[1] She has decided a number of key cases relating to freedom of expression, education, governance, and criminal law in India, including a widely reported ban on the publication of a book about businessman and yoga teacher Ramdev, a case concerning poll campaigns by sitting Members of Parliament, and several public interest petitions filed against municipal corporations regarding infrastructure and governance in Delhi.
In 2018, Malhotra heard a widely reported case filed by 'Ramdev' Ram Kisan Yadav, a religious leader, yoga teacher, and businessman, who sought a restraint on the publication of a book about him, on the grounds that it defamed him.
Azad had asked the Court to dismiss a suit for defamation filed against him by Hockey India and its president, N.D. Batra, after he made certain statements regarding them.
In 2017, she and another judge reduced the life sentence awarded to a 25-year-old man convicted of murder, to six years, on the grounds that he had a wife and children to support, and therefore ought to be given the chance to reform.
[19][20] In 2018, she directed a trial court to expedite their decision relating to allegations of evidence tampering in a case concerning the 1997 Uphaar Cinema Fire, ordering status reports to ensure a reduction in delays.
[22] Malhotra has decided several public interest petitions filed in relation to infrastructure and governance in the National Capital Territory of Delhi.