The Supreme Court will hear a writ petition concerning the gathering of a mob and the incidents that occurred within the Supreme Court premises during a march by opposition leaders.

Yesterday, i.e. on October 12, 2026, various leaders including LoP Rahul Gandhi, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, RJD's Tejashwi Yadav, and other opposition figures, marched towards the Supreme Court and entered the filing counter reportedly to file a petition.

The Court will hear the pleas related to alleged non-compliance with its orders regarding the restriction of metro services, internet suspensions, and widespread detentions during recent protests on Thursday.

In a special hearing held on Sunday, the Court had issued notice in a contempt plea against Union and Delhi officials for alleged non-compliance with its orders. Previously, it directed the concerned authorities to reconsider the complete prohibition on Metro services and train movements in New Delhi ahead of the October 10 protests.

The Bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana said that it will list all the matters as Justice Mohana was not well and was suffering from fever.

CJI Kant said, "Broadly we have seen that there are two three sets of matters. Maybe three sets. As we could see broadly. First we will take up those ones...we will list all the matters, make sure your defects are cured. If you can point out on your memo or application that this is the issue, it will help the registry to see that there is some kind of similarity."


Senior Advocates Menaka Guruswamy, Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Gaurav Bhatia, Mahesh Jethmalani and Arundhati Katju appeared for the Petitioners, while Solicitor General Tushar Mehta  appeared for the Union of India

Chief Justice of India Surya Kant had turned down a request by Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi for an administrative meeting to submit a memorandum on issues including the Election Commission, student arrests, and transit disruptions, stating that doing so would violate the constitutional principle of separation of powers.

A petition was alsi filed by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and others over alleged large-scale voter deletions and irregularities in the SIR of electoral rolls. 

Per contra, Senior Advocate Mahesh Jethmalani and Senior Advocate Gaurav Bhatia submitted that they have also filed a plea against the gathering of a mob in the Supreme Court.

Bhatia said, "May I seize this opportunity, there is another matter, a writ petition filed by lawyers regarding what happened in the premises of the honourable Supreme Court. I have the diary number. We will ensure that the defects are removed, and this matter also may be listed day after..."

Sankarnarayanan said, "No, these are separate issues. I will suggest you can subsegment it. If it's incidents which took place in the court yesterday, I don't think that's linked to our issues which we are dealing with, protesters on the streets and what's happened with them. So, I suggest that these can be taken separately. Obviously, they have to be heard urgently, but they can be taken separately."

The Court will also hear a writ petition challenging the prohibitory order issued under Section 163 of the BNSS and Section 172 of the BNSS as unconstitutional. A writ petition, filed by AOR Ashima Mandla, was mentioned assailing the quashing of actions taken in the aftermath of the incident of 10.10.2026; and consequential reliefs, the said measures having violated the fundamental rights guaranteed under Articles 14, 19(1)(a), 19(1)(b), 19(1)(d) and 21 of the Constitution of India.

Previously, the Court had remarked that while the authorities are fully permitted to enforce strict safety measures like frisking, CCTV surveillance, and extra security checks to prevent the entry of anti-social elements or unruly mobs, citizens remain entitled as a matter of right to access and avail public transport facilities.

Despite these directions, authorities closed entry/exit gates at 45 Delhi Metro stations, restricted Mail/Express trains entering New Delhi and Nizamuddin stations, and suspended internet services around protest zones such as Jantar Mantar.

The protests were held on October 10 after it was reported by The Indian Express that Election Commissioners Dr Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Dr Vivek Joshi registered written dissents on record on at least 14 separate occasions over a 10-month period. The objections pertained to administrative decisions and official orders issued without the knowledge, consent, or participation of the full Commission, four of which occurred on a single day.

A plea is also pending before the Supreme Court seeking directions against all decisions, guidelines, directives, and software modifications initiated, approved, or implemented under Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. The plea alleged that the decisions were taken without full Commission concurrence or contrary to the majority opinion of the other Election Commissioners.

Cause Title: Shailendra Mani Tripathi v. Union of India & Ors.[W.P.(Crl.) No. 280/2026], Samriddhi Das v. Union of India and Ors. [Diary No. 64055 of 2026], MA Baby v. Union of India & Ors. [63560/2026] and various other connected matters.

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