Delhi High Court

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Ashima Infrastructure Pvt Ltd v. Parsvnath Developers Ltd

07 Apr 2025 · Navin Chawla; Renu Bhatnagar · 2025:DHC:2412-DB

The Delhi High Court dismissed the application to condone a 400-day delay in restoring a dismissed appeal, holding that internal disputes and the custody of one director do not justify such delay for a company.

civil appeal_dismissed condonation of delay restoration application company as artificial person internal management differences

Union of India v. Navneet Rajan Wasan

07 Apr 2025 · Navin Chawla; Renu Bhatnagar · 2025:DHC:2413-DB

The Delhi High Court dismissed the Union of India's writ petition challenging a CAT order due to an unexplained delay of over five years, leaving the substantive issue open for future proceedings.

administrative petition_dismissed delay in filing laches condonation of delay writ petition

Waraich and Kritarth Upadhaya v. Laali Meena

07 Apr 2025 · Navin Chawla; Renu Bhatnagar · 2025:DHC:2385-DB

The Delhi High Court allowed the Staff Selection Commission’s appeal, setting aside the Tribunal’s order directing a fresh medical examination, holding that consistent medical findings of unfitness cannot be overturned without proper scrutiny.

administrative appeal_allowed Significant Detailed Medical Examination Review Medical Examination Low Haemoglobin Recruitment fitness

ILD Housing Projects Pvt Ltd v. Competition Commission of India

07 Apr 2025 · Sachin Datta · 2025:DHC:2550

The Delhi High Court upheld the Competition Commission's dismissal of a Section 42 application for non-compliance, directing petitioners to file fresh information for investigation regarding EDC levy disputes with Haryana's Town and Country Planning Department.

administrative appeal_dismissed Significant Competition Act, 2002 Section 42 External Development Charges Interim order

Azad Kaur v. State Govt. of NCT of Delhi and Ors.

07 Apr 2025 · Ravinder Dudeja · 2025:DHC:2552

The Delhi High Court held that Magistrates have discretionary power under Section 156(3) CrPC to refuse police investigation even in cognizable offence complaints, and such discretion was rightly exercised in this case.

criminal petition_dismissed Significant Section 156(3) CrPC police investigation discretion cognizable offence Section 202 CrPC

Bindu Govind v. Union of India & Ors.

07 Apr 2025 · Prathiba M. Singh; Rajneesh Kumar Gupta · 2025:DHC:2519-DB
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The Delhi High Court set aside the detention and confiscation of personal gold jewellery due to non-issuance of Show Cause Notice and denial of personal hearing, ordering its release to the petitioner.

administrative petition_allowed Significant Customs Act, 1962 Show Cause Notice Personal hearing Gold jewellery

Microsoft Licensing GP v. Commissioner of Customs Import New Delhi

07 Apr 2025 · Prathiba M. Singh; Rajneesh Kumar Gupta · 2025:DHC:2518-DB

The Delhi High Court restored Customs Department appeals before CESTAT, holding DRI officers as proper officers under Section 28 Customs Act, following Supreme Court's overruling of Mangli Impex and upholding retrospective validation of show cause notices.

administrative appeal_allowed Significant Directorate of Revenue Intelligence Proper Officer Section 28 Customs Act Show Cause Notice

Mr. Bharat Gupta, Mr. Rohan Mandal, Ms. Swapnil Shukla v. UOI AND ORS

07 Apr 2025 · Tara Vitasta Ganju · 2025:DHC:2543

The Delhi High Court disposed of writ petitions challenging the implementation of CAR 2024 after respondents filed affidavits undertaking compliance and directed timely submission of Flight Duty Time Limitation Schemes.

administrative petition_dismissed Civil Aviation Requirements Flight Duty Time Limitation Scheme DGCA writ petition

SSC & Ors. v. Ankush

07 Apr 2025 · Navin Chawla; Renu Bhatnagar · 2025:DHC:2387-DB

The Delhi High Court upheld the Tribunal's direction for fresh medical re-examination including an Orthopaedic specialist, emphasizing the necessity of expert medical reports in recruitment fitness decisions and dismissed the petition challenging the same.

administrative appeal_dismissed Significant Detailed Medical Examination Review Medical Examination expert medical opinion recruitment medical fitness

Staff Selection Commission & Ors. v. Ashif Ali

07 Apr 2025 · Navin Chawla; Renu Bhatnagar · 2025:DHC:2389-DB

The Delhi High Court held that where medical boards lack specialist expertise, recruitment fitness decisions require expert opinion from a relevant specialist, limiting judicial interference to ensuring procedural fairness.

administrative appeal_allowed Significant medical fitness recruitment disciplinary forces judicial review

Vermeet Singh Taneja v. Jasmeet Kaur

07 Apr 2025 · Navin Chawla; Renu Bhatnagar · 2025:DHC:2399-DB

The Delhi High Court declined to initiate contempt proceedings for unilateral school change of a child but directed that future changes require Family Court permission, emphasizing joint parental decision-making.

family petition_dismissed Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 child custody child welfare schooling decision

Rizwana Khan v. Mohd Abbas; The State NCT of Delhi

07 Apr 2025 · Neena Bansal Krishna · 2025:DHC:2500

The Delhi High Court upheld the discharge of the accused under Sections 498A and 406 IPC, holding that the allegations did not disclose a prima facie case of cruelty or criminal breach of trust.

criminal petition_dismissed Significant Section 498A IPC Section 406 IPC criminal breach of trust mental cruelty

Modern Stage Service (Projects) v. India Tourism Development Corporation Ltd

07 Apr 2025 · Manoj Kumar Ohri · 2025:DHC:2479

The Delhi High Court held that debarment from tenders is a drastic penalty requiring material breach and proportionality, and set aside a three-year debarment imposed on the petitioner for alleged submission of a disputed certificate.

administrative appeal_allowed Significant debarment blacklisting tender process proportionality

Renu v. Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board & Anr.

07 Apr 2025 · Navin Chawla; Renu Bhatnagar · 2025:DHC:2396-DB
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The Delhi High Court held that a candidate cannot change the category declared in the application after participating in the recruitment process and after results are declared, dismissing the plea based on a technical glitch.

administrative petition_dismissed Significant category declaration technical glitch recruitment process Scheduled Caste

Umesh Kumar v. Principal Commissioner of Customs New Delhi

07 Apr 2025 · Prathiba M. Singh; Rajneesh Kumar Gupta · 2025:DHC:2407-DB

The Delhi High Court upheld customs duty demands and penalties against an importer who colluded in mis-declaration and misuse of IEC code, dismissing his appeal challenging CESTAT orders.

customs appeal_dismissed Significant Customs Act, 1962 IEC code misuse Customs duty evasion Confiscation of goods

S.B. Poddar v. M/S Rehabilitations Plantation Ltd

07 Apr 2025 · Tejas Karia · 2025:DHC:2462

The High Court held that challenges to the validity of a decree cannot be raised for the first time in execution proceedings and upheld the dismissal of the appellant's application to set aside execution of a decree obtained by alleged concealment and jurisdictional defects.

civil appeal_dismissed Significant Section 47 CPC execution proceedings cause of action finality of decree

Dayaram Verma v. Union of India & Ors.

07 Apr 2025 · C. Hari Shankar; Ajay Digpaul · 2025:DHC:2425-DB
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The High Court permitted withdrawal of a writ petition concerning a dispute within the Armed Forces Tribunal’s jurisdiction, directing the petitioner to approach the Tribunal with the same petition treated as an Original Application.

administrative petition_allowed Armed Forces Tribunal exclusive jurisdiction alternate remedy writ petition

Union of India and Ors. v. Ex. Sgt Rohit Singh

07 Apr 2025 · C. Hari Shankar; Ajay Digpaul · 2025:DHC:2418-DB
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The High Court upheld the Armed Forces Tribunal's grant of disability pension, holding that the Release Medical Board failed to prove that the respondent's ulcerative colitis was not attributable to military service.

administrative petition_dismissed Significant disability pension Armed Forces Tribunal Release Medical Board idiopathic disease

Major Hari Om Prakash Sharma v. Union of India

07 Apr 2025 · C. Hari Shankar; Ajay Digpaul · 2025:DHC:2415-DB

The High Court dismissed the writ petition, directing the petitioner to approach the Armed Forces Tribunal which has exclusive jurisdiction over service matters of armed forces personnel.

administrative appeal_dismissed Armed Forces Tribunal jurisdiction writ petition service matters

Jasvir Singh v. Union of India & Anr.

07 Apr 2025 · C. Hari Shankar; Ajay Digpaul · 2025:DHC:2461-DB

The Delhi High Court dismissed the writ petition as withdrawn upon the petitioner’s request without adjudicating the merits.

constitutional petition_dismissed writ petition withdrawal dismissal petition dismissed as withdrawn