seeks a tribunal on the Mekedatu project as it is “inadmissible” and “impermissible” The Tamil Nadu government’s demand for a new tribunal to go into the Mekedatu project centres around the argument that the project is “inadmissible” and “impermissible” as it is beyond the scope of the 2007 final award of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal (CWDT) and the Supreme Court’s judgment of 2018. The State government’s communication, sent to the Union government in March this year (when the DMK was in office), points out that Mekedatu “does not find any place” in the list of 28 projects specified by the CWDT’s report in volume IV (pages 173-175) while discussing project-wise details of irrigated area in Karnataka, or in statements of the existing, under-construction, and proposed reservoirs in the neighbouring State (pages 98-100, volume III). The 28 projects were considered by the CWDT to irrigate a total of about 18.85 lakh acres in Karnataka. It was clear, according to Tamil Nadu, that the CWDT and the Supreme Court considered “only the projects required for the permitted utilisation”. As no new project other than those listed in the CWDT’s decision, as affirmed by the court, could be considered, the proposed executive action of Karnataka in taking up the Mekedatu project “would clearly be a water dispute” as contemplated under Section 2(c), read with Section 3, of the Inter-State River Water Disputes Act, 1956, the lower riparian State argued. While Section 2(c) gives the definition for the term ‘water dispute’, Section 3 talks of complaints sent by the States to the Union government on water disputes. The communication, called “complaint” in legal parlance, said Karnataka’s claim of “exclusive right” to the water generated in its territorial limits of the Cauvery basin and “unilaterally proposing” to construct any new reservoir was “clearly…

1. Rajesh Sharma vs. North Delhi Municipal Corporation and Ors. (17.06.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/0641/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed whether the Commissioner of the North Delhi Municipal Corporation was competent to dismiss Rajesh Sharma, an Executive Engineer, from service following his convict

2. Special Police Establishment vs. Kamta Prasad Mishra and Ors. (15.06.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/0638/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed whether the Special Police Establishment (SPE) of Madhya Pradesh could be exempted from the Right to Information Act, 2005, under a notification claiming it as an

3. Meenakshi Natarajan vs. Election Commission of India and Ors. (12.06.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/0637/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed the rejection of Meenakshi Natarajan's nomination for a Rajya Sabha seat by the Returning Officer due to non-disclosure of a pending criminal case. Natarajan argue

4. S. Senthil Kumaran Bose and Ors. vs. The State of Tamil Nadu and Ors. (15.06.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/0636/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed the dispute over the recruitment process for 113 Motor Vehicle Inspector-Grade II posts by the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC), involving appellants S

5. Jayakrishna Menon vs. Krishnankutty and Ors. (09.06.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/0635/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed a contempt petition filed by Jayakrishna Menon against Krishnankutty and others, concerning the alleged misuse of a captive elephant, Raman, despite court orders.

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