Justice Amit Mahajan of the Delhi High Court has listed for October 27, 2026 a writ petition seeking permission to hold a peaceful protest against the E20 ethanol blending policy at Jantar Mantar on October 2, after the Union of India said the request had already been rejected considering the law and order situation in the area. The petitioners’ counsel sought time to challenge the rejection order.
The Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi government to constitute an independent multidisciplinary Medical Board to decide, within four weeks, on parents’ request for a hysterectomy for their adult daughter with cerebral palsy, holding that disability alone can never be the only ground to deny reproductive autonomy and that its order is not an approval of the surgery.
The Delhi High Court has directed the Central Government’s Grievance Appellate Committee to decide, within three to four weeks, an appeal by the Students’ Federation of India against the permanent disabling of its Instagram account. Justice Amit Mahajan disposed of SFI’s plea alleging that the Committee, constituted under the Information Technology Rules, 2021, had failed to decide the appeal within the prescribed period. The Court did not rule on the merits of the account’s disabling.
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 Delhi High Court has been informed that the Delhi Police is considering the Kshatriya Karni Sena’s request for permission to hold a protest at Jantar Mantar against reservation policies and the University Grants Commission Regulations, 2026. The organisation has two petitions before the Court, one for the protest permission and another seeking restoration of restricted social-media accounts. The protest matter was listed for October 28 and the social-media matter for November 2.
