<h1>Supreme Court to Hear Influencer's FIR Plea, Seeks RTI Act Expansion; Extends Protection for Ex-IAS Officer</h1> The Supreme Court addressed several significant cases on February 14. It agreed to hear a plea by an influencer challenging FIRs against him and sought responses from the government and political parties on bringing them under the Right to Information Act. The court extended protection from arrest for a former IAS probationer accused of quota misuse. It criticized the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board for delayed action against Isha Foundation and dismissed a plea regarding J Jayalalithaa's confiscated properties. The court refused to hear cases on permanent resident certificates in Tripura, caste-based reservations in lawyer elections, and denied protection to a GST fraud accused. It also rejected telecom companies' pleas to review AGR dues calculations.