On 6 October 2026, the Supreme Court closed a case pending for over two decades, noting that the Tamil Nadu Assembly had withdrawn the contested resolution back in 2004. A seven-judge Bench led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant wound up the matter. It arose from a 2003 Assembly resolution seeking the arrest of editors of The Hindu for an editorial critical of the then Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa. The resolution relied on Article 194, on the privileges of State legislatures, and the dispute turned on its link with free speech under Article 19(1)(a). The Bench left the broader questions to be settled in a suitable future case.