Delhi High Court

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EICORE TECHNOLOGIES PVT. LTD. v. EEXPEDISE TECHNOLOGIES PVT. LTD.

03 Apr 2017 · Jyoti Singh · 2022:DHC:4831
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The Delhi High Court allowed the plaintiffs to file additional documents discovered post-suit filing under Order XI Rule 1(5) CPC, while disallowing documents already in plaintiffs' possession without reasonable cause, emphasizing procedural compliance in commercial suits.

civil other Significant Order XI Rule 1(5) CPC reasonable cause additional documents commercial suit

Benara Solar Private Limited v. Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited & Anr.

30 Mar 2017 · Prateek Jalan · 2024:DHC:3025

The Delhi High Court upheld an arbitral award denying contractual incentive for delayed project completion beyond six months, holding that no incentive is payable despite excusable delay and rejecting the petitioner’s plea of duress in accepting a revised incentive scheme.

civil petition_dismissed Significant Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 Section 34 challenge Contractual incentive Time extension

Bumi Geo Engineering Ltd v. Ircon International Ltd

25 Mar 2017 · C. Hari Shankar · 2024:DHC:4957
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The Delhi High Court held that service of an arbitral award must be effected directly by the arbitrator to the party, and since valid service occurred only on 25 March 2017, the petition filed thereafter was within limitation.

civil appeal_allowed Significant Arbitral award service Section 31(5) Arbitration Act Section 34 limitation Valid service of award

Raghunath Singh v. Union of India & Ors.

21 Mar 2017 · V. Kameswar Rao; Anoop Kumar Mendiratta · 2023:DHC:6291-DB
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The Delhi High Court upheld the Tribunal’s order granting actual promotion benefits to the petitioner only from the date of the order, rejecting his claim for backdated actual benefits from 2003.

administrative petition_dismissed notional promotion actual benefits Central Administrative Tribunal promotion date

Delhi Transport Corporation v. Rajinder Kumar Modi

21 Mar 2017 · C. Hari Shankar; Ajay Digpaul · 2025:DHC:2165-DB
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The Delhi High Court upheld that failure to opt out of the CPF scheme under the 1992 Office Order results in automatic switching to the Pension Scheme, entitling the employee to pension benefits.

administrative appeal_dismissed Significant Contributory Provident Fund Pension Scheme Office Order 27 November 1992 Deemed pension optee

DR REDDYS LABORATORIES LIMITED v. SMART LABORATORIES PVT LTD

15 Mar 2017 · C. Hari Shankar · 2023:DHC:8214

The Delhi High Court granted interlocutory injunction to the plaintiff against the defendant's use of the deceptively similar trademark AZIWAKE, holding that urgent interim relief was justified and pre-institution mediation was not required under Section 12A of the Commercial Courts Act.

intellectual_property appeal_allowed Significant Trademark infringement Passing off Deceptive similarity Section 12A Commercial Courts Act

EXTRAMARKS EDUCATION INDIA PVT. LTD. v. ST. JOSEPH KINDERGARDEN & ORS.

08 Mar 2017 · C. Hari Shankar · 2024:DHC:5055

The Delhi High Court appointed a sole arbitrator under Section 11(6) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 to resolve a dispute arising under an agreement containing an arbitration clause empowering the petitioner to appoint the arbitrator.

arbitration appeal_allowed Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 Section 11(6) appointment of arbitrator arbitration clause

Union of India v. Ram Singh Yadav & Ors.

23 Feb 2017 · C. Hari Shankar; Ajay Digpaul · 2025:DHC:866-DB
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The Delhi High Court upheld the Tribunal's order granting contract nurses basic pay and DA at par with regular nurses, deferring other allowances pending Supreme Court decision.

administrative appeal_dismissed Significant contract nurses pay parity basic pay Dearness Allowance

Municipal Corporation of Delhi v. Anil Kumar & Ors.

13 Feb 2017 · C. Hari Shankar; Sudhir Kumar Jain · 2024:DHC:7866-DB
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The Delhi High Court dismissed the MCD's appeal, upholding the Industrial Tribunal's award directing regularisation of muster roll Malis based on binding admissions by the employer's witness and established principles limiting writ court interference.

labor appeal_dismissed Significant Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 Section 25-F regularisation muster roll workers

Triad India & Anr. v. Tribal Cooperative Marketing & Development Federation of India Limited

08 Feb 2017 · C. Hari Shankar · 2024:DHC:5923

The Delhi High Court held that Section 12(5) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, as inserted by the 2015 Amendment, does not apply to arbitral proceedings commenced before the amendment, upholding the validity of the arbitral award despite the arbitrator's relationship with the respondent.

civil petition_dismissed Significant Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 Section 12(5) Section 26 of 2015 Amendment Act Arbitral proceedings commencement

Shri Ramvir Giri and Ors. v. South Delhi Municipal Corporation and Anr.

19 Jan 2017 · C. Hari Shankar; Sudhir Kumar Jain · 2024:DHC:7905-DB
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The Delhi High Court set aside the CAT's order rejecting regularisation of Chowkidars for failure to consider relevant documents and remanded the matter for fresh expeditious adjudication.

administrative appeal_allowed Significant regularisation daily wager Chowkidar Central Administrative Tribunal

All India Institute of Medical Sciences v. Gopal Chandra Sahoo

17 Jan 2017 · C. Hari Shankar; Anoop Kumar Mendiratta · 2024:DHC:8949-DB

The Delhi High Court upheld the Tribunal's quashing of disciplinary proceedings against an AIIMS employee due to lack of credible evidence, emphasizing that charges must be proved on a preponderance of probability with credible corroboration.

administrative petition_dismissed Significant disciplinary proceedings preponderance of probability no evidence corroboration

N C Jindal Public School v. Directorate of Education

14 Dec 2016 · C. Hari Shankar · 2024:DHC:722
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The Delhi High Court set aside the committee's order directing refund of excess development fees, holding that the school lawfully increased fees only from the permitted date and not retrospectively.

administrative appeal_allowed Significant development fee fee hike 6th Central Pay Commission Delhi School Education Act 1973

Chandan Prajapati v. Suresh Kumar Azad

14 Dec 2016 · C. Hari Shankar; Ajay Digpaul · 2025:DHC:1486-DB
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The Delhi High Court upheld the CAT's order setting aside disciplinary proceedings for failure to prove documents through witnesses, reaffirming that documents alone cannot establish charges in departmental inquiries.

administrative appeal_dismissed Significant departmental disciplinary proceedings proof of documents quasi-judicial inquiry witness testimony

Sanjay Tyagi v. Delhi Development Authority

25 Nov 2016 · C. Hari Shankar · 2024:DHC:7082
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The Delhi High Court appointed an arbitrator under Section 11(5) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 and directed disputes to be resolved under the Delhi International Arbitration Centre, overruling an unworkable arbitration clause.

civil petition_allowed Significant Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 Section 11(5) Appointment of arbitrator Delhi International Arbitration Centre

M/S Kotak Mahindra Prime Ltd v. Manav Sethi & Anr.

15 Nov 2016 · C. Hari Shankar · 2024:DHC:5255

A Section 21 notice invoking arbitration is mandatory before filing a Section 11(6) petition for appointment of an arbitrator; absence of such notice renders the petition not maintainable.

arbitration appeal_dismissed Significant Section 21 notice Section 11(6) petition Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 Unilateral appointment of arbitrator

National Highway Authority of India v. GVK Jaipur Expressway Pvt. Ltd.

09 Nov 2016 · C. Hari Shankar · 2023:DHC:8818

The Delhi High Court upheld an arbitral award granting compensation to a toll operator for loss of revenue due to statutory suspension of toll collection following demonetization, holding the event constituted a change in law under the concession agreement.

administrative appeal_dismissed Significant Change in Law Concession Agreement Demonetization Toll Collection

Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd. v. General Secretary, All India Kamgar Union

26 Oct 2016 · Chandra Dhari Singh · 2024:DHC:1946

The Delhi High Court set aside a labor commissioner's award directing equal pay to contract workers, holding that no employer-employee relationship existed between the principal employer and contractor's employees performing dissimilar work.

labor appeal_allowed Significant equal pay for equal work contract labour principal to principal contract employer-employee relationship

Delhi Police v. Ajit Singh

25 Oct 2016 · C. Hari Shankar; Ajay Digpaul · 2024 SCC OnLine Del 8862
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The Delhi High Court upheld that acquittal on benefit of doubt in criminal proceedings bars departmental action under Rule 12 of DPPAR, leading to quashing of disciplinary proceedings and reinstatement of the police officer.

administrative petition_dismissed Significant acquittal on benefit of doubt departmental proceedings Delhi Police (Punishment and Appeals) Rules, 1980 Rule 12 DPPAR

Sub-Inspector Deovert Upadhyay & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors.

25 Oct 2016 · C. Hari Shankar; Ajay Digpaul · 2025:DHC:2921-DB
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The Delhi High Court held that downward pay fixation without notice and recovery of excess payments beyond five years are impermissible, quashing such orders against CISF Assistant Sub Inspectors.

administrative petition_allowed Significant downward pay fixation recovery of excess payment notice requirement Fundamental Rule 27