Delhi High Court

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Veer Bahadur v. Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Ors.

18 May 2023 · Siddharth Mridul; Talwant Singh · 2023:DHC:3497-DB

The Delhi High Court directed the Town Vending Committee to consider the petitioner's representation and conduct the survey under the Street Vendors Act, 2014, dismissing the writ petition without granting further relief.

administrative petition_dismissed Street Vendors Act 2014 Town Vending Committee survey certificate of vending

M Ehtesham Ul Haque v. Union of India Department of Higher Education

18 May 2023 · Rajiv Shakdher; Talwant Singh · 2023:DHC:3424-DB

The Delhi High Court upheld the appointment of Professor Najma Akhtar as Vice Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia, ruling that the selection process complied with statutory provisions and that the Visitor’s discretion in appointment was lawful and not subject to interference.

administrative appeal_dismissed Significant Vice Chancellor appointment Jamia Millia Islamia Act Search-cum-Selection Committee Central Vigilance Commission

Sushil Kumar Goyal & Ors. v. Principal Commissioner of Income Tax-1 & Ors.

18 May 2023 · Vibhu BakhrU; Amit Mahajan · 2023:DHC:3494-DB
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The Delhi High Court upheld that settlement applications under Section 245C(1) of the Income Tax Act are maintainable only if a 'case' is pending under Section 245A(b), and no case is pending without issuance of reassessment notice under Section 148.

tax petition_dismissed Significant Income Tax Settlement Commission Section 245A(b) Income Tax Act Section 245C(1) Income Tax Act Assessment Year

Rajkumar Bukya v. Director General Coast Guard Headquarters and Ors.

18 May 2023 · Suresh Kumar Kait; Neena Bansal Krishna · 2023:DHC:3470-DB

The Delhi High Court directed the Coast Guard authorities to decide the petitioner's pending resignation representation with reasons within four weeks, emphasizing the duty to provide reasoned orders and timely decisions.

administrative petition_allowed resignation compassionate grounds administrative inaction reasoned order

Kopal Bakshi v. PR Commissioner of Income Tax 10 & Anr.

18 May 2023 · Rajiv Shakdher; Girish Kathpalia · 2023:DHC:4268-DB

The Delhi High Court set aside an income tax assessment order for failure to consider the petitioner’s timely reply, directing fresh proceedings in accordance with principles of natural justice.

tax appeal_allowed Significant Income Tax Act, 1961 Section 148 Section 148A(b) Section 148A(d)

IRCON INTERNATIONAL LIMITED v. ASHIT SAHA

18 May 2023 · Rekha Palli · 2023:DHC:3480

The Delhi High Court upheld the Labour Court's award directing payment of back wages including increments to a retrenched employee reinstated with continuity of service, holding that such increments form part of full back wages and that applications under Section 33C(2) are maintainable despite delay.

labor appeal_dismissed Significant continuity of service full back wages increments Section 33C(2) Industrial Disputes Act

Resilient Innovations Pvt. Ltd. v. PhonePe Private Limited & Anr.

18 May 2023 · Rajiv Shakdher; Talwant Singh · 2023:DHC:3426-DB

The Delhi High Court held that intra-court appeals lie against dismissal of rectification applications under the Trademarks Act, 1999 (Amended), but upheld dismissal under Section 124 barring rectification without leave when a suit on trademark validity is pending and invalidity is pleaded.

intellectual_property appeal_dismissed Significant Trademarks Act 1999 Section 57 Section 124 rectification application

S Khan v. Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Ors.

18 May 2023 · Siddharth Mridul; Talwant Singh · 2023:DHC:3499-DB

The Delhi High Court directed the Town Vending Committee to consider the petitioner’s representation and conduct the survey in accordance with the Street Vendors Act, protecting the petitioner from dispossession until such process is complete.

administrative petition_dismissed Street Vendors Act 2014 Section 3(3) Town Vending Committee survey of street vendors

Shriram General Insurance Co Ltd v. Kamlesh Jha & Ors.

18 May 2023 · Rajnish Bhatnagar · 2023:DHC:3467

The Delhi High Court held that an insurance company is not liable to pay compensation if the offending vehicle was not insured with it due to a fake cover note, and upheld the award of future prospects in a permanent disability motor accident claim.

civil appeal_allowed Significant Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 insurance liability fake cover note pay and recover

Jatinder Pahwa v. Municipal Corporation of Delhi

18 May 2023 · Tushar Rao Gedela · 2023:DHC:3456

The Delhi High Court allowed exemption applications related to filing trial court records and directed consideration of stay applications together, disposing of the petition with no order as to costs.

procedural other exemption from filing trial court record stay application procedural application judicial discretion

OUM LAMITECH PRIVATE LIMITED v. INCOME TAX OFFICER WARD 19(1), DELHI & ANR

18 May 2023 · Rajiv Shakdher; Girish Kathpalia · 2023:DHC:4231-DB

The Delhi High Court set aside the reopening order under Section 148 of the Income Tax Act against OUM Lamitech Private Limited for failure to consider relevant documents and directed the AO to furnish material linking the petitioner to alleged escaped income before proceeding further.

tax appeal_allowed Significant Section 148 of Income Tax Act, 1961 reopening of assessment escaped income Assessing Officer

M/S SEVILLE PRODUCTS LIMITED v. COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS EXPORTS, ICD-TUGHLAKABAD, NEW DELHI

18 May 2023 · Vibhu Bakhru; Amit Mahajan · 2023:DHC:3647-DB

The Delhi High Court upheld penalties against an overseas exporter for abetting customs duty evasion through false invoicing and held that settlement by co-noticees does not absolve others from liability under the Customs Act.

administrative appeal_dismissed Significant Customs Act, 1962 Section 112(a) penalty extraterritorial jurisdiction

Atul Chawla v. Manisha Gangahar

18 May 2023 · Sanjeev Sachdeva; Manoj Jain · 2023:DHC:3554-DB

The Delhi High Court allowed withdrawal of an appeal against a divorce decree upon mutual settlement and undertakings by parties to withdraw related proceedings and claims.

family appeal_dismissed appeal withdrawal divorce decree mutual settlement undertaking

Neelam & Ors. v. Bajaj Allianz Insurance Company Ltd & Ors.

18 May 2023 · Rekha Palli · 2023:DHC:3486

The Delhi High Court allowed the claimants' appeal enhancing compensation by applying Delhi minimum wages for the deceased's loss of dependency, holding that unchallenged evidence established his livelihood in Delhi.

civil appeal_allowed Significant Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 compensation loss of dependency minimum wages

FYBROS ELECTRIC PVT LTD v. MUKESH SINGH & ANR.

18 May 2023 · C. Hari Shankar · 2023:DHC:3484

The Delhi High Court allowed the petition to remove a deceptively similar trademark registered for identical goods, applying Section 11(1)(b) and Section 57(2) of the Trade Marks Act, 1999, emphasizing phonetic similarity and likelihood of confusion.

intellectual_property petition_allowed Significant Trade Marks Act 1999 Section 11(1)(b) Section 57(2) phonetic similarity

Bishan Das Goyal HUF v. The Pr. Commissioner of Income Tax-14

18 May 2023 · Vibhu Bakhru; Amit Mahajan · 2023:DHC:3495-DB

The Delhi High Court upheld the Income Tax Settlement Commission's rejection of the petitioner's settlement application for certain assessment years due to absence of pending assessment proceedings under the Income Tax Act.

tax petition_dismissed Significant Income Tax Settlement Commission Section 245C(1) Section 245A(b) Assessment Year

Chetraneka Shri v. Ayan Jorwal & Ors.

18 May 2023 · Satish Chandra Sharma; Subramonium Prasad · 2023:DHC:3559-DB

The Delhi High Court held that sibling points in private unaided school admissions must be awarded regardless of the sibling's admission category, dismissing the school's appeal restricting such points to open category siblings.

administrative appeal_dismissed Significant private unaided school admission criteria sibling category points reserved category

Vikram Swami v. Union of India

18 May 2023 · Satish Chandra Sharma; Subramonium Prasad · 2023:DHC:4494-DB

Delhi High Court dismissed a PIL challenging Indian Navy’s recruitment short-listing criteria, holding the petitioner personally interested and the recruitment process lawful and non-arbitrary.

service_law petition_dismissed Significant Indian Navy recruitment Personnel below officer rank Short-listing criteria Public interest litigation

M/S Sustainable Luxury Gravity Global Pvt. Ltd. v. Estate Officer India Tourism Development Corporation & Anr.

18 May 2023 · Mini Pushkarna · 2023:DHC:3460

The Delhi High Court held that disputes relating to recovery of licence fees under the Public Premises Act are non-arbitrable and fall exclusively within the jurisdiction of the Estate Officer, dismissing the petitioner's challenge to the Estate Officer's order rejecting arbitration.

civil petition_dismissed Significant Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act, 1971 arbitrability exclusive jurisdiction Estate Officer

Mr Tarun Gulati, Senior Advocate. with Ms Priyanka Rathi, Mr Ashwani Chandrasekaran & Ms Shubhangi Gupta, Advocates. v. ADDITIONAL COMMISSIONER, CGST APPEALS - II, DELHI & ANR. .....

18 May 2023 · HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIBHU BAKHRU; HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT M... · 2023:DHC:3650-DB

The Delhi High Court held that McDonald's India Pvt. Ltd. is not an intermediary under the IGST Act for services rendered to McDonald's USA, set aside the rejection of input tax credit refund, and remanded the matter for fresh consideration.

tax appeal_allowed Significant Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 intermediary services place of supply export of services