Delhi High Court

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Madan Mohan v. Union of India

11 Sep 2017 · C. Hari Shankar; Anoop Kumar Mendiratta · 2025:DHC:1393-DB
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The Delhi High Court held that the Union Minister of Finance validly allocated disciplinary powers to the Minister of State within the Ministry, and such allocation does not amount to illegal sub-delegation, thereby upholding the charge-sheet approved by the Minister of State against a Group A officer.

administrative petition_dismissed Significant disciplinary authority Minister of Finance Minister of State allocation of business

Ambuj Hotel and Real Estate Pvt Ltd v. Ministry of Railways and Anr.

22 Aug 2017 · C. Hari Shankar · 2024 SCC Online SC 1754
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The Delhi High Court held that jurisdictional objections under multiple agreements should be decided by the Arbitral Tribunal and referred the dispute over catering services on the Telangana Express to arbitration.

civil appeal_allowed Significant Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 Section 11(6) kompetenz-kompetenz principle exclusive jurisdiction clause

DELHI POLICE v. MUKESH CHAND YADAV

22 Aug 2017 · C. Hari Shankar; Shalinder Kaur · 2024:DHC:7957-DB
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The Delhi High Court held that a dismissed employee is not entitled to leave encashment and no interest on GPF is payable if the fund is released immediately upon application, setting aside the CAT's contrary order.

administrative appeal_allowed leave encashment dismissal from service Central Civil Services (Leave) Rules, 1972 General Provident Fund

Tata Motors Limited v. Delhi Transport Corporation

16 Aug 2017 · C. Hari Shankar · 2024:DHC:5996
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The Delhi High Court held that the executing court must enforce post-award interest on the entire awarded amount including interest components as per the arbitral award, without excluding interest on interest, leaving legal objections to be addressed in substantive challenge proceedings.

civil appeal_allowed Significant arbitral award post-award interest interest on interest executing court

SERVOTECH ELECTRICALS PVT LTD v. PARSVNATH DEVELOPERS LTD

04 Aug 2017 · C. Hari Shankar · 2024:DHC:6451
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The Delhi High Court appointed an arbitrator under Section 11(6) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, holding that the existence of a valid arbitration agreement and timely petition mandates such appointment even if one party fails to act.

civil petition_allowed Significant Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 Section 11(6) Section 21 notice Appointment of arbitrator

Ms. Pinky Pawar v. Jagmohan

13 Jul 2017 · C. Hari Shankar; Anoop Kumar Mendiratta
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The Delhi High Court upheld the quashing of dismissal orders against postal assistants, holding that dismissal based solely on uncorroborated handwriting expert evidence and denial of relevant documents violates natural justice.

administrative petition_dismissed Significant disciplinary inquiry handwriting expert evidence natural justice CFSL report

Union of India & Ors. v. Sumit

13 Jul 2017 · C. Hari Shankar; Ajay Digpaul · 2025:DHC:1344-DB
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The High Court upheld the Tribunal's quashing of the respondent's removal from service, holding that reliance solely on an uncorroborated handwriting expert report and failure to provide relevant documents and witnesses violated natural justice and rendered the disciplinary inquiry invalid.

administrative appeal_dismissed Significant disciplinary proceedings Rule 14 CCS(CCA) Rules natural justice handwriting expert evidence

Raj Kumar Roy v. Reserve Bank of India and Ors

05 Jul 2017 · Manoj Jain · 2025:DHC:1639
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The Delhi High Court set aside the classification of the petitioner's bank account as 'fraud' due to non-supply of material documents and lack of personal hearing, directing the bank to comply with natural justice and RBI guidelines before passing any further order.

administrative appeal_allowed Significant natural justice fraud classification bank account forensic audit report

Manish Kumar Sachar v. U.O.I & Ors.

04 Jul 2017 · C. Hari Shankar; Ajay Digpaul · 2025:DHC:3982-DB
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The Delhi High Court held that disciplinary authorities must provide the UPSC's advisory opinion to the delinquent employee before imposing punishment, following the earlier Supreme Court precedent, and quashed the impugned order for non-communication.

administrative petition_allowed Significant Union Public Service Commission disciplinary proceedings natural justice communication of UPSC advice

Central Electricity Regulatory Commission v. The Additional Director Directorate General of GST Intelligence

28 Jun 2017 · Yashwant Varma; Dharmesh Sharma · 2025:DHC:168-DB
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The Delhi High Court held that fees collected by electricity regulatory commissions in discharge of their statutory regulatory and quasi-judicial functions are not liable to GST under the CGST and IGST Acts.

tax petition_allowed Significant Central Electricity Regulatory Commission Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission Goods and Services Tax CGST Act, 2017

M/S THE ORIENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED v. ADDITIONAL COMMISSIONER CGST DELHI NORTH & ANR.

28 Jun 2017 · Prathiba M. Singh; Shail Jain · 2025:DHC:8799-DB
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The Delhi High Court held that the GST liability on reinsurance services for the period 01.07.2017 to 24.01.2018 is regularized by the GST Council's circular and extended the benefit of such regularization to the petitioner despite earlier adverse orders.

tax appeal_allowed Significant GST liability reinsurance services insurance schemes GST Council

FIVESTAR DEHYDRATION PRIVATE LIMITED v. UNION OF INDIA

09 Jun 2017 · C. Hari Shankar · 2021:DHC:1210
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The Delhi High Court appointed an arbitrator under Section 11(6) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 after the respondent defaulted in complying with the arbitration clause in a contract dispute over supply specifications.

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

Vijay Kumar Ojha v. Samsung India Electronics Pvt. Ltd.

09 Jun 2017 · Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora · 2025:DHC:2971
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The Delhi High Court dismissed the defendant's belated objection to territorial jurisdiction, holding that failure to raise such objection before framing issues results in waiver under Section 21 CPC.

civil appeal_dismissed Significant territorial jurisdiction Section 21 CPC Order VII Rule 10 CPC cause of action

The Chairman, New Delhi Municipal Council v. Dr. G. S. Thind

30 May 2017 · C. Hari Shankar; Ajay Digpaul · 2025:DHC:492-DB

The Delhi High Court upheld the validity of pension withdrawal proceedings under Rule 9(1) of the CCS (Pension) Rules against retired NDMC officers convicted of corruption, quashing the Tribunal's contrary findings.

administrative appeal_allowed Significant Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972 show cause notice pension withdrawal disciplinary proceedings

Raman Suri v. Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission and Ors.

24 May 2017 · D. N. Patel; C. Hari Shankar · 2019:DHC:3405-DB

The Delhi High Court held that establishing a separate police station for electricity theft is a policy decision beyond judicial mandate and directed respondents to implement existing enforcement measures and committee suggestions.

administrative petition_dismissed electricity theft Aggregate Technical and Commercial losses separate police station District Investigation Unit

Dr. Rahul Bhayana v. Dr. Rohit Bhayana & Anr.

19 May 2017 · C. Hari Shankar · 2024:DHC:6341
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The Delhi High Court held that under Section 11(6) of the Arbitration Act, the court's role is limited to prima facie existence of an arbitration agreement and appointed an arbitrator, leaving issues of arbitrability and fraud to the arbitral tribunal.

arbitration petition_allowed Significant Section 11(6) Arbitration Act arbitration agreement appointment of arbitrator scope of judicial interference

M/S SRIRAM CABLES PVT. LTD. v. UNION OF INDIA

18 May 2017 · C. Hari Shankar · 2024:DHC:6344
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The Delhi High Court held that no fresh Section 21 notice is required before appointing a fresh arbitrator after an arbitral award is set aside due to unilateral appointment, and accordingly appointed a new arbitrator under Section 11(6) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.

arbitration appeal_allowed Significant Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 Section 11(6) Section 21 notice unilateral appointment of arbitrator

Staff Selection Commission v. Darpan Sharma

12 May 2017 · C. Hari Shankar; Anoop Kumar Mendiratta · 2024:DHC:9059-DB
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The Delhi High Court upheld the Tribunal’s order directing evaluation of the respondent’s answer sheet despite a technical error in OMR coding, affirming that non-substantive procedural lapses should not bar meritorious candidates from public employment.

administrative appeal_dismissed Significant OMR sheet Test Form Number Combined Graduate Level Examination Staff Selection Commission

Glocal Medical College Super Speciality Hospital and Research Centre v. Union of India & Anr.

05 May 2017 · Anu Malhotra · 2019:DHC:4377

The Delhi High Court upheld the Medical Council of India's denial of renewal of permission for MBBS admissions to a medical college due to gross deficiencies and obstruction of inspections, emphasizing deference to expert regulatory authority.

administrative petition_dismissed Significant Medical Council of India Section 10A Indian Medical Council Act Renewal of permission Medical college inspection

Laxmi Memorial Public School v. Suresch Chand Gupta

26 Apr 2017 · C. Hari Shankar · 2023:DHC:8312
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The Delhi High Court upheld the finding that Respondent 1 was an employee of the petitioner school and dismissed the Review Petition challenging this on the ground of overage, reaffirming the limited scope of judicial review under Article 226.

labor petition_dismissed Significant employment relationship termination without due process judicial review Article 226