The Allahabad High Court has held that discriminatory allocation of sugarcane below a mill's estimated requirement cannot be justified on the ground of the mill's low drawl or delayed payment of cane price, where the shortfall in allocation itself was responsible for the low drawl.
The Orissa High Court has held that adverse remarks recorded in a judicial officer's Confidential Character Roll, based on charges in a disciplinary proceeding that was subsequently quashed, have "washed away" their foundation, and referred the matter to the Chief Justice for reconsideration.
Karnataka High Court holds that a police transfer order issued without the Police Establishment Board's prior approval is not void, since subsequent ratification by the competent Board can cure the procedural defect, including a transfer made before completion of minimum tenure.
Disposing of a public interest litigation, the Madhya Pradesh High Court at Gwalior directed the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways to frame, within 60 days, a policy on plying of e-rickshaws, including their numbers on a city's roads and route permits, and to circulate it to all States (para 3). The Union's and the State's counsel had agreed that the problem is a national one (para 2). Madhya Pradesh must notify a comprehensive policy within 120 days (para 3).
Karnataka High Court quashes measures enforcing a 2% cess on cinema tickets, holding the underlying 2024 welfare Act had never been validly brought into force through the notification its own Section 1(2) requires.
A Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court declared Section 147A of the Income-tax Act, 1961 unconstitutional and struck it down (paras 63, 79). The retrospective provision, inserted by the Finance Bill, 2026 with effect from 01.04.2021, sought to validate reassessment notices issued by jurisdictional Assessing Officers without curing the defect found by the courts (paras 4, 59-60). The Bench also quashed the notices for not being issued through randomised, faceless allocation (paras 78-79).
Delhi High Court records an undertaking by two Cockroach Janta Party members to take down social media posts against senior advocate and BJP leader Gaurav Bhatia — including an AI-generated post falsely attributing remarks to him — after observing that "attacking without verifying" was not right.
Delhi High Court declines to entertain a challenge by Congress leaders to a Special Intensive Revision requirement that voters previously deleted from electoral rolls declare themselves "first-time applicants," holding the challenge should instead be filed as a public interest litigation.
Delhi High Court quashes a tribunal order and holds that a retired government employee's gratuity can be withheld under the pension rules until every judicial proceeding against him — including a pending criminal appeal, not merely departmental proceedings — has concluded.
Acting on data showing thousands of fraudulent GST registrations obtained by misusing stolen PAN and Aadhaar details, Delhi High Court directs GST authorities nationwide not to grant any fresh registration without biometric Aadhaar authentication.
The Delhi High Court refused wrestler Vinesh Phogat's interim plea to take part in the 14.09.2026 selection trials for the Senior World Wrestling Championships, holding that the Wrestling Federation of India's eligibility criteria apply uniformly and cannot be relaxed for her alone before the policy's validity is decided (paras 16, 18-21). Her maternity-related absence will be weighed at the final hearing of her writ petition (paras 15, 20).
Madras High Court directs Tiruppur police to permit installation of a Vinayagar idol for Ganesh Chaturthi after an application went unanswered, remarking that "worship is a fundamental right" and the petitioners should not be prevented from installing the idol.