UPSC Supreme Court Judgments and Current Affairs
Every Supreme Court ruling that matters for UPSC, compiled and verified against the judgment text.
October 28, 2026
The BNSS and the Public Servant: A Second Gate Before the FIR
The Supreme Court's order in the Pinarayi Vijayan case applies Section 175(4) of the BNSS, which protects public servants from investigation without a hearing. Read with the sanction requirement in Section 218, it creates two gates before a prosecution can begin, and the debate is whether that is a shield against vexatious complaints or a delay mechanism.
October 20, 2026
Children have a right to the internet, the Supreme Court says
On 15 October the Supreme Court held that internet access is a fundamental right of every individual, including children, and refused a blanket age-based ban. What it rejected, what it allowed, and the proportionality test behind the ruling.
October 10, 2026
NEET-UG 2026 Paper Leak: Re-Exam, Protests and the Supreme Court Orders
NEET-UG 2026 was cancelled on 12 May after a paper leak, re-conducted on 21 June and followed by nationwide student protests and a police crackdown. The Supreme Court closed the protest FIRs across the country under Article 142, allowed one FIR against 2,873 persons with criminal antecedents, and the Centre must frame a compensation policy within three months.
October 10, 2026
The Supreme Court in September 2026: Fake AI Citations, Re-Arrest Safeguards and a POCSO Acquittal
Three rulings that defined the Supreme Court's September: a ₹425-crore customs penalty set aside because the order leaned on AI-hallucinated citations that do not exist; new safeguards requiring a Magistrate's approval before anyone released for an Article 22 breach can be re-arrested; and a reminder that POCSO's statutory presumptions cannot substitute for proof.
September 11, 2026
Supreme Court Judgments: July to September 2026
The quarter's key verdicts, all verified from Supreme Court records: zero tolerance for AI-hallucinated precedents, a national policy for elderly and terminally ill prisoners, curbs on clipped court videos on social media, compensation and national directions on stray-cattle deaths, the NEET protest interim directions, and September rulings on juvenility, externment review powers, and penalty discretion. Each mapped to its constitutional anchor and Prelims test format.