Delhi High Court
94,045 judgments
Lata Kumari v. Om Prakash Mandal
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.
Mohd Shamshad v. MCD and Ors.
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.
Urmila Verma v. Director of Education and Anr.
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.
Lava International Limited v. Union of India & Anr.
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.
Union of India v. Nain Singh Deceased Thr LRs & Ors.
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.
Piyush Kumar Pappu v. Mukesh Kumar Bharti
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.
State of NCT Delhi v. Laxmi Narayan @ Lalla & Ors.
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.
Kumar Raghvendra & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors.
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.
Muthuveerappan Arunachalam v. Union of India & Ors.
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.
State of West Bengal v. Parul Kush Jain & Ors.
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.
Vinod Kumar Jha v. Union of India & Ors.
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.
Rajesh Sarbalia & Anr. v. Satish Kumar Khosla & Anr.
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.
Satya Pal Gupta v. Delhi Development Authority
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.
Y.K. Goyal v. Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board
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.
Narender Bhutani v. Anjali Bhutani
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.
Ram Babu v. State
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.
Vishnu Khanna v. Avinash Kapoor & Ors.
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.
Veetee Fine Foods Limited v. Punjab National Bank & Ors.
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.
Ram Pal Sharma v. Bijay Pal Singh Yadav
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.
Diamond Entertainment Technologies Pvt. Ltd. v. Religare Finvest Limited
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.