Top Legal Developments [12-18 Oct 2026]: AIBE-XXII syllabus, IBC appeal limitation, same arbitrator in 4,155 cases, and other Key verdicts and Policy Updates
A quick roundup to cover all the important legal developments and cases this week.
Tenth Schedule
Resignation does not end anti-defection proceedings: Madras HC on AIADMK MLAs who resigned and later joined TVK
Madras High Court upheld the acceptance of resignations of 6 AIADMK MLAs who voted against the party whip to support the Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay’s TVK-led government and subsequently joined TVK, holding that their resignations do not extinguish pending disqualification proceedings under the Tenth Schedule.
SC directs Speaker of Telangana Legislative Assembly to expeditiously conclude disqualification proceedings against defected BRS MLAs
“The question, therefore, that we ask ourselves is as to whether the Speaker has acted in an expeditious manner, when expedition was one of the main reasons, why the Parliament had entrusted the important task of adjudicating disqualification petitions to the Speaker/Chairman”.
Himachal Pradesh| Six Congress MLAs who cross voted in BJP’s favour disqualified from Legislative Assembly by Speaker
“Compliance with procedural rules cannot be elevated to the level of a constitutional mandate, so much so that the substantive provision itself is defeated in the process of following the process.”
Maharashtra Political Crisis| No stay on floor test, disqualification proceedings to be kept in abeyance till July 11; Read SC’s directions on Eknath Shinde’s plea
Supreme Court: In a significant development in Maharashtra’s political turmoil, the vacation Bench comprising Surya Kant and J.B. Pardiwala, JJ., directed to
Jhar HC | Whether Speaker has the power to take suo moto cognizance to treat a case under Schedule X of the Constitution; HC enumerates
Jharkhand High Court: A Division Bench of Dr Ravi Ranjan, CJ. and Sujit Narayan Prasad, J., allowing the present petition, discussed the