Delhi High Court

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Kamla Kumar v. Kamlesh Kumar & Others

07 May 2014 · Valmiki J. Mehta · 2014:DHC:2425

The Delhi High Court allowed the appeal and decreed specific performance of an agreement to sell, holding that limitation begins only upon refusal to execute the sale deed and that execution of the sale deed is implicit in every agreement to sell.

civil appeal_allowed Significant specific performance limitation Article 54 Limitation Act agreement to sell

Surendra Prasad Verma & Anr. v. Union of India

07 May 2014 · Valmiki J. Mehta · 2014:DHC:2423
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The Delhi High Court allowed the appeal and held the Railways strictly liable to pay compensation for death caused by falling from a train, affirming that absence of ticket is not conclusive against passenger status.

civil appeal_allowed Significant Railway Claims Tribunal Act, 1987 Railways Act, 1989 strict liability bonafide passenger

Madhya Pradesh State Electricity Board v. Punjab & Sind Bank

07 May 2014 · S. RAVINDRA BHAT; VIBHU BAKHRU · 2014:DHC:2429-DB

The Delhi High Court set aside the recovery certificate and remitted the matter to the Debt Recovery Tribunal to adjudicate post-maturity liabilities and discharge of liabilities between successor state electricity boards following state bifurcation.

civil appeal_allowed Significant Madhya Pradesh Reorganization Act, 2000 Recovery of Debts Due to Banks and Financial Institutions Act, 1993 Debt Recovery Tribunal Debt Recovery Appellate Tribunal

Pal Singh v. Kishore

07 May 2014 · Najmi Waziri · 2014:DHC:2436

The Delhi High Court upheld an eviction order based on the landlord's bona fide need and established ownership, limiting revisional interference to cases of gross illegality.

property appeal_dismissed Significant eviction bona fide need Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958 Section 25B

Anurag Parashar v. Vidyawanti

07 May 2014 · Valmiki J. Mehta · 2014:DHC:2437

The High Court held that unregistered pre-2001 documents can confer rights under Section 53-A Transfer of Property Act and allowed possession to the purchaser, overruling the appellate court's dismissal based on Suraj Lamp judgment.

civil appeal_allowed Significant Section 53-A Transfer of Property Act agreement to sell power of attorney unregistered documents

Chandan @ Babar v. State Govt. of NCT of Delhi

07 May 2014 · S. Muralidhar · 2014:DHC:2411

The Delhi High Court acquitted appellants of armed robbery charges due to unreliable identification evidence, unexplained FIR delay, and deficient investigation, emphasizing strict adherence to evidentiary rules.

criminal appeal_allowed Significant Identification parade Leading questions Delay in FIR Benefit of doubt

Sandeep Sabharwal v. M/S M-Tech Developers Ltd.

07 May 2014 · Vibhu Bakhru · 2014:DHC:2413

The Delhi High Court held that failure to pay an admitted debt including interest constitutes inability to pay debts under the Companies Act, 1956, and admitted the winding up petition against M-Tech Developers Ltd.

corporate appeal_allowed Significant Companies Act 1956 Section 434(1)(a) winding up petition admitted debt

R.C. Jain v. The State NCT of Delhi

07 May 2014 · S. Muralidhar · 2014:DHC:2416
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The Delhi High Court upheld the conviction of a Junior Engineer for accepting bribe in a trap operation under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, while reducing the sentence considering his age and trial duration.

criminal appeal_dismissed Significant Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 Section 7 PC Act Section 13(1)(d) PC Act Section 13(2) PC Act

Reliance Industries Ltd. v. Vijay Cable Industries & Ors.

07 May 2014 · Rajiv Sahai Endlaw · 2014:DHC:2412

The Delhi High Court held that interim injunctions under Section 151 CPC cannot be granted against non-parties and vacated a 16-year-old injunction restraining UPFC from selling mortgaged property, dismissing the plaintiff's application for impleadment and continuing the suit.

civil appeal_allowed Significant interim injunction Section 151 CPC non-party injunction equitable mortgage

Reliance Industries Ltd. v. Vijay Cable Industries & Ors.

07 May 2014 · Rajiv Sahai Endlaw · 2014:DHC:2414

The Delhi High Court held that interim injunctions under Section 151 CPC cannot be granted against non-parties without impleadment and vacated the injunction restraining UPFC from selling the mortgaged property.

civil appeal_allowed Significant interim injunction Section 151 CPC equitable mortgage non-party injunction

Reliance Industries Ltd. v. Vijay Cable Industries & Ors.

07 May 2014 · Rajiv Sahai Endlaw · 2014:DHC:2415

The Delhi High Court held that interim injunctions under Section 151 CPC cannot be granted against non-parties without impleadment and vacated the injunction restraining UPFC from selling the mortgaged property.

civil appeal_allowed Significant interim injunction Section 151 CPC non-party injunction equitable mortgage

Alka Puri v. State

07 May 2014 · V.K. Shali · 2014:DHC:2430

The Delhi High Court granted Letters of Administration to the adopted daughter of the deceased in the absence of valid objections and upon fulfillment of procedural requirements.

civil petition_allowed Letters of Administration adopted daughter inheritance adoption deed

DTC v. Veda Rani

07 May 2014 · Valmiki J. Mehta · 2014:DHC:2428

The Delhi High Court upheld the principal employer's liability to pay compensation with 12% interest from the date of death under the Employees Compensation Act, dismissing the appeal of DTC.

labor appeal_dismissed Significant Employees Compensation Act, 1923 Section 12 liability principal employer interest on compensation

Puneet Kumar Jain v. MSTC Limited & Ors.

07 May 2014 · Vipin Sanghi · 2014:DHC:2410

The Delhi High Court held that an interim application under section 17 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act is maintainable and must be decided on merits, setting aside the arbitrator's dismissal for non-maintainability based on extraneous grounds.

civil appeal_allowed Significant Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 Section 17 application Interim measures Maintainability of interim application

Rajbir v. State

07 May 2014 · Indermeet Kaur, J. · 2014:DHC:2422

The Delhi High Court upheld the appellant's conviction for house trespass and causing hurt with a knife but granted him probation considering his age, conduct, and prior incarceration.

criminal appeal_allowed Significant Section 452 IPC Section 324 IPC hostile witness probation under Section 360 CrPC

Joginder Singh v. The State & Anr.

07 May 2014 · S.P. Garg · 2014:DHC:2420

The Delhi High Court disposed of criminal appeals by referring to a detailed common judgment in a related case without providing separate reasoning.

criminal other Procedural appeal conviction criminal disposal

Joginder Singh v. The State & Anr.

07 May 2014 · S.P. Garg · 2014:DHC:2419

The Delhi High Court disposed of criminal appeals by referring to a common detailed judgment in a related case without separate findings.

criminal other Procedural criminal appeal disposal common judgment Delhi High Court

Joginder Singh v. The State & Anr.

07 May 2014 · S.P. Garg · 2014:DHC:2418

The appeals of Joginder Singh and K. Deep Singh were disposed of by the Delhi High Court in terms of a detailed common judgment delivered in a related criminal appeal.

criminal other Procedural criminal appeal conviction sentence disposal

Rakesh Kumar v. The State & Anr.

07 May 2014 · S.P. Garg · 2014:DHC:2417

The Delhi High Court upheld convictions for kidnapping and robbery but set aside convictions for attempt to murder and robbery with deadly weapon due to insufficient evidence, reducing the sentence accordingly.

criminal appeal_allowed Significant kidnapping robbery attempt to murder common intention

Jeet Ram Gupta v. Union of India & Ors.

07 May 2014 · Pradeep Nandrajog; Jayant Nath · 2014:DHC:2421-DB

The Delhi High Court held that only the Board of a multi-State co-operative society can appoint or remove its Managing Director, and the Central Government cannot bypass this procedure despite majority shareholding.

administrative petition_allowed Significant Multi-State Co-operative Societies Act, 2002 Managing Director appointment Central Government powers Board of Directors