Supreme Court Rejects Plea for CBI Probe into Tamil Nadu Assembly Floor Test

The Supreme Court on October 26, 2026, dismissed a petition seeking a CBI investigation into alleged horse-trading following the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections in May 2026.

A Bench led by Chief Justice Surya Kant rejected the plea filed by M. Srinivasan, which accused Minister N. Anand and four former AIADMK MLAs of shifting allegiance to secure a majority.

The petitioner had requested court directions to recover assembly election expenditure from the resigned MLAs and prevent them from contesting subsequent bypolls.