The Supreme Court issued directions and heard cases spanning elections, bail, land and judicial service. The proceedings delivered relief, demanded accountability and addressed court infrastructure concerns.Stock photo used for illustrationNewdelhi,Oct 26, 2026 19:10 ISTThe Supreme Court on Monday issued directions and heard cases concerning judicial retirement, electoral rolls, land acquisition, bail and court facilities, news agency Press Trust of India reported.The court also passed orders in matters linked to the Lakhimpur violence, the Delhi riots, an AIADMK defection dispute, a Trinamool Congress symbol dispute and a murder investigation by Uttar Pradesh Police.The Supreme Court expressed satisfaction that 14 states had agreed to increase the retirement age of district judicial officers from 60 to 62 years.
It refused to urgently hear separate pleas filed by judges who were about to retire or had recently retired, PTI reported.The court sought responses from the Tripura government and the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council on a public interest litigation challenging the constitutional validity of a provision in the 2017 customary law. It allowed Ashish Mishra, an accused in the 2021 Lakhimpur violence case and the son of former Union minister Ajay Mishra, to travel to his hometown to celebrate Diwali with his family.The court refused to allow an accused in the Delhi riots case, who is out on bail, to attend law classes at a university in Ghaziabad.
It dismissed a plea against six AIADMK MLAs who had voluntarily resigned from their seats after voting against the party whip and later joined the ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam.The Supreme Court also agreed to examine a plea challenging the special intensive revision of electoral rolls in Maharashtra.In a money laundering case, the court sought a response from the Enforcement Directorate on a bail plea filed by the main promoter of a Noida-based real estate company. The case involves the alleged diversion of homebuyers' funds worth Rs 126.30 crore, according to PTI.The court reserved its verdict on a petition filed by the Shri Saryu Nagar Vikas Samiti challenging the acquisition of land for a residential housing scheme in Ayodhya.It directed all states and Union Territories to allocate funds for building bar rooms, washrooms and other basic facilities for women advocates in district and taluk courts.The Supreme Court permitted the Supreme Court Bar Association to hold its scheduled general body meeting on November 2 to discuss election reforms.It granted another 20 days to two rival factions of the All India Trinamool Congress to complete their pleadings before the Election Commission in a dispute over the party's name and its "flowers and grass" election symbol.Criticising Uttar Pradesh Police over what it called a "slipshod investigation" in a murder case, the court directed the state government to pay Rs 6 lakh as "reparation" to a man who had spent six years in custody as an undertrial, PTI reported.In another land acquisition matter, the Supreme Court set aside proceedings initiated more than three decades ago in Nelakadiranahalli village in Bengaluru.
The court found fraud, serious procedural irregularities and the absence of a duly approved housing scheme undertaken for a cooperative society.Monday's proceedings covered a range of matters, including judicial service conditions, election disputes, criminal cases, court infrastructure and land acquisition, with the Supreme Court issuing notices, granting relief and reserving its verdict in different cases.- Ends