Delhi High Court

30,090 judgments

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GSP Crop Science Ltd. v. BR Agrotech Limited and Anr

25 Jul 2025 · Saurabh Banerjee · 2025:DHC:6055

The Delhi High Court held that a seller who admitted selling a patented agrochemical formulation without consent infringed the patent, granting judgment on admission under Order XII Rule 6 CPC and awarding damages to the patentee.

civil appeal_allowed Significant Patent infringement Indian Patent No. 3945681 Order XII Rule 6 CPC Section 48 Patents Act

Ashish Tyagi v. State Through NCT of Delhi

25 Jul 2025 · Girish Kathpalia · 2025:DHC:6049

The Delhi High Court granted bail to Ashish Tyagi due to lack of corroborative evidence linking him to the alleged offences, emphasizing that mere telephonic connectivity and mobile location data are insufficient to deny liberty.

criminal appeal_allowed bail telephonic connectivity mobile location data Call Detail Records

Dhyan Singh Bangari v. State (GNCT of Delhi)

25 Jul 2025 · Girish Kathpalia · 2025:DHC:6041

The Delhi High Court granted anticipatory bail to an accused agent-investor in a corporate fraud case, applying the principle of parity with similarly situated accused and considering his cooperation with investigation.

criminal appeal_allowed anticipatory bail Section 409 IPC Section 420 IPC Section 120B IPC

Mohd Alam v. State of NCT of Delhi

25 Jul 2025 · Girish Kathpalia · 2025:DHC:6065

The Delhi High Court allowed a petition directing release on furlough, emphasizing the necessity of written communication of surrender dates to convicts to prevent ambiguity and unjust punishment.

criminal appeal_allowed Significant furlough parole surrender date written communication

Pawan Kumar Singh v. The State N.C.T. of Delhi

25 Jul 2025 · Girish Kathpalia · 2025:DHC:6035

Anticipatory bail granted to accused in FIR under BNS offences where State raised no objection and accused agreed to cooperate with investigation.

criminal appeal_allowed anticipatory bail Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita FIR genuineness investigation cooperation

Mannu Kaushik & Ors. v. The State (NCT of Delhi) & Anr.

25 Jul 2025 · Girish Kathpalia

The Delhi High Court quashed cross FIRs arising from a group assault after parties compromised, subject to payment of costs, exercising its inherent powers under Section 482 CrPC.

criminal petition_allowed quashing of FIR compromise Section 482 CrPC cross FIRs

Union of India & Ors. v. Ex CPL Dilip Kumar Roy

25 Jul 2025 · C. Hari Shankar; Om Prakash Shukla · 2025 SCC OnLine Del 2355
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The Delhi High Court dismissed the Union of India's petition and upheld the Armed Forces Tribunal's grant of disability pension for Primary Hypertension, affirming the presumption of service attribution absent positive proof to the contrary.

administrative petition_dismissed Significant disability pension Primary Hypertension Armed Forces Tribunal Release Medical Board

Ankur Arora v. The State of NCT of Delhi

25 Jul 2025 · Arun Monga · 2025:DHC:6466
Cites 1 · Cited by 0

The Delhi High Court upheld the trial court’s refusal to recall a witness for cross-examination after a decade-long delay, emphasizing judicial discretion under Section 311 Cr.P.C. and preventing abuse of process.

criminal petition_dismissed Significant Section 311 Cr.P.C. recall of witness cross-examination delay in trial

Jawahar Lal v. State

25 Jul 2025 · Manoj Kumar Ohri · 2025:DHC:6074
Cites 2 · Cited by 0

The Delhi High Court allowed the appeal and acquitted the appellant due to unexplained delay, material contradictions, and lack of corroborative evidence undermining the prosecution's case under the POCSO Act and IPC.

criminal appeal_allowed Significant POCSO Act delay in FIR child witness testimony contradictions in evidence

Maninder Singh and Ors. v. The State (NCT of Delhi) and Anr

25 Jul 2025 · Ravinder Dudeja · 2025:DHC:6047
Cites 0 · Cited by 2

The Delhi High Court quashed an FIR under serious IPC charges based on a voluntary amicable settlement between parties, emphasizing the Court's power to end criminal proceedings to serve justice.

criminal petition_allowed Significant quashing of FIR amicable settlement Section 528 BNS abuse of process of law

Lalti Devi & Ors. v. Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Ors.

25 Jul 2025 · Tara Vitasta Ganju · 2025:DHC:6110

The Delhi High Court granted legal representatives of a deceased judgment debtor permission to agitate their contentions before the Employees’ Compensation authority and extended interim protection against recovery proceedings.

administrative petition_allowed Employees’ Compensation Act, 1923 recovery proceedings legal representatives interim protection

Randhir Singh @ Ballu & Ors. v. State Govt. of NCT Delhi & Anr.

25 Jul 2025 · Ravinder Dudeja · 2025:DHC:6059

The Delhi High Court quashed an FIR under Sections 498A, 406, and 34 IPC based on an amicable settlement and divorce between the parties, emphasizing the Court's power to end criminal proceedings where continuation would be unjust.

criminal petition_allowed Significant quashing of FIR Section 528 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita Section 498A IPC matrimonial dispute

Satkar Dabas v. The State NCT of Delhi & Anr.

25 Jul 2025 · Ravinder Dudeja · 2025:DHC:6071

The Delhi High Court quashed an FIR under IPC and POCSO Act based on an amicable settlement between parties, applying the principle that continuation of criminal proceedings would be an abuse of process.

criminal petition_allowed Significant quashing of FIR Section 528 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita amicable settlement compromise deed

Anshul v. Union of India and Ors.

25 Jul 2025 · Prateek Jalan · 2025:DHC:6076

The Delhi High Court directed reconsideration of a candidate's eligibility for a teaching post by examining the actual course content of her graduation degree, emphasizing the need for detailed scrutiny before rejecting candidature on educational grounds.

administrative other Significant eligibility criteria recruitment Trained Graduate Teacher educational qualifications

Engineering Projects (India) Limited v. MSA Global LLC (Oman)

25 Jul 2025 · Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav · 2025:DHC:6093
Cites 4 · Cited by 0

Delhi High Court held that Indian civil courts have jurisdiction to grant anti-arbitration injunctions in exceptional cases of oppressive foreign-seated arbitration proceedings involving arbitrator non-disclosure and upheld interim relief restraining continuation of ICC arbitration.

civil appeal_allowed Significant anti-arbitration injunction foreign seated arbitration jurisdiction of civil courts arbitrator impartiality

Vijay Kumar v. Mahinder Singh

25 Jul 2025 · Manoj Jain · 2025:DHC:6094

The High Court held that Order XXXVII Rule 4 CPC cannot be invoked to set aside a decree where the defendant has appeared and filed an application seeking leave to defend, and dismissed the petition accordingly.

civil petition_dismissed Order XXXVII Rule 4 CPC summary suit leave to defend default decree

7 Wonders International v. The Travel Professionals

25 Jul 2025 · Manoj Jain · 2025:DHC:6095

The Delhi High Court granted the defendant one final opportunity to cross-examine the plaintiff's witness in a long-pending recovery suit, imposing costs and directing expeditious trial.

civil appeal_allowed Order XVIII Rule 17 CPC recall of witness cross-examination delay in suit

Shama Gupta and Anr v. Rajesh Kumar Sharma & Anr

25 Jul 2025 · Manoj Jain · 2025:DHC:6097

The Delhi High Court dismissed the tenants' petitions challenging denial of cross-examination opportunity in eviction proceedings, emphasizing procedural diligence and timely disposal of old cases.

civil appeal_dismissed eviction petition cross-examination Rent Controller adjournment

Ashok Katyal and Anr v. Ashish Tikoo

25 Jul 2025 · Manoj Jain · 2025:DHC:6098

The Delhi High Court directed the Family Court to expedite the disposal of a guardianship petition for a special child, emphasizing the child's welfare and the need for timely justice.

family other Guardian and Wards Act, 1890 guardianship petition special child expeditious disposal

Naveen Handa v. Central Bureau Narcotics

25 Jul 2025 · Arun Monga · 2025:DHC:6090

The Delhi High Court granted bail to a licensed drug dealer accused under the NDPS Act, emphasizing procedural violations and absence of credible evidence of illicit sale, while applying the stringent twin test for bail under Section 37.

criminal appeal_allowed Significant NDPS Act bail Section 37 NDPS Act procedural compliance