Delhi High Court

29,724 judgments

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Abhishek Anil v. Narcotics Control Bureau

26 Nov 2025 · Ravinder Dudeja · 2025:DHC:10447

The Delhi High Court dismissed bail to Abhishek Anil in a commercial quantity LSD trafficking case, holding that stringent Section 37 NDPS Act conditions were not met despite prolonged incarceration and digital evidence corroborated active involvement.

criminal appeal_dismissed Significant NDPS Act Section 37 NDPS commercial quantity bail

Kanhaiya Lal v. Delhi Development Authority & Ors.

26 Nov 2025 · Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya; Tushar Rao Gedela · 2025:DHC:10463-DB
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The Delhi High Court dismissed the appeal holding that the DDA has absolute ownership over the subject plot transferred by the Ministry of Rehabilitation, and the appellant's claimed easementary rights were unsubstantiated.

property appeal_dismissed Significant easementary rights Delhi Development Authority Displaced Persons Act Zonal Layout Plan

Akash Gupta v. State (NCT of Delhi)

26 Nov 2025 · Sanjeev Narula · 2025:DHC:10484

The Delhi High Court granted bail to the accused in a dowry death case due to lack of proximate evidence of cruelty, prolonged custody, and incomplete trial, emphasizing the balance between personal liberty and trial fairness.

criminal appeal_allowed Significant bail dowry death Section 304B IPC Section 498A IPC

Union of India & Ors. v. 670939 Ex JWO Rajendra Prasad Singh

26 Nov 2025 · C. Hari Shankar; Om Prakash Shukla · 318 (2025) DLT 711
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The High Court upheld the Armed Forces Tribunal’s grant of disability pension to an ex-serviceman, affirming the presumption that disabilities arising during service are service attributable unless rebutted by the employer.

administrative petition_dismissed Significant disability pension armed forces Diabetes Mellitus Type-II Primary Hypertension

Sukhdev @ Sukhdev Raj v. Ashok Kumar

26 Nov 2025 · Saurabh Banerjee · 2025:DHC:10452

The Delhi High Court upheld eviction of a tenant who purchased only a co-owner's share during pending proceedings, holding tenancy continues unless entire ownership vests simultaneously.

property appeal_dismissed Significant Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958 eviction petition co-owner landlord-tenant relationship

Kewal Sadana and Ors. v. ITQ Technologies Pvt Ltd

26 Nov 2025 · Girish Kathpalia · 2025:DHC:10460

The High Court upheld the trial court’s order refusing to delete directors from the suit where specific pleadings alleged their personal liability beyond corporate capacity.

civil appeal_dismissed Significant corporate veil personal guarantee directors liability pleadings

State Bank of India v. Shri S C. Goel

26 Nov 2025 · Girish Kathpalia · 2025:DHC:10486
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The High Court dismissed the bank’s late application to file additional documents after part final arguments due to lack of satisfactory explanation, upholding the trial court’s order and emphasizing finality in civil litigation.

civil appeal_dismissed Significant Order VIII Rule 1A(3) CPC late filing of documents satisfactory explanation final arguments

Roche Diagnostics India Private Limited v. Delhi State Health Mission

26 Nov 2025 · Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya; Tushar Rao Gedela · 2025:DHC:10566-DB

The Delhi High Court upheld the award of a public tender to respondent no.2 based on prices inclusive of GST, dismissing the petitioner's challenge of arbitrariness and violation of tender terms.

administrative petition_dismissed Significant tender evaluation GST applicability public procurement price bid evaluation

Praveen Singh v. State NCT of Delhi

26 Nov 2025 · Vikas Mahajan · 2025:DHC:10489

The Delhi High Court granted regular bail to the accused in a Section 302 IPC case after finding prima facie contradictions in prosecution evidence and considering the petitioner’s prolonged custody and lack of criminal antecedents.

criminal appeal_allowed Significant regular bail Section 302 IPC eyewitness testimony dying declaration

Ravi Kant Bharti v. State Govt. of NCT of Delhi

26 Nov 2025 · Vikas Mahajan · 2025:DHC:10490

The Delhi High Court granted regular bail to the accused in a rape case holding that the question of false promise to marry vitiating consent is to be decided at trial and pre-trial detention without trial commencement violates Article 21.

criminal appeal_allowed Significant regular bail Section 376 IPC false promise to marry consent

Sri Rajarajeswari College of Education v. National Council for Teacher Education

26 Nov 2025 · Vikas Mahajan · 2025:DHC:10491

The Delhi High Court held that withdrawal of recognition by NCTE takes effect from the academic session next following communication of the order, allowing only already admitted students to continue and prohibiting fresh admissions thereafter.

administrative petition_dismissed Significant National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993 Section 17 withdrawal of recognition second proviso to Section 17(1) B.Ed. course recognition

Shankar v. State of NCT of Delhi

26 Nov 2025 · Manoj Kumar Ohri · 2025:DHC:10501
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The Delhi High Court upheld the conviction of the appellant for gang rape of a child, affirming that consistent child testimony and common intention suffice for conviction under Section 376D IPC and POCSO Act despite minor contradictions and absence of appellant's DNA evidence.

criminal appeal_dismissed Significant gang rape child witness testimony Section 376D IPC POCSO Act

Sonal Jha @ Bengali v. The State NCT of Delhi

26 Nov 2025 · Amit Mahajan · 2025:DHC:10485
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The Delhi High Court granted bail to an accused in a serious offence case due to prolonged trial delays and upheld the fundamental right to personal liberty under Article 21, imposing conditions to safeguard the trial process.

criminal appeal_allowed Significant bail Article 21 right to speedy trial presumption of innocence

Abhishek v. The State of NCT of Delhi and Ors

26 Nov 2025 · Ravinder Dudeja · 2025:DHC:10457
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The Delhi High Court quashed an FIR under Sections 354, 506, 509 IPC and Section 12 POCSO Act based on an amicable settlement between parties, exercising its inherent powers under Section 482 CrPC.

criminal petition_allowed Significant quashing of FIR Section 482 CrPC amicable settlement non-compoundable offences

The State of NCT of Delhi v. Inder Singh & Ors.

26 Nov 2025 · Neena Bansal Krishna · 2025:DHC:10466

The Delhi High Court upheld the acquittal of doctors accused of criminal medical negligence in the death of a patient post-delivery, emphasizing the need for clear proof of breach of duty and rejecting mere misjudgment as negligence.

criminal appeal_dismissed Significant medical negligence Section 304A IPC Indian Medical Council Act postpartum hemorrhage

Jasleen Ravi Inder Singh & Ors. v. Land and Development Office & Ors.

26 Nov 2025 · Amit Sharma · 2025:DHC:10458

The Delhi High Court upheld the petitioners' long-term leasehold rights over the 'Army Press' property acquired by auction under the DPCR Act, restraining the L&DO from demolishing the property and recognizing the petitioners' ownership and possession rights.

property petition_allowed Significant Displaced Persons (Compensation and Rehabilitation) Act auction sale leasehold property evacuee property

TATA POWER DELHI DISTRIBUTION LTD. v. DELHI STATE INDUSTRIAL & INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LTD.

26 Nov 2025 · Amit Sharma · 2025:DHC:10459

The Delhi High Court held that a distribution licensee is liable to pay maintenance charges under the DIDOM Act but exempt from CETP charges under the CETP Act when it does not discharge industrial effluent.

administrative appeal_allowed Significant DIDOM Act, 2010 CETP Act, 2000 maintenance charges Common Effluent Treatment Plant

Laxman Singh v. Land Acquisition Collector/A.D.M. (New Delhi)

26 Nov 2025 · Nitin Wasudeo Sambre; Anish Dayal · 2025:DHC:10471-DB

The Delhi High Court dismissed the writ petition seeking compensation for acquired land, holding that the issue was previously adjudicated and the petitioner is barred from re-agitating the claim after withdrawing an earlier petition without liberty.

property petition_dismissed land acquisition compensation res judicata finality of litigation

Jagdish Kaur v. Jasbir Singh Sandhu & Ors.

26 Nov 2025 · Anil Ksheterpal; Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar · 2025:DHC:10446-DB

The Delhi High Court held that courts have limited power under Sections 34 and 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 to modify arbitral awards by correcting manifest computational errors without reappraising merits, and accordingly modified the award to adjust an overpayment.

civil appeal_allowed Significant Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 Section 34 Section 37 Arbitral award modification

C P Trivedi v. Union of India & Ors.

26 Nov 2025 · C. Hari Shankar; Om Prakash Shukla · 2025:DHC:10547-DB

The Delhi High Court allowed a writ petition directing grant of medical invalidation and disability pension to a BSF officer assessed with 58% permanent disability from injuries sustained on duty, overruling the respondents' rejection.

service_law petition_allowed Significant medical invalidation disability pension permanent physical disability Border Security Force