Delhi High Court
92,628 judgments
Cigma Events Private Limited v. Deepak Gupta & Ors.
The Delhi High Court dismissed the plaintiff's application for an interim injunction restraining former employees and their entities from competing, holding that client lists are not inherently confidential and post-employment non-compete restrictions must be reasonable and supported by evidence.
Chander Kanta v. Gyanesh Bharti Commissioner MCD and Ors.
The Delhi High Court dismissed the appeal against the order disposing of a contempt petition without finding contempt, holding such appeals not maintainable and affirming directions for demolition and fresh building sanction application.
Yogesh Kumar v. Union of India
The Delhi High Court dismissed a writ petition challenging medical fitness in CRPF recruitment for lack of territorial jurisdiction, upholding the binding nature of jurisdiction clauses in recruitment advertisements.
LAC Arvind Kumar v. Union of India & Ors.
The Delhi High Court upheld the Armed Forces Tribunal’s refusal to grant interim relief restraining discharge of an Airman found inefficient and unwilling to remuster, emphasizing procedural fairness and balancing equities.
Bhola Prasad Shukla v. Union of India & Ors.
The Delhi High Court dismissed the petition challenging penal rent recovery for unauthorized retention of government accommodation beyond the extended period, holding that such recovery is lawful and claims for HRA/CILQ must be pursued separately.
Prakhar Trivedi v. Union of India and Ors.
The Delhi High Court quashed vague and unsupported adverse remarks in a BSF officer’s APAR and directed a fresh promotion consideration, emphasizing the need for specific, fact-based assessments in performance appraisals.
Shiv Kumar Sharma v. Union of India & Anr
The Delhi High Court held that a retired judge was entitled to LTC reimbursement for bona fide travel claims made through private agents prior to clarificatory rules, allowing recovery only of fare differences and disallowing unauthorized taxi fare claims.
Kailash Aggarwal & Vijay Aggarwal v. Chandan Ramamurthi & Ors.
The Delhi High Court upheld the validity of the Agreement to Sell and family settlement, decreeing specific performance in favor of the buyers who proved readiness and willingness despite defendants' allegations of fraud.
Bhadra International (India) Pvt. Ltd. v. Airport Authority of India
The Delhi High Court held that unilateral appointment of an arbitrator does not invalidate the award if the arbitrator is not disqualified and the parties have expressly waived objections in writing, dismissing the challenge to the arbitral award on this ground.
The Commissioner of Income Tax - International Taxation -1 v. Cricket Australia
The Delhi High Court dismissed the Revenue's appeal, holding that reopening of Cricket Australia's income tax assessment was invalid due to material errors in the reasons recorded, indicating lack of application of mind.
Cap Cab India Ltd. v. Mittal Cables Industries
The Delhi High Court dismissed the revision petition, holding that summons served at the address mentioned in invoices and intentionally avoided by the defendant constitute valid service under Order XXXVII Rule 4 CPC, and the ex parte decree was rightly not set aside.
Rabia Choudhary v. CBI & Ors.
The High Court set aside the Trial Court's order framing lesser charges and remanded for fresh framing of charges including Section 302 IPC against all accused police officials in a custodial death case.
M/S Kasan Varnisha and Paint Industries v. Sujay Thapa
The Delhi High Court dismissed the revision petition upholding conviction under Section 138 NI Act where the accused failed to rebut statutory presumptions despite admitted signatures and absence of corroborative evidence for his defence.
U P State Road Transport Corporation v. Asha & Ors.
The Delhi High Court dismissed the appeal of UP State Road Transport Corporation, upholding the compensation awarded for a fatal head-on collision caused solely by the bus driver's negligence, including appropriate enhancement of Loss of Consortium and interest rate.
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd v. Manju Saxena
The Delhi High Court set aside a trial court order mandating bail bonds and personal appearance, holding that prior absolute exemptions granted by superior courts must be respected and bail bonds are not mandatory when personal appearance is exempted.
Gopal Gupta v. Inderjeet
The Delhi High Court set aside the acquittal under Section 138 NI Act, holding that the payee named in the cheque is competent to file a complaint without written authorisation from others and that the accused failed to rebut statutory presumptions of liability.
K.K. Soni & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors.
The Delhi High Court upheld the seniority list of AAI managers fixing seniority from date of appointment, rejecting direct recruits' claim to seniority from recruitment initiation year, following the overruling of N.R. Parmar by K. Meghachandra Singh.
Lakshmi Sethi and Ors. v. Darbari Lal DAV Model School & Ors.
The Delhi High Court held that recognized private unaided schools are statutorily obligated under Section 10(1) of the Delhi School Education Act, 1973 to implement 7th CPC pay revisions and pay arrears to employees irrespective of financial constraints or delay, rejecting limitation and paucity of funds defenses.
Sanjana Agarwal v. Namoshivai Apparels Private Limited
The Delhi High Court upheld the dismissal of Molmek's recovery suit and allowed NAPL's Counter-Claim, holding that pre-institution mediation is not required anew for Counter-Claims arising from the same commercial dispute and that e-way bills and GST returns constitute sufficient proof of delivery and acceptance of goods.
Hua Seng Chew v. Registrar of Societies and Firms New Delhi District
The Delhi High Court held that the Registrar of Societies lacks jurisdiction to adjudicate disputes between society members and management and set aside an impugned letter issued without hearing, emphasizing adherence to natural justice.