Delhi High Court

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Lata Kumari v. Om Prakash Mandal

16 Aug 2023 · Suresh Kumar Kait; Neena Bansal Krishna · 2023:DHC:5786-DB

The Delhi High Court upheld a divorce decree granted on grounds of mental cruelty, holding that service on the appellant's father was valid and that the appellant was not denied natural justice despite ex-parte proceedings.

family appeal_dismissed Significant mental cruelty divorce Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 service of summons

Mohd Shamshad v. MCD and Ors.

16 Aug 2023 · Siddharth Mridul; Anish Dayal · 2023:DHC:5920-DB

The Delhi High Court directed the MCD to allow the petitioner street vendor to vend peacefully at his designated site strictly in accordance with his Certificate of Vending and its terms.

administrative appeal_allowed Street Vendors Act 2014 Certificate of Vending Municipal Corporation of Delhi Town Vending Committee

Urmila Verma v. Director of Education and Anr.

16 Aug 2023 · Chandra Dhari Singh · 2023:DHC:6122

The Delhi High Court allowed the writ petition directing retrospective promotion and salary arrears to a teacher due to unreasonable delay by the school in convening the promotion committee despite vacancy and eligibility.

administrative appeal_allowed Significant retrospective promotion Departmental Promotion Committee arrears of salary Delhi School Education Act

Lava International Limited v. Union of India & Anr.

16 Aug 2023 · Subramonium Prasad · 2023:DHC:5936

The Delhi High Court upheld the 60-day suspension of Lava International's GeM account for submitting incorrect product specifications, ruling that the administrative action was justified, proportionate, and not liable to judicial interference under Article 226.

administrative appeal_dismissed Significant Government E-Marketplace GeM Incident Management Policy product catalogue deviation false statement

Union of India v. Nain Singh Deceased Thr LRs & Ors.

16 Aug 2023 · Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora · 2023:DHC:5806

The Delhi High Court dismissed the petition challenging property attachment for unpaid land acquisition compensation but granted a four-week extension to deposit the decretal amount.

civil appeal_dismissed Article 227 Constitution of India land acquisition compensation execution proceedings

Piyush Kumar Pappu v. Mukesh Kumar Bharti

16 Aug 2023 · Rajnish Bhatnagar · 2023:DHC:5758

The Delhi High Court condoned delay in filing revision but upheld the summoning order under Section 138 NI Act, holding that defences to cheque dishonour require evidence and can only be examined at trial.

criminal petition_dismissed Significant Section 138 Negotiable Instruments Act summoning order revision petition limitation

State of NCT Delhi v. Laxmi Narayan @ Lalla & Ors.

16 Aug 2023 · Swarana Kanta Sharma · 2023:DHC:5799

The Delhi High Court upheld the trial court's framing of charges against accused under IPC and POCSO, dismissing the revision petition for lack of grounds to interfere at the charge framing stage.

criminal appeal_dismissed Significant charge framing prima facie case Section 397 CrPC Section 482 CrPC

Kumar Raghvendra & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors.

16 Aug 2023 · Sanjeev Sachdeva; Manoj Jain · 2023:DHC:5926-DB

The Delhi High Court upheld the seniority of directly appointed CRPF officers over local promotees as per the Recruitment Rules, dismissing the petition challenging the seniority order.

administrative petition_dismissed Significant seniority local promotees direct appointees Recruitment Rules 2010

Muthuveerappan Arunachalam v. Union of India & Ors.

16 Aug 2023 · Subramonium Prasad · 2023:DHC:5937
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The Delhi High Court quashed a Look Out Circular issued against a petitioner on grounds of arbitrariness and violation of his fundamental right to travel abroad, holding that mere loan default and foreign bankruptcy do not justify such restrictions under Indian law.

constitutional petition_allowed Significant Look Out Circular Right to travel abroad Article 21 Fundamental rights

State of West Bengal v. Parul Kush Jain & Ors.

16 Aug 2023 · V. Kameswar Rao; Anoop Kumar Mendiratta · 2023:DHC:5779-DB

The Delhi High Court upheld the Tribunal's order directing deputation of officers on health grounds and mandated issuance of NOC by the State of West Bengal, emphasizing adherence to DOP&T transfer rules.

administrative petition_allowed inter-cadre transfer Medical Board health grounds deputation

Vinod Kumar Jha v. Union of India & Ors.

16 Aug 2023 · Chandra Dhari Singh · 2023:DHC:8829
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The Delhi High Court dismissed the writ petition seeking inter-zonal transfer after the petitioner consented to initial posting, holding that transfer is an incidence of service and courts will not interfere absent mala fide or statutory violation.

administrative petition_dismissed inter-zonal transfer mandamus appointment letter transfer as incidence of service

Rajesh Sarbalia & Anr. v. Satish Kumar Khosla & Anr.

16 Aug 2023 · C. Hari Shankar · 2024:DHC:3162

The Delhi High Court disposed of appeals by enforcing a lawful settlement agreement reached through mediation, binding the parties to its terms despite respondents' absence at hearing.

civil appeal_allowed settlement agreement mediation court-referred mediation binding settlement

Satya Pal Gupta v. Delhi Development Authority

16 Aug 2023 · C. Hari Shankar · 2024:DHC:5458
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The Delhi High Court appointed an arbitrator under Section 11(6) of the Arbitration Act after the pre-arbitral protocol was exhausted and the respondent did not oppose arbitration.

arbitration appeal_allowed Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 Section 11(6) Section 21 Section 12(2)

Y.K. Goyal v. Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board

14 Aug 2023 · Sachin Datta · 2023:DHC:5742

The Delhi High Court appointed a sole arbitrator under Section 11(6) of the Arbitration Act, holding that failure of the Chief Engineer to decide disputes within time permits direct arbitration, and limitation issues are to be decided by the arbitral tribunal.

civil appeal_allowed Significant Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 Section 11(6) appointment of arbitrator multi-tier dispute resolution

Narender Bhutani v. Anjali Bhutani

14 Aug 2023 · Navin Chawla · 2023:DHC:5756

The Delhi High Court refused to transfer family law cases despite the petitioner’s offensive allegations against the judge, emphasizing judicial independence and initiating contempt proceedings against the petitioner for scandalous remarks.

family petition_dismissed Significant judicial recusal forum shopping contempt of court scandalous remarks

Ram Babu v. State

14 Aug 2023 · Sudhir Kumar Jain · 2023:DHC:6025

The Delhi High Court upheld the conviction for rash and negligent driving causing grievous injury but reduced the sentence for the grievous hurt offence from six to four months' imprisonment.

criminal appeal_dismissed rash and negligent driving traffic signal violation eyewitness testimony sections 279 and 338 IPC

Vishnu Khanna v. Avinash Kapoor & Ors.

14 Aug 2023 · Manoj Kumar Ohri · 2023:DHC:5753
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The Delhi High Court dismissed defendants' application to reject plaint under Order VII Rule 11 CPC, holding that the suit for injunction by the deceased's administrator discloses a cause of action and is maintainable despite disputed title and prior withdrawn suit.

civil appeal_dismissed Significant Order VII Rule 11 CPC cause of action injunction suit declaration of title

Veetee Fine Foods Limited v. Punjab National Bank & Ors.

14 Aug 2023 · Manoj Kumar Ohri · 2023:DHC:5752

The Delhi High Court held that the plaint failed to disclose any cause of action against SBI for alleged loss during PNB's possession and allowed SBI's application to reject the suit against it under Order VII Rule 11 CPC.

civil appeal_allowed Significant Order VII Rule 11 CPC cause of action consortium liability SARFAESI Act

Ram Pal Sharma v. Bijay Pal Singh Yadav

14 Aug 2023 · Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora · 2023:DHC:5946
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The Delhi High Court allowed condonation of delay in filing a written statement beyond 120 days under Order VIII Rule 1 CPC for a suit transferred from a Civil Court to a Commercial Court, emphasizing the directory nature of the timeline and the right to contest on merits.

civil appeal_allowed Significant condonation of delay Order VIII Rule 1 CPC written statement transfer of suit

Diamond Entertainment Technologies Pvt. Ltd. v. Religare Finvest Limited

14 Aug 2023 · Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav · 2023:DHC:5750

The Delhi High Court dismissed the writ petition challenging the extension of possession order under Section 14 of the SARFAESI Act, affirming the statutory remedy under the Act and limiting writ jurisdiction against NBFCs in recovery proceedings.

civil petition_dismissed Significant SARFAESI Act Section 14 Section 13(4) Section 17