The Supreme Court has held that a commercial rival cannot appeal under Section 10 of the Insecticides Act, 1968 against the grant of registration to another company, and restored Crystal Crop Protection’s registration for Halosulfuron methyl.
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has upheld the dismissal of a Grade-II Warden of the Central Prison, Madurai, holding that in the absence of a presenting officer the enquiry officer may put clarificatory questions to witnesses, and that the limited scope of judicial review did not warrant interference.
The Delhi High Court has dismissed a writ petition by a Kurash athlete challenging her exclusion from the selection for the 2026 Asian Games, after the authorities decided not to send anyone in her +87 kg category on the basis of its comparative medal-winning probability. The Court held that it cannot, under Article 226, direct an expert body to take a different view on an objectively taken selection decision, and that, in any event, no relief could be granted as the Games had already begun.
The Patna High Court has dismissed a writ petition by a State Bank of India officer challenging his reduction in grade, imposed after a disciplinary inquiry found he had sanctioned clean overdrafts beyond his powers, exposing the bank to a loss of about Rs 49.74 lakh. The Court held that a bank officer is held to a higher standard of honesty, that acting beyond one’s authority is misconduct irrespective of any eventual loss or recovery, and that the penalty was proportionate and not open to interference in judicial review.
The Karnataka High Court at Dharwad held that the availability of a remedy before the Waqf Tribunal does not bar writ jurisdiction where the challenge is to the legality of the Waqf Board’s own action, and quashed an official memorandum constituting an eleven-month ad-hoc committee in place of the mechanism under Rule 54 of the Karnataka Wakf Rules, 2017.
The Madras High Court allowed Tamil Nadu to issue compassionate appointment orders to families of the 41 Karur stampede victims but directed that the jobs remain temporary, subject to the outcome of pending proceedings. The Court declined to interfere with the government’s policy decision at this stage.
