Punjab & Haryana High Court holds that orders refusing certification to the Punjabi film "Chardikala" were passed by authorities lacking valid delegated power at the time, since the Central Government only delegated CBFC's certification powers to the Chairperson months after the refusal orders were issued.
In a suo motu case on opioid dependence among prisoners, Punjab & Haryana High Court directs Haryana to file a further affidavit clarifying whether trained counsellors are actually available in every jail, after its affidavit went silent on ground-level implementation.
Punjab & Haryana High Court quashes an FIR against the makers of "Yaarian 2" over a song showing a clean-shaven, non-Amritdhari actor wearing the Sri Sahib/Kirpan, holding the inadvertent portrayal — since removed, with a public apology issued — was not a deliberate, malicious insult to the Sikh religion.
Punjab & Haryana High Court denies bail in a money-laundering case tied to an alleged ₹236 crore bank fraud, holding that economic offences involving calculated design and abuse of corporate or fiduciary structures warrant more circumspect scrutiny than offences committed impulsively.
Delhi High Court declines to let wrestler Vinesh Phogat compete in the trials for the 2026 Senior World Wrestling Championships despite her missing qualifying events due to pregnancy and childbirth, holding that carving out an individual exemption at the interim stage would risk unequal treatment among athletes.
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.
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.
Delhi High Court dismisses a plea to regularise a temple built without sanction on land earmarked for a nursery school, directing that the idols be respectfully relocated and the illegal structure removed within four weeks.
Delhi High Court holds a school Managing Committee cannot deny a reinstated teacher's back wages based on an unproven allegation of certificate fraud that was never actually adjudicated, and grants the teacher 50% relief.
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 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 waives ₹25,000 in costs imposed on a litigant after his counsel — then eight months pregnant and advised bed rest — could not appear for cross-examination, holding a litigant should not bear a heavy financial burden once genuine cause for the lawyer's absence is shown.