Delhi High Court

58,104 judgments

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Satender Singh v. State of NCT of Delhi

24 Dec 2025 · Manoj Kumar Ohri · 2025:DHC:12042

The Delhi High Court affirmed convictions under Section 489C IPC for fake currency possession but modified sentences to the period already served, applying Supreme Court guidelines on release after substantial custody.

criminal sentence_modified Significant Section 489C IPC fake currency notes sentence modification Section 428 CrPC

XIAOMI TECHNOLOGY INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED & ANR. v. WWW.XIAOMI-INDIA.XYZ & ORS.

24 Dec 2025 · Prathiba M. Singh · 2025:DHC:12039

The Delhi High Court held that Domain Name Registrars must verify registrant identities and cooperate with trademark owners and law enforcement to prevent fraudulent use of domain names infringing registered trademarks, issuing comprehensive directions to multiple stakeholders to curb cyber fraud and protect intellectual property rights.

intellectual_property appeal_allowed Significant Domain Name Registrar Trademark Infringement Passing Off Privacy Protection Feature

Mother Dairy Fruit & Vegetable Pvt. Ltd. v. Kumar Prahlad & Anr.

24 Dec 2025 · Prathiba M. Singh · 2025:DHC:12012
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The Delhi High Court held that domain name registrars must exercise due diligence to prevent trademark infringement via fraudulent domain registrations and directed systemic reforms involving banks, law enforcement, and regulators to combat cyber fraud.

intellectual_property appeal_allowed Significant Domain Name Registrar Trademark Infringement Cyber Fraud Interim Injunction

HT MEDIA LTD v. POOJA SHARMA & ORS.

24 Dec 2025 · Prathiba M. Singh · 2025:DHC:12015

Delhi High Court directs comprehensive multi-stakeholder measures including Domain Name Registrars, banks, and law enforcement to prevent trademark infringement and cyber fraud via fraudulent domain names.

civil appeal_allowed Significant Domain Name Registrar Trademark Infringement Cyber Fraud Privacy Protect Feature

Emitec Gesellschaft Fur Emissionstechnologie MBH v. Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trademarks

24 Dec 2025 · Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora · 2025 SCC OnLine Del 8702

The Delhi High Court set aside the patent refusal order for lack of inventive step due to procedural defects and remanded the matter for fresh consideration applying the established five-step test.

intellectual_property appeal_allowed Significant inventive step Section 2(1)(ja) Patents Act patent refusal prior art

Dhruv Narayan Singh v. Arif Masood

24 Dec 2025 · Jyoti Singh · 2025:DHC:11883
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The Delhi High Court dismissed the Respondent's application to reject the election petition at the threshold, holding that the petition discloses a cause of action and the disputed bank letters are prima facie genuine, requiring trial on merits.

constitutional appeal_dismissed Significant Election petition Order VII Rule 11 CPC Representation of the People Act, 1951 Corrupt practices

TATA SKY LIMITED v. S G ENTERPREISES – TATA SKY SALES AND SERVICES AND ORS.

24 Dec 2025 · Prathiba M. Singh · 2025:DHC:12004
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The Delhi High Court held that domain registrars and banks must implement robust verification and cooperation mechanisms to prevent trademark infringement and cyber fraud via fraudulent domain names, granting interim injunctions and issuing systemic directions to stakeholders.

intellectual_property appeal_allowed Significant domain name infringement trademark passing off domain name registrar obligations interim injunction

Resham Priyadarshini v. Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs

24 Dec 2025 · Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora · 2025:DHC:12035

The Delhi High Court allowed the appeal against the refusal of a patent application, holding that the claims were sufficiently clear when read with dependent claims and specification, and remanded the matter for fresh consideration of inventive step.

intellectual_property appeal_allowed Significant Patents Act, 1970 Section 10(4)(c) Section 10(5) Section 2(1)(ja)

THE CAPITAL GROUP COMPANIES, INC v. ASHOK KUMAR & ORS.

24 Dec 2025 · Prathiba M. Singh · 2025:DHC:12060

The Delhi High Court held that domain name registrars must exercise due diligence and cooperate with law enforcement to prevent trademark infringement and cyber fraud through fraudulent domain registrations, directing systemic reforms and injunctions against infringing parties.

intellectual_property appeal_allowed Significant Domain Name Registrar Trademark Infringement Domain Name System Privacy Protect Feature

Pradeep Batra v. Kuldip Singh Verma

24 Dec 2025 · Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora · 2025:DHC:12033
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The Delhi High Court dismissed the suit for specific performance of an oral agreement to sell due to the Plaintiff's failure to prima facie prove continuous readiness and willingness, particularly financial capacity, to perform the contract.

civil petition_dismissed Significant specific performance readiness and willingness oral agreement to sell financial capacity

Meta Platforms Inc v. Noufel Malol & Anr.

24 Dec 2025 · Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora · 2025:DHC:12032

The Delhi High Court held that substantial compliance with a permanent injunction and delayed payment of damages satisfies the decree, rejecting additional costs and restitutionary claims due to the decree holder's own delay in enforcement.

civil petition_dismissed Significant permanent injunction trademark infringement execution petition substantial compliance

Dipak Prasad v. Sangita Kumari

24 Dec 2025 · Amit Mahajan · 2025:DHC:12020

The Delhi High Court enhanced interim maintenance from ₹21,000 to ₹23,000 per month based on the petitioner/husband’s net income after statutory deductions, rejecting claims of parental dependency and applying the 'Family Resource Cake' principle.

family appeal_allowed Significant interim maintenance Section 125 CrPC net disposable income statutory deductions

Sh Rakesh and Ors. v. The State NCT of Delhi and Anr.

24 Dec 2025 · Amit Mahajan · 2025:DHC:11943

The Delhi High Court quashed a noncompoundable matrimonial offence FIR under Section 498A IPC based on an amicable settlement, exercising inherent powers under Section 528 BNSS to prevent abuse of court process.

criminal petition_allowed Significant quashing of FIR Section 498A IPC inherent powers of High Court Section 528 BNSS

Abdul Abbas @ Abbas Bilal v. State of NCT of Delhi & Anr.

24 Dec 2025 · Amit Mahajan · 2025:DHC:11964

The Delhi High Court quashed a stalking-related FIR under Section 354D IPC on compromise grounds, emphasizing the inherent power to quash non-compoundable offences where the complainant no longer wishes to proceed.

criminal petition_allowed Significant quashing of FIR Section 354D IPC inherent powers of High Court Section 528 BNSS

Ganesh Dhar v. State Govt of NCT of Delhi & Anr.

24 Dec 2025 · Amit Mahajan · 2025:DHC:12024
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The Delhi High Court quashed a non-compoundable matrimonial offence FIR under Sections 498A and 406 IPC on the ground of amicable settlement, exercising inherent powers under Section 528 BNSS.

criminal petition_allowed Significant quashing of FIR Section 498A IPC inherent powers of High Court Section 528 BNSS

Vinod Kumar Jha v. CBI; Vijender Rana v. Central Bureau of Investigation; Abhishek Verma v. CBI

24 Dec 2025 · Amit Mahajan · 2025:DHC:11892

The Delhi High Court upheld the trial court's order framing charges under the Official Secrets Act, ruling that investigation and filing of police report by CBI is permissible and Section 210 CrPC applies to club complaint and chargesheet proceedings to avoid parallel trials.

criminal appeal_dismissed Significant Official Secrets Act, 1923 Section 210 CrPC Clubbing of complaint and chargesheet Cognizance on complaint

Rakesh Kumar Gulati v. Directorate of Enforcement

24 Dec 2025 · Amit Mahajan · 2025:DHC:11894
Cites 1 · Cited by 1

The Delhi High Court dismissed the petition challenging the cognizance order under PMLA, holding that absence of pre-cognizance hearing does not vitiate the order without demonstrated prejudice and that delay in raising such objection disentitles relief.

criminal appeal_dismissed Significant cognizance pre-cognizance hearing Prevention of Money-Laundering Act, 2002 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

Moin Akhtar Qureshi v. Central Bureau of Investigation

24 Dec 2025 · Neena Bansal Krishna · 2025:DHC:11909
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The Delhi High Court upheld the order directing the accused to provide voice samples for investigation, ruling that such direction does not violate constitutional protections against self-incrimination and is permissible under judicial interpretation and procedural safeguards.

criminal petition_dismissed Significant voice sample self-incrimination Article 20(3) Section 482 CrPC

J. Vasanthan v. State

24 Dec 2025 · Neena Bansal Krishna · 2025:DHC:11912

Anticipatory bail was denied to an advocate accused of fraudulent enrolment using forged degree certificates, emphasizing the need to protect the integrity of the legal profession and justice system.

criminal appeal_dismissed Significant anticipatory bail fraudulent enrolment Bar Council of Delhi fake degree

Pr. Commissioner of Income Tax -7, Delhi v. M/S TCK Advisers Pvt. Ltd.

24 Dec 2025 · V. Kameswar Rao; Vinod Kumar · 2025:DHC:11972-DB
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The Delhi High Court dismissed the revenue's appeal challenging the exclusion of certain comparables in transfer pricing assessment, upholding the DRP and ITAT's factual findings on functional dissimilarity and application of export turnover filter.

tax appeal_dismissed Significant transfer pricing arm's length price comparables Dispute Resolution Panel