Delhi High Court

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Yash v. Directorate of Education & Anr.

27 Sep 2023 · C. Hari Shankar · 2024:DHC:4256
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The Delhi High Court held that an unaided school must admit at least 25% disadvantaged group students in entry level classes under the RTE Act and regularized the petitioner's admission accordingly.

constitutional petition_allowed Significant Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 disadvantaged group Scheduled Castes unaided school

Union of India & Ors. v. EX WO Trilochan Pradhan

27 Sep 2023 · C. Hari Shankar; Ajay Digpaul · 2025:DHC:2388-DB
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The Delhi High Court upheld the Armed Forces Tribunal’s grant of disability pension for hypertension diagnosed after prolonged military service, emphasizing the presumption of attributability and requiring cogent reasons to rebut it.

administrative appeal_dismissed Significant disability pension military service primary hypertension attributability

Union of India & Ors. v. Ex JWO Nageshwar Tiwari

27 Sep 2023 · C. Hari Shankar; Ajay Digpaul · 2025:DHC:2937-DB
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The Delhi High Court dismissed the writ petition challenging the Armed Forces Tribunal's grant of disability pension for Diabetes Mellitus Type-II and Primary Hypertension, reaffirming the limited scope of certiorari jurisdiction over factual findings.

administrative petition_dismissed Significant disability pension Armed Forces Tribunal certiorari jurisdiction Article 226

Indus Towers Limited v. Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax & Anr.

26 Sep 2023 · Rajiv Shakdher; Girish Kathpalia · 2023:DHC:7813-DB

The Delhi High Court set aside the tax department's adjustment of the petitioner's refund against disputed demands beyond the communicated proposal, citing breach of natural justice and statutory mandate under Section 245 of the Income Tax Act.

tax petition_allowed Income Tax Act, 1961 Section 245 refund adjustment principles of natural justice

Vikram Kathuria & Anr. v. State & Anr.

26 Sep 2023 · Swarana Kanta Sharma · 2023:DHC:7040
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The High Court held that orders under Section 91 Cr.P.C. during investigation are interlocutory and not revisable, and that accused cannot invoke Section 91 before investigation completion and charge framing, setting aside the impugned orders accordingly.

criminal petition_dismissed Significant Section 91 CrPC interlocutory order revision petition maintainability victim rights

TIA ENTERPRISES PVT. LTD v. INCOME TAX OFFICER, WARD-25(3), NEW DELHI

26 Sep 2023 · Rajiv Shakdher; Girish Kathpalia · 2023:DHC:7726-DB

The Delhi High Court held that reassessment proceedings under Section 148 of the Income Tax Act are invalid if the specified authority's approval is mechanical and without application of mind, setting aside the reassessment notice and related order.

tax petition_allowed Significant Section 148 Income Tax Act reassessment proceedings approval of Principal Commissioner of Income Tax application of mind

INSP/GD Dhiraj Bhatt v. Union of India

26 Sep 2023 · Sanjeev Sachdeva; Manoj Jain · 2023:DHC:7096-DB

The Delhi High Court directed the respondents to treat the petitioner's legal notice as a representation and dispose of it within six weeks regarding grant of consequential benefits arising from notional seniority.

administrative petition_allowed notional seniority consequential benefits pay fixation legal notice

Harjinder Singh Chadha v. Indian Council of World Affairs

26 Sep 2023 · Satish Chandra Sharma; Sanjeev Narula · 2023:DHC:7469-DB
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The Delhi High Court upheld the denial of backwages for the period an employee abandoned duty despite an offer of reinstatement, while allowing backwages from the date he reported till actual reinstatement.

labor appeal_dismissed Significant backwages abandonment of employment reinstatement Industrial Disputes Act, 1947

M.M.T.C. LTD. v. PRIYANKA OVERSEAS LTD & ANR.

26 Sep 2023 · Jasmeet Singh · 2023:DHC:7478
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The Delhi High Court dismissed a contempt petition holding that wilful disobedience of an existing court order is essential and that a deposit direction merged into an arbitral award set aside later cannot form the basis for contempt.

civil petition_dismissed Significant contempt of court wilful disobedience arbitral award Section 9 Arbitration Act

ELI LILLY AND COMPANY & ORS. v. BRYAN PHARMACEUTICALS THROUGH ITS PROPRIETOR MR. LAXMI KAND PAL / NAVNEET KAND PAL & ORS.

26 Sep 2023 · C. Hari Shankar · 2023:DHC:7085

The Delhi High Court recorded a confidential settlement between the plaintiffs and Defendants 5 and 9 in a commercial suit, decreed the suit accordingly, and directed further compliance from the Cyber Cell.

civil settled settlement agreement commercial suit mediation and conciliation Cyber Cell

Anita v. Amit

26 Sep 2023 · Suresh Kumar Kait; Neena Bansal Krishna · 2023:DHC:8171-DB

The Delhi High Court upheld a Family Court decree granting divorce on the ground of cruelty, holding that false allegations of extramarital affairs and abuse constitute cruelty under the Hindu Marriage Act.

family appeal_dismissed Significant cruelty divorce Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 extramarital affair allegations

GSM Engineering Company v. Paramount Communications Ltd.

26 Sep 2023 · Swarana Kanta Sharma · 2023:DHC:7035
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The Delhi High Court dismissed the petition to quash the summoning order under Section 138 NI Act, holding that factual disputes about the amount due and genuineness of documents must be decided at trial and not at the pre-trial quashing stage.

criminal petition_dismissed Significant Section 138 Negotiable Instruments Act Section 139 NI Act presumption Section 482 CrPC quashing Cheque dishonour

Dimple Thareja v. Devender Kumar

26 Sep 2023 · Suresh Kumar Kait; Neena Bansal Krishna · 2023:DHC:8637-DB

The Delhi High Court dismissed the wife's appeal against a Family Court decree granting divorce to the husband on grounds of cruelty and desertion under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955.

family appeal_dismissed divorce cruelty desertion Hindu Marriage Act, 1955

Rohit Kumar Jha v. The State Govt. of NCT of Delhi

26 Sep 2023 · Swarana Kanta Sharma · 2023:DHC:7039

The Delhi High Court dismissed the petition seeking cancellation of anticipatory bail granted to accused in a cheating case, holding that mere allegations without cogent material do not justify bail cancellation.

criminal petition_dismissed Significant anticipatory bail cancellation of bail Section 420 IPC Section 482 CrPC

Omid Hussain Khil @ Umed Milad v. State of NCT of Delhi & Anr.

26 Sep 2023 · Rajnish Bhatnagar · 2023:DHC:7023

The Delhi High Court granted parole to a life-convict foreign national prisoner to file a Special Leave Petition before the Supreme Court, holding that gravity of offence alone cannot deny parole and prisoners retain fundamental rights to legal recourse.

criminal petition_allowed Significant parole life imprisonment Section 302 IPC Special Leave Petition

Ashok Kumar Gupta Proprietor of Jai Durga Plaster Industries & Anr. v. Arif Khan

26 Sep 2023 · C. Hari Shankar · 2023:DHC:7123
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The Delhi High Court granted an interlocutory injunction restraining the defendant from using the mark "SIKARNI" for Wall Putty, finding a prima facie case of trademark infringement against the plaintiffs' registered mark "SAKARNI".

civil appeal_allowed Significant trademark infringement phonetic similarity interlocutory injunction Trade Marks Act 1999

Disha A. Ravi v. State (NCT of Delhi)

26 Sep 2023 · Swarana Kanta Sharma · 2023:DHC:7032

The Delhi High Court upheld the bail condition requiring prior court permission before foreign travel as a reasonable restriction on the fundamental right under Article 21, balancing individual liberty with the State’s interest in a fair investigation.

criminal petition_dismissed Significant Article 21 fundamental right to travel abroad bail conditions reasonable restrictions

Mahalaxmi Exports v. Commissioner of Delhi Goods and Services Tax

26 Sep 2023 · Vibhu BakhrU; Amit Mahajan · 2023:DHC:7046-DB

The Delhi High Court allowed the petitioner’s GST refund claim by excluding the COVID-19 pandemic period from the limitation under Section 54(1) of the CGST Act, directing the authorities to process the refund with interest.

tax petition_allowed Significant Input Tax Credit refund limitation period Section 54 CGST Act

Dr. Shashi Vashisht v. Union of India and Ors.

26 Sep 2023 · V. Kameswar Rao; Anoop Kumar Mendiratta · 2023:DHC:7045-DB

The Delhi High Court held that recovery of excess Transport Allowance from gratuity of a retired employee who retired within one year of the recovery order is impermissible without an undertaking, setting aside the CAT order and directing refund.

administrative petition_allowed Significant Transport Allowance Gratuity Recovery of excess payment Retired employees

Pr. Commissioner of Income Tax-7 v. M/S Security Printing and Mining Corporation of India Ltd

26 Sep 2023 · Rajiv Shakdher; Girish Kathpalia · 2023:DHC:7001-DB

The Delhi High Court upheld the Tribunal’s deletion of disallowance under Section 14A of the Income Tax Act, holding that the Assessing Officer must record satisfaction based on scrutiny of accounts before invoking Rule 8D.

tax appeal_dismissed Significant Section 14A Income Tax Act disallowance of expenditure exempt income Rule 8D Income Tax Rules