Supreme Court rejects plea for CBI probe into alleged horse-trading in Tamil Nadu

Direct fact

In October 2026, the Supreme Court dismissed a writ petition seeking a CBI probe into alleged horse-trading involving TVK general secretary Bussy Anand and 4 former AIADMK MLAs in connection with Tamil Nadu Assembly majority claims.

Key specifics

• The petition named Bussy Anand and 4 former AIADMK MLAs: Sathiyabama, Maragatham Kumaravel, Isakki Subbiah and Jayakumar.
• The bench comprised Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V. Mohana.
• The petitioner asked the Court to use Article 142 to frame stricter rules and bar the 4 former MLAs from contesting bypolls.
• The Court said an MLA resigning and later becoming a minister is part of political practice and that the law would act if wrongdoing was found.
• The case already had an FIR, and the Court refused to order a fresh CBI investigation at this stage.

Exam lens

Question type: Polity and judiciary current affairs, Article 142, disqualification and bypoll eligibility, Supreme Court bench names, FIR already registered. TNPSC may ask which constitutional provision was invoked and what the Court held on political practice.