$~75 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision : 24.02.2026 + W.P.(C) 2499/2026 CM APPL. 12107/2026 CM APPL. 12108/2026 NS 22921A MAJOR DEVANJANA GHOSHAL .....Petitioner Through: Mr. SS Pandey, Adv.

versus UNION OF INDIA & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Neeraj, SPC, Mr. Rudra Paliwal Govt. Pleader, Mr. Soumyadip Chakraborty, Lt. Col. Mahua Upadhyaya, Col. Kanika Sharma, Col. Ashish Chadha Major Kanika Sharma, Army CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V. KAMESWAR RAO HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA V. KAMESWAR RAO , J. (ORAL)

CM APPL. 12108/2026 (for exemption) 1. Allowed, subject to just exceptions.

2. The application is disposed of.

W.P.(C) 2499/2026

3. This petition lays a challenge to the order dated 21.01.2026 passed by the Armed Forces Tribunal, Principal Bench at New Delhi (‘the Tribunal’), whereby the Tribunal decided the petitioner’s application for interim relief. The interim relief sought in the Original Application 3103/2025 (‘O.A.’)

was primarily for a stay of the operation and effect of the petitioner’s release order dated 14.07.2025, pending final adjudication of the O.A.

4. The submission of Mr. SS Pandey, learned counsel for the petitioner is th