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Friday, January 9, 2026
TopicSupreme Court of India

Topic: Supreme Court of India

‘Students must have freedom of choice’ — SC stays Mumbai college ban on ‘hijab, burqa, cap, naqab’

Issuing notice to Chembur Trombay Education Society, which runs N G Acharya and D K Marathe College, bench asked why it didn't ban ’tilak, bindi’ if matter was about religious markers.

‘Should give way to deserving & needy’ — SC asks for ‘creamy layer’ to be excluded from SC/ST reservation

Court has affirmed jurisdiction of states to sub-classify SCs/STs to grant them separate quota within reserved category, says ultimate aim is to realise real equality in the country.

SC upholds states’ rights to levy royalty on minerals extracted from their lands, in 8:1 verdict

CJI Chandrachud, reading out verdict for himself & 7 judges, held Parliament does not have power to tax mineral rights under Constitution. Justice B V Nagarathna gave dissenting views.

Commercial sale of GM mustard will have to wait as SC gives split verdict

Matter set for larger bench. The judges, however, have asked the Centre to consider a national policy for seamless approach to GM crops.

SC to hear petitions seeking SIT probe into ‘quid pro quo’ done via Electoral Bonds

Asking that the probe be supervised by a retired judge, petitioner claims arrangements involving corporates, pharma companies, govt officials, political parties & probe agencies.

SC dismisses plea seeking review of refusal to transfer probe in Adani stock manipulation case

In its 3 January verdict, apex court declined to order a CBI or SIT probe into allegations of stock price manipulation against Adani group spurred by Hindenburg report.

Muslim Personal Law Board to challenge SC verdict on alimony, Uttarakhand UCC

Supreme Court ruling on 10 July held that Section 125 of the CrPC applies to all married women, including Muslims, allowing them to claim maintenance from their husbands.

The first undersea map of Ram Setu, courtesy ISRO with help from a NASA satellite

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

SC grants interim bail to Arvind Kejriwal in ED case, refers ‘need’ for arrest to larger bench

The Delhi chief minister will, however, remain in jail as he was also arrested by the CBI in the Delhi excise policy case.

‘Let us not be in denial’ — SC says NEET retest must happen if leak beneficiaries not identified

A three-judge bench, led by CJI Chandrachud, has asked NTA to disclose the nature of the leak, the locations, and the time lag between the leak and the exam.

On Camera

Why Pinarayi Vijayan is going soft on an Ezhava leader’s anti-Muslim hate speech

Pinarayi Vijayan once called Vellappally Natesan, the general secretary of SNDP Yogam, Kerala’s Pravin Togadia. Now he is giving his hate speech a free pass.

500% tariffs ahead for India? Trump’s lined up a big bad Bill for countries buying Russian oil

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says bill will be 'well-timed, as Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all talk, continuing to kill the innocent'.

2025: Pakistan’s deadliest year in over a decade

Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.