 | Pro-Kannada activists protest at Vidhana Soudha following SC order to release Cauvery water to Tamil NaduSupreme Court on Thursday ordered the Karnataka government to release 5,000 cusecs of water from the Cauvery and Krishna basins to Biligundulu, Tamil Nadu for the next 15 days. |
 | Elgar Parishad case: SC adjourns hearing on activist Jyoti Jagtap's plea against HC order declining her bailA bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Bela M Trivedi deferred the matter after advocate Aparna Bhat, appearing in the court on behalf of Jagtap, sought time to file a rejoinder to an NIA affidavit. |
 | Supreme Court to look into extension of reservation to SC/ST in Lok Sabha, state assembliesThe top court clarified that it will not go into the validity of the earlier extensions given for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes reservations through earlier amendments. |
 | Constitution under threat: Stalin at MK book launchDelivering the presidential address on the occasion, Stalin said the book was like Kalaignar’s diary. |
 | SC to re-examine 1998 verdict on immunity to lawmakers over bribe for speech, voting in ParliamentThe 7-judge bench will reconsider the ruling in the JMM MPs bribery case, in which the MPs allegedly took bribes to vote in support of the Narasimha Rao Government in 1993. |
 | Plea in SC over nursery admission bill lying with L-GThe purpose of the bill was literally defeated by the delay, the plea said, adding the Delhi government had got the legislation passed by the state assembly way back in 2015. |
| SC upholds ban on sale of PoP Vinayakar idols“You can manufacture anything out of natural clay,” a bench of CJI DY Chandrachud said as it dismissed a plea filed by a Ganesh idol artisan challenging the order passed by Madras HC. |
 | BJP explores plan B, C in Maha, after SC deadline to speaker for disqualifications of Shiv Sena MLAsThe highly placed sources said that the top leadership of the BJP is assessing the Supreme Court’s order and current political situation. |
 | New petition in SC against ex-SBI chief OP Bhatt's inclusion on panel probing Adani groupPetitioner claimed that former SBI chairman OP Bhatt is conflicted as he is also the head of renewable energy firm Greenko, which has commercial dealings with the Adani group. |
| SC dismisses petition seeking single "constitutional religion" for entire countryThe petitioner told the bench he has filed the PIL under Article 32 of the Constitution on behalf of the people of India seeking "one constitutional religion." |
 | ‘Can orphan kids avail quota for disadvantaged groups in schools?’It also asked if the benefits under the Prime Minister’s Cares Fund being provided to children orphaned during the Covid- 19 pandemic could be extended to other orphans as well. |
 | SC’s adjournment edict: a benchmark or an exception?A junior lawyer seeking adjournment on the behalf of his senior, told the bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud that he was unaware of the case and had no instructions to argue the matter. |
 | Jharkhand CM Soren moves SC against ED summons, says Centre using agency to target oppositionCalling the summons prima facie “illegal, null and void”, Soren has argued that ED's summon exposes the probe agency’s intent of misusing its power to target prominent opposition leaders. |
| Difficult to deal with huge arrear of cases if Bar members don't cooperate with trial courts: SCThe top court said while a trial is being conducted, the members of the Bar are expected to act as officers of the court and conduct themselves in a reasonable and fair manner. |
| SC asks Centre to consider extending PM Cares, other COVID-19 benefit schemes to all orphansThe SC bench asked ASG to seek instruction on whether schemes including the PM Cares fund meant for children orphaned during the pandemic can be extended to other orphaned children. |
 | SC to hear bail plea of Manish Sisodia on October 4Previously, the top court had postponed his interim bail plea due to his wife’s illness in the week beginning September 4, 2023. |
 | Wrong to say SC collegium has no factual data to evaluate judges, says CJI ChandrachudThe CJI said that the Supreme Court Collegium’s aim is to lay down objective parameters for the selection of judges for the Supreme Court and high courts. |
| SC terms complaint against Editors Guild members 'counter-narrative' of governmentThe court went on to say that the report did not contain even a whisper of the ingredients of the offences alleged against them. |
 | Karanth Layout allotment from December first week: SC panelThe Dr. K Shivaram Karanth Layout will have 34,000 sites overall, out of which 12,000 will be made available to the public. |
 | Plea against excluding meat from mid-day meals binnedA bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Bela M Trivedi also said that the court cannot import personal preferences in policy matters. |
