In a significant ruling with implications for thousands of Home Guards across Punjab, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on October 9, 2025, directed the State to regularize long-serving Home Guard Gurpal Singh and grant ₹5 lakh compensation to retired volunteer Hardev Singh. Justice Jagmohan Bansal observed that the State could not continue to exploit workers under the label of 'volunteers' when they had been serving full-time for decades.

"The respondent cannot deny benefit of regularization merely on the ground that they are volunteers," the Court said, noting that both petitioners had worked without interruption for nearly three decades.

In a major ruling on Thursday, the Supreme Court of India quashed the Allahabad High Court’s direction ordering a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into alleged irregularities in the recruitment process of staff in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council and Assembly. The top court observed that mere suspicion or assumptions cannot justify transferring investigations to a central agency.

“The High Court’s order was based on doubt and assumption without a factual foundation,” the bench remarked, emphasizing that such extraordinary powers must be used “sparingly and with great caution.”

The Jammu & Kashmir High Court recently set aside an order passed by the State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, stating that the Commission’s decision was "bereft of any reasons" and rendered without giving the insurance company a fair chance to present evidence against the claimant’s case.

The dispute involved an insurance claim filed after the death of the insured, Abdul Majeed Khan. The insurance company, MetLife India, rejected the claim, alleging that the deceased had concealed a pre-existing heart condition when purchasing the policy. They argued that this amounted to fraud and misrepresentation, voiding the insurance contract.