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1. Supreme Court issues notices on pleas against six-stanza Vande Mataram requirement, hearing November 30

The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to examine fresh petitions challenging the requirement that all six stanzas of Vande Mataram be sung, news agency Press Trust of India reported. A bench comprising

Supreme Court issues notices on pleas against six-stanza Vande Mataram requirement, hearing November 30

The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to examine fresh petitions challenging the requirement that all six stanzas of Vande Mataram be sung, news agency Press Trust of India reported. A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana issued notices to the Centre and others on petitions filed by Bhimrao Duryodhan Borkar and former IAS officer Balakrishnan Sathyabhama Mavoji. The court linked the petitions with similar pleas and scheduled the hearing for November 30. According to PTI, Borkar argued that Ministry of Home Affairs orders dated January 28 and July 9, 2026, illegally replaced a 79-year-old practice of singing a standalone, non-theistic two-stanza poem with the full version, which he claimed contained explicit anti-Muslim invective; his petition called the orders an unconstitutional imposition of the six-stanza version from Anandamath. Mavoji contended that installing the six-stanza version as the national anthem was an attempt to convert India into a divine, sectarian and theistic state. On September 22, the Supreme Court told the Centre that a conscientious objector should not be punished for refusing to sing Vande Mataram, and asked the government to keep in mind its 1986 judgment protecting children who declined to sing on grounds of conscience. That bench was hearing a petition by Carnatic vocalist T M Krishna challenging the same requirement on the ground that the last four verses violated the country's secular character; while seeking the Centre's response, the bench said it expected the principle in Bijoe Emmanuel versus State of Kerala to govern the amended law. The fresh challenges will now be heard along with similar petitions on November 30.

2. Bombay High Court quashes FIR against Pune student over Operation Sindoor social media repost

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday quashed a criminal case registered against a 20-year-old woman engineering student from a private Pune college for reposting a controversial Instagram comment related

Bombay High Court quashes FIR against Pune student over Operation Sindoor social media repost

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday quashed a criminal case registered against a 20-year-old woman engineering student from a private Pune college for reposting a controversial Instagram comment related to India-Pakistan tensions after Operation Sindoor. A single Bench of Justice Milind Jadhav said a chance is required to be given in such cases and noted the student had already suffered custody, which for a young student is a scar that cannot be erased easily. The court observed that the accused was not the author or creator of the original post; her role was confined to reposting content already available on social media, and the incident appeared to be an isolated act followed by voluntary deletion and remorse, probably due to the exuberance of youth. The court said the post, which pertained to religion and religious sentiments, was contentious and had the potential to create apprehension of disturbance between religious communities, but the mere possibility that a publication may cause displeasure or resentment cannot by itself constitute sufficient ground for criminal prosecution. Criminal law cannot be set in motion merely because a publication is perceived to be offensive unless conduct falls within legal prohibition, it said. The student deleted the post within two hours and publicly expressed remorse and tendered an apology; the deletion was not pursuant to any investigating agency direction, and there was no deliberate attempt to promote religious hostility, the court noted. She had challenged her rustication from the institute as arbitrary and unlawful and sought quashing of the FIR. The High Court had in May last year criticised her arrest and ordered her immediate release.

3. Bombay High Court quashes FIR against student over reposting Op Sindoor posts, cites limited role

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday quashed an FIR against a 20-year-old engineering student who was arrested in May last year for reposting controversial posts on Operation Sindoor, India's military act

4. Delhi High Court lets probe continue in SC/ST Act FIR against woman journalist, issues notice

Delhi High Court lets probe continue in SC/ST Act FIR against woman journalist, issues notice

The Delhi High Court said that the investigation will continue in an FIR registered under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act against a woman journalist following a complaint by ACP Vivek Bhagat, who accused her of using casteist slurs against him. Justice Mini Pushkarna issued notice on the pleas filed by the woman journalist and by Gajendra Singh, owner of "Digi News", and indicated that the court will hear the matter on merits once replies by the respondents are filed. The FIR, registered at Parliament Street police station late on October 13 after Bhagat submitted his complaint to the Deputy Commissioner of Police, New Delhi district, the same day, invokes Sections 221, 356(2) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, along with provisions of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, and names the woman journalist, Gajendra Singh and an unidentified person as accused. The complaint alleges that the journalist and her colleagues subjected Bhagat to public humiliation and casteist slurs while he was discharging his duty during a protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar at Buta Singh Roundabout on October 3. The journalist had separately alleged that Bhagat sexually harassed her during the protest, claiming he touched her inappropriately and pushed her while she was recording an activist's detention, and that no FIR had been registered on her complaint at the time. Senior Advocate Tanvir Ahmed Mir, appearing for the petitioners, submitted that the journalist was intentionally groped and that the SC/ST Act case against her was a retaliatory and revengeful action by the ACP.

5. Karnataka High Court Quashes Second FIR Against BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Over Prophet Muhammad Speech

The Karnataka High Court quashed a second FIR registered against senior BJP MLA Basanagouda R. Patil (Yatnal) over an alleged speech about Prophet Muhammad delivered during a Ramanavami event in Hubba

1. Balakrishna (Dead) thr. L.Rs. vs. G.N. Kanniah Naidu (Dead) thr. L.Rs. and Ors. (26.10.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/1218/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed the dispute between the legal representatives of Balakrishna and G.N. Kanniah Naidu regarding the ownership of Site No. 261 in Munnekolala New Extension, Bangalore

2. Bank of India and Ors. vs. S.M. Kamal Pasha and Ors. (26.10.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/1221/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed whether the Committee of Creditors (CoC) can withdraw an approved Resolution Plan under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, due to improved financial conditi

3. Atibir Industries Co. Ltd. vs. State Bank of India and Ors. (26.10.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/1220/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed the dispute between Atibir Industries Co. Ltd. and State Bank of India (SBI) regarding the classification of Atibir's loan account as a Non-Performing Asset (NPA)

4. Dakshin Gujarat Vij Company Limited and Ors. vs. Vaibhav Metal Crusher (26.10.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/1219/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed the issue of whether a consumer accused of electricity theft under Section 135 of the Electricity Act, 2003, can seek restoration of electricity supply by depositi

5. The A.P. State Wakf Board (Now Telangana State Wakf Board) vs. Syed Masood Ahmed and Ors. (26.10.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/1217/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed the dispute between the A.P. State Wakf Board (now Telangana State Wakf Board) and Syed Masood Ahmed and others regarding the possession of 'Mafi Inam lands' adjac

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