<h1>Waqf amendments stayed, governors' assent delays limited, tribunal reforms struck down, and sweeping environmental protections ordered.</h1> The court stayed specified provisions of the Waqf (Amendment) Act while upholding its presumption of constitutionality; recalled a ban on retrospective environmental clearances and validated a major corporate resolution plan; limited executive power by denying fixed timelines for assent yet prohibiting perpetual withholding; struck down key appointment, tenure and service provisions of the tribunals reform statute; set eligibility criteria for judicial appointments and barred fresh graduates from immediate entry; and issued nationwide environmental orders including sanctuary declarations, one kilometre mining exclusion zones, eco sensitive zone notifications, restoration and demolition directives, and a uniform definition banning fresh mining leases in a major hill range.