Supreme Court of India

Force in Play

Issued demolition safeguards and contempt notices

Assam's chief minister says the bulldozers will keep coming. On 3 November, Himanta Biswa Sarma replied to a video of the Dhubri demolitions with a post on X: "More to come. We will not stop till every inch of our land is reclaimed." The 1 November drive in Alamganj Part-IX flattened homes and mosques on 650 bighas of land the state calls government property.

Updated 2 days ago

Rule Changes

Questioned why the margin cap is confined to cancer drugs and called for broader scrutiny of drug price regulation

Sarojam Radhakrishnan was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2021, when the targeted drugs she needed cost more than 63,000 rupees a month. Her petition, first filed in the Kerala High Court, led India's Supreme Court to examine what hospitals and retailers add to medicine prices.

Updated 5 days ago

Rule Changes

Issued notice on Balaghat child deaths petition in October 2026

At least 32 children have died since May in remote villages of Balaghat district, Madhya Pradesh. Most were Baiga tribal children. The Congress party says the true toll is 45 and that about half the families have not received the Rs 4 lakh compensation the state announced.

Updated Oct 20

Rule Changes

As of September 2026: Issued the September 21 ruling

A person arrested in India must be told the grounds of arrest in writing, in a language they understand. The Supreme Court ruled on September 21 that if police skip that step and an arrest is quashed, they can't simply re-arrest the person on their own — a magistrate has to approve it first.

Updated Sep 21

Rule Changes

As of May 2026: Issued binding directions to all states and UTs

About 485 Indians die on the country's roads each day. On May 28, 2026, the Supreme Court ruled that getting them to a hospital alive is a constitutional right.

Updated May 28