Delhi High Court

32,492 judgments

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Himani @ Monika Goyal v. Ashish Goyal

01 Jul 2025 · Navin Chawla; Renu Bhatnagar · 2025:DHC:5063-DB

The Delhi High Court upheld a divorce decree on grounds of mental cruelty caused by the appellant's false criminal allegations, emphasizing the need for credible evidence in matrimonial disputes.

family appeal_dismissed Significant cruelty divorce mental cruelty Hindu Marriage Act

Sachin Kumar Daksh v. Mamta Gola & Ors.

01 Jul 2025 · Navin Chawla; Renu Bhatnagar · 2025:DHC:5062-DB

The Delhi High Court upheld the Family Court's order granting maintenance to the wife and minor child under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act, rejecting the husband's appeal alleging concealment of income and improper maintenance assessment.

family appeal_dismissed Significant maintenance pendente lite Hindu Marriage Act Section 24 concealment of income earning capacity

Roshan Real Estates Pvt Ltd v. Government of NCT of Delhi

01 Jul 2025 · Jasmeet Singh · 2025:DHC:5130

The Delhi High Court terminated the mandate of a court-appointed arbitrator due to statutory disqualification arising from a prior professional relationship with a party, emphasizing the necessity of impartiality under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.

civil petition_allowed Significant Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 Section 12(5) Section 14(1)(a) Seventh Schedule

Ram Kawar Garg v. Just Trade Securities Limited

01 Jul 2025 · Jasmeet Singh · 2025:DHC:5129
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The Delhi High Court set aside the time-barred appellate arbitral award under Section 34 of the Arbitration Act, holding that prescribed timelines in NSE Bye-Laws and SEBI Circulars are mandatory and delay renders the arbitral tribunal functus officio.

civil petition_allowed Significant Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 Section 34 NSE Bye-Laws SEBI Circular

National Highways Authority of India v. South Indian Bank Ltd and Union Bank of India Ltd & Anr.

01 Jul 2025 · Jasmeet Singh · 2025:DHC:5126

The Delhi High Court upheld the arbitral award directing NHAI to deposit Termination Payment, holding that the Concession Agreement forms part of the Escrow and Substitution Agreements and that the Provisional Completion Certificate could not be kept in abeyance after issuance.

civil petition_dismissed Significant Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 Section 34 challenge Concession Agreement Escrow Agreement

Belvedere Resources DMCC v. OCL Iron and Steel Ltd & Ors.

01 Jul 2025 · Jasmeet Singh · 2025:DHC:5128
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Delhi High Court dismissed Section 9 petition for interim security in arbitration dispute due to lack of territorial jurisdiction and absence of prima facie case for attachment of assets.

civil petition_dismissed Significant Arbitration Agreement Section 9 Arbitration and Conciliation Act Territorial Jurisdiction Unliquidated Damages

M/S VIVA INFRAVENTURE PVT. LTD. v. NEW OKHLA INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

01 Jul 2025 · Jasmeet Singh · 2025:DHC:5127

The Delhi High Court dismissed the petition seeking extension of arbitrator's mandate for lack of territorial jurisdiction, holding that the exclusive jurisdiction clause conferring jurisdiction on Gautam Budh Nagar courts prevails over the arbitrator's procedural order fixing Delhi as the seat of arbitration.

civil petition_dismissed Significant arbitration seat exclusive jurisdiction clause Section 29A Arbitration Act Section 11 Arbitration Act

Amrit Pal Singh v. Directorate of Enforcement

01 Jul 2025 · Ravinder Dudeja · 2025:DHC:5118
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The Delhi High Court dismissed anticipatory bail to the petitioner in a PMLA money laundering case due to failure to satisfy statutory conditions, evasion of summons, and necessity of custodial interrogation.

criminal appeal_dismissed Significant anticipatory bail Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 Section 45 PMLA Section 50 PMLA summons

Nimisha Bhagat v. Rashi Misra

01 Jul 2025 · Ravinder Dudeja · 2025:DHC:5119

The Delhi High Court allowed a petition under Article 227 to set aside the trial court's dismissal of a pre-trial amendment application under Order 6 Rule 17 CPC, emphasizing a liberal approach to amendments to determine real controversies and rejecting premature merit-based scrutiny.

civil appeal_allowed Significant Order 6 Rule 17 CPC amendment of pleadings limitation pre-trial amendment

VIP Industries Ltd v. Carlton Shoes Ltd

01 Jul 2025 · C. Hari Shankar; Ajay Digpaul · 2025:DHC:5042-DB

The Delhi High Court held that goodwill for passing off must be established in India for specific goods, upheld CSL's prior user and goodwill in the CARLTON mark for Class 18 goods, and affirmed injunction restraining VIP from using the mark for luggage.

civil appeal_allowed Significant passing off goodwill priority of user trademark infringement

M/S PRODUCTS AND IDEAS (INDIA) PVT. LTD v. NILKAMAL LIMITED AND ORS

01 Jul 2025 · Amit Bansal · 2025:DHC:5052

The Delhi High Court vacated an interim injunction restraining defendants from using the mark 'STELLA', holding that prior use and authorized resale of genuine goods under the trademark by defendants preclude infringement claims by the plaintiff.

civil appeal_allowed Significant Trademark infringement Prior user rights Section 34 Trade Marks Act International exhaustion

Noida Dhatu Pvt. Ltd. v. Udai Continentals & Anr.

01 Jul 2025 · Shalinder Kaur · 2025:DHC:5092

The Delhi High Court upheld the acquittal of a respondent in a cheque dishonor case, holding that only the sole proprietor of a proprietorship concern can be held liable under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act.

criminal appeal_dismissed Significant Section 138 Negotiable Instruments Act proprietorship liability dishonored cheque vicarious liability

Kroll Information Assurance, LLC v. The Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks and Ors

01 Jul 2025 · Amit Bansal · 2025:DHC:5096

The Delhi High Court upheld refusal of a patent application for a peer-to-peer network search system as a non-patentable computer programme per se lacking technical effect, while allowing claim amendments under Section 59.

intellectual_property appeal_dismissed Significant Patents Act 1970 Section 3(k) computer programme per se algorithm

Vimal Nanda & Anr v. Registrar of Companies NCT of Delhi & Haryana

01 Jul 2025 · Neena Bansal Krishna · 2025:DHC:5328

The Delhi High Court held that directors whose resignations were not filed with the ROC remain liable as officers in default and upheld the compounding fine while reducing it on humanitarian grounds.

corporate appeal_dismissed Significant Companies Act, 1956 officer in default compounding of offences resignation of directors

Akashdeep Mathur & Anr. v. Shaifali Mathur

01 Jul 2025 · Tara Vitasta Ganju · 2025:DHC:5401

The Delhi High Court upheld the trial court's order rejecting the petitioners' application to dismiss a partition suit plaint, holding that the plaint disclosed a cause of action and that civil court jurisdiction was not barred under the Delhi Cooperative Society Act.

civil appeal_dismissed Significant Order VII Rule 11 CPC cause of action jurisdiction bar Delhi Cooperative Society Act, 2003

Union of India & Ors v. Col. Balbir Singh (Retd.)

01 Jul 2025 · Shalinder Kaur; Navin Chawla · 2025:DHC:5082-DB

The Delhi High Court upheld the Armed Forces Tribunal's grant of disability pension to retired personnel, affirming that disabilities assessed as attributable or aggravated by service under the Entitlement Rules, 2008, warrant pension despite RMB's contrary opinion.

administrative petition_dismissed Significant disability pension Armed Forces Tribunal Release Medical Board Entitlement Rules 2008

H S Banga v. The Nav Jagriti CGHS Ltd.

01 Jul 2025 · Prathiba M. Singh; Rajneesh Kumar Gupta · 2025:DHC:5222-DB

The Delhi High Court directed possession of flat no.10 to be handed over to original member H.S. Banga, affirming his membership rights despite competing claims, and clarified procedural norms for membership substitution in cooperative housing societies.

property appeal_allowed Significant Cooperative Group Housing Society Membership termination Substitution of membership Flat allotment

M/S MGI (INDIA) PVT LTD v. M/S INTERNATIONAL DESIGN & ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS PVT LTD

01 Jul 2025 · Subramonium Prasad; Amit Bansal · 2025:DHC:5187-DB

The Delhi High Court upheld the enforceability of a non-hire clause between contracting parties, setting aside an arbitral award that had declared it void as a restraint of trade.

civil appeal_dismissed Significant non-hire clause non-solicitation clause restraint of trade Section 27 Indian Contract Act

Deepti Khatana v. Rahul Khatana

01 Jul 2025 · Navin Chawla; Renu Bhatnagar · 2025:DHC:5061-DB

The Delhi High Court upheld an ex-parte divorce decree on grounds of cruelty and desertion, dismissed the appeal for delay and merit, and held the respondent's remarriage valid as the appeal was filed beyond limitation.

family appeal_dismissed Significant ex-parte divorce cruelty desertion Hindu Marriage Act, 1955

Budhi Ballabh Tamta v. Union of India & Ors.

01 Jul 2025 · Navin Chawla; Shalinder Kaur · 2025:DHC:5076-DB
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The Delhi High Court upheld the validity of Rule 43 of the CGGPRA Rules limiting retention of government accommodation at Non-Family Stations to three years, holding it not arbitrary or violative of Article 14, balancing CAPF personnel’s interests with housing shortages.

administrative appeal_dismissed Significant Central Armed Police Forces General Pool Residential Accommodation Rules Non-Family Stations Retention of government accommodation