Delhi High Court

92,628 judgments

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Cube Construction Engineering Ltd v. National Building Construction Company

07 Jan 2025 · Subramonium Prasad · 2025:DHC:104
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The Delhi High Court held that an unconditional withdrawal of a suit without court permission bars filing a fresh suit on the same subject matter under Order XXIII Rule 1(4) CPC, dismissing the plaintiff's suit as barred.

civil appeal_dismissed Significant Order XXIII Rule 1 CPC withdrawal of suit abandonment of suit subject matter

Manisha Gupta v. Rajinder Kumar & Ors.

07 Jan 2025 · Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora · 2025:DHC:22

The Delhi High Court held that a suit for rendition of accounts of a dissolved partnership firm is maintainable against the surviving partner and non-partners who transacted with the firm post dissolution under the Commercial Courts Act, 2015, and allowed exemption from pre-litigation mediation.

civil appeal_allowed Significant Commercial Courts Act, 2015 Partnership firm dissolution Rendition of accounts Legal heirs

Rajinder Kumar v. Sunita Gupta & Ors.

07 Jan 2025 · Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora · 2025:DHC:24

The Delhi High Court directed repayment of an admitted unsecured loan to a creditor from a dissolved partnership firm during winding up, rejecting the surviving partner's plea to withhold payment pending final account settlement.

civil appeal_allowed Significant Indian Partnership Act 1932 dissolution of partnership unsecured loan winding up

Bimla Koul Handoo v. Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir

07 Jan 2025 · Manoj Jain · 2025:DHC:75

Delhi High Court allowed writ petition directing refund of excess family pension recovered after 17 years, holding it arbitrary and affirming jurisdiction under Article 226.

constitutional petition_allowed Significant family pension excess payment recovery Article 226 jurisdiction forum conveniens

Kamal Gupta & Anr v. M/S Surge Industries Ltd. & Ors.

07 Jan 2025 · Subramonium Prasad · 2025:DHC:73

The Delhi High Court granted conditional leave to defend in a summary suit based on dishonoured cheques, recognizing triable issues on loan amount, interest, and repayment terms, subject to furnishing security.

civil appeal_allowed Significant Order XXXVII CPC leave to defend summary suit dishonoured cheque

Raghvendr Singh @ Rinku v. State of NCT of Delhi

07 Jan 2025 · Anish Dayal · 2025:DHC:58
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The Delhi High Court granted bail to an accused in a double murder case due to prolonged trial delay, circumstantial evidence, and the applicant's right to a speedy trial under Article 21.

criminal appeal_allowed Significant bail murder Section 302 IPC right to speedy trial

Anuradha Prasad v. Mira Kulkarni

07 Jan 2025 · Tara Vitasta Ganju · 2025:DHC:21
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The Court upheld the dismissal of a suit challenging a family settlement recorded as a consent decree, holding that such a decree bars separate suits under Order XXIII Rule 3A CPC and can only be challenged before the Court which passed it.

civil appeal_dismissed Significant consent decree family settlement Order XXIII Rule 3 CPC Order XXIII Rule 3A CPC

Rajeev Shukla v. Gopal Krishna Shukla

07 Jan 2025 · Ravinder Dudeja · 2025:DHC:12

The Delhi High Court held that dismissal of condonation of delay applications on mere technical grounds of incorrect legal provision is improper and directed the trial court to decide the application on merits.

civil appeal_allowed Significant condonation of delay Section 151 CPC Limitation Act 1963 striking off defence

Delhi Transport Corporation v. Mahender Singh

07 Jan 2025 · Tara Vitasta Ganju · 2025:DHC:23

The Delhi High Court set aside the Labour Court's award modifying termination to compulsory retirement, holding that habitual unauthorized absence justified termination and judicial interference in punishment must be limited to disproportionate cases.

labor appeal_allowed Significant unauthorized absence disciplinary proceedings termination of service principles of natural justice

Daya Kishan v. Union of India through Land Acquisition Collector & Ors.

07 Jan 2025 · Prathiba M. Singh; Amit Sharma · 2025:DHC:42-DB

The Delhi High Court held that acquisition proceedings lapse if possession and compensation are not completed within statutory time, but prior non-disclosure of possession transfer to DMRC requires reconsideration of earlier orders and entitlement to compensation despite doubtful title.

property appeal_allowed Significant land acquisition Section 24(2) 2013 Act possession compensation

Mr. Anckur v. Bank of Baroda General Manager & Anr.

07 Jan 2025 · Manoj Jain · 2025:DHC:45

The court directed the bank to consider the petitioner's representation for refund of forfeited auction deposit under SARFAESI Act and decide within six weeks, granting liberty to approach the court again if dissatisfied.

civil other SARFAESI Act auction forfeiture one-time settlement refund of deposit

Md. Faruque Alwander Farukh Genda v. Government of NCT Delhi

07 Jan 2025 · Manoj Jain · 2025:DHC:44

The Delhi High Court dismissed the contempt petition holding that the directions for reconsideration of premature release were complied with by the Sentence Review Board, which duly considered and rejected the petitioner's case.

criminal petition_dismissed premature release Sentence Review Board contempt petition compliance of court order

Naveen Yadav alias Prince v. Arvind Rana

07 Jan 2025 · Manoj Jain · 2025:DHC:43

The Delhi High Court disposed of the petition seeking contempt proceedings against the SDM for non-enforcement of a compensation order, directing cooperation to arrest the absconding employer and compliance within a stipulated timeframe.

civil petition_dismissed enforcement of compensation order contempt proceedings Sub Divisional Magistrate absconding employer

Mukesh Kumar Bansal v. Central Bank of India

07 Jan 2025 · Manoj Jain · 2025:DHC:39
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The Delhi High Court held that a bank cannot freeze a partnership firm's account to recover dues from a separate proprietorship concern, emphasizing the requirement of mutuality of obligation for exercising banker's lien or set-off.

civil petition_allowed Significant banker's lien right of set-off partnership firm sole proprietorship

Malpani Enterprises v. Registrar of Trade Marks

07 Jan 2025 · Mini Pushkarna · 2025:DHC:36

The Delhi High Court allowed the writ petition directing the Registrar of Trade Marks to accept the petitioner’s notice of opposition filed within the extended deadline despite technical glitches in the online portal.

administrative petition_allowed Significant Trade Mark Rules, 2017 notice of opposition statutory deadline technical glitch

Rajasthan Equestrian Association v. Union of India & Ors.

07 Jan 2025 · Sanjeev Narula · 2025:DHC:35

The Delhi High Court upheld the validity of the Relaxation Clause but set aside exemptions granted to the Equestrian Federation of India for violating the Sports Code's principles of democratic governance and uniform application.

administrative appeal_allowed Significant National Sports Development Code, 2011 Relaxation Clause Equestrian Federation of India Sports governance

Rehau Polymers Pvt Ltd v. Mantralaya Impex Pvt Ltd & Ors.

07 Jan 2025 · Tara Vitasta Ganju · 2025:DHC:25

The Delhi High Court allowed the appeal and set aside the trial court's rejection of the plaint, holding that withdrawal of a suit with liberty to file afresh permits necessary amendments including addition of interconnected parties, and the plaint was not barred under procedural provisions.

civil appeal_allowed Significant Order VII Rule 11 CPC Order XXIII Rule 1(3) CPC Order II Rule 2(2) CPC withdrawal of suit

Aditya Kumar Mallick v. Union of India and Anr.

07 Jan 2025 · Tara Vitasta Ganju · 2025:DHC:20

The Delhi High Court dismissed the petition challenging the CAT 2024 answer key, holding that judicial interference in academic decisions requires clear, demonstrable error beyond inferential reasoning and deferring to expert committees in examination matters.

administrative petition_dismissed Significant judicial review answer key competitive examination academic matters

Public Works Department v. Malti Devi

07 Jan 2025 · Girish Kathpalia · 2025:DHC:19

The Delhi High Court upheld dismissal of time-barred appeals under Section 7(7) of the Payment of Gratuity Act, holding that limitation cannot be extended beyond 120 days and the gratuity amount must be deposited for appeal admission.

administrative petition_dismissed Significant Payment of Gratuity Act Section 7(7) limitation period condonation of delay

GAIL (INDIA) LIMITED v. FOCUS ENERGY LTD. AND ORS.

07 Jan 2025 · Jasmeet Singh · 2025:DHC:34

The Delhi High Court granted interim security to the petitioner under Section 9 of the Arbitration Act to protect its claim for unpaid Make Up Gas under a gas supply contract, while leaving substantive disputes to arbitration.

commercial_arbitration petition_allowed Significant Section 9 Arbitration Act Make Up Gas Annual Take or Pay Force Majeure