Rajasthan High Court stays the cancellation of a government employee's official housing allotment after finding the charge shifted from unauthorised occupants at an inspection to sub-letting in the final order, without an inquiry report ever being furnished to him.
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.
Madhya Pradesh High Court directs the Centre to frame a nationwide policy regulating e-rickshaws within 60 days, holding that a decade of unregulated operation has caused "congestion and anarchy" on Indian roads.
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.
Himachal Pradesh High Court directs that a candidate's improved MA marks obtained on revaluation be treated as relating back to her original qualification date, requiring the State to consider her for a lecturer post based on that earlier date.
Madhya Pradesh High Court scraps a state rule paying Class III and IV government employees only 70%, 80% and 90% of the minimum pay scale in their first, second and third probation years, calling the reduced-pay scheme discriminatory and unconstitutional, and orders refunds for amounts already withheld.
Punjab & Haryana High Court strikes down the retrospectively inserted Section 147A of the Income Tax Act as unconstitutional, holding Parliament could not validate reassessment notices issued by Jurisdictional Assessing Officers when the faceless-reassessment framework under Section 151A remained unchanged.
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.
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.