Delhi High Court

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Vinod Kumar Bhatia v. State of NCT of Delhi

24 Nov 2025 · Amit Mahajan · 2025:DHC:10402

The Delhi High Court upheld the conviction of an ex-employee under Section 630 of the Companies Act, 1956 for wrongful withholding of company property post retirement, affirming the successor entity's right to initiate proceedings.

criminal appeal_dismissed Significant Section 630 Companies Act wrongful withholding Delhi Electricity Reform Act revision petition

Kross Diamonds Pvt. Ltd v. Income Tax Officer, Ward 14(3)

24 Nov 2025 · V. Kameswar Rao; Vinod Kumar

The Delhi High Court dismissed the assessee's appeals under Section 260A of the Income Tax Act, 1961, upholding the ITAT's order treating unexplained excess cash deposits as income under Section 69C, holding that no substantial question of law arose.

tax appeal_dismissed Income Tax Act, 1961 Section 69C Section 260A unexplained cash deposits

Greenway Modern School v. Rammilan Rawat and Anr.

24 Nov 2025 · Avneesh Jhingan · 2025:DHC:10451
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The Delhi High Court held that a chargesheet issued by a school manager, if ratified by the Disciplinary Authority Committee constituted under Rule 118, is valid, set aside the Tribunal's quashing of removal order, and remanded the matter for fresh adjudication.

administrative appeal_allowed Significant Disciplinary Authority Committee Delhi School Education Rules, 1973 chargesheet validity manager's authority

Deepak Gupta v. Kirori Mal College & Ors.

24 Nov 2025 · Avneesh Jhingan · 2025:DHC:10395

The Delhi High Court dismissed the writ petition challenging the chargesheet as premature, holding that mere issuance of chargesheet without adjudication by the disciplinary authority does not warrant interference.

administrative petition_dismissed Significant chargesheet writ petition prematurity promissory estoppel

Kamal Rajput v. Union of India

24 Nov 2025 · Prathiba M. Singh; Renu Bhatnagar · 2025:DHC:10436

The Delhi High Court set aside a GST adjudication order passed without hearing the petitioner, remanding the matter for fresh consideration while leaving the validity of related tax notifications open pending Supreme Court review.

administrative appeal_allowed Significant Goods and Services Tax Section 168A Show Cause Notice Natural Justice

Trident Limited v. Controller of Patents

24 Nov 2025 · Tejas Karia · 2025:DHC:10343

Delhi High Court set aside patent refusal for yarn with homogeneously distributed pores, remanding for fresh inventive step analysis considering appellant's manufacturing parameters and avoiding hindsight bias.

intellectual_property appeal_allowed Significant patent application inventive step homogeneous pore distribution water-soluble fibres

Haveli Restaurant and Resorts Limited v. Registrar of Trademarks & Anr.

24 Nov 2025 · Tejas Karia

The Delhi High Court dismissed the appeal holding that 'HAVELI' is a generic term common to trade, and the impugned marks 'AMRITSAR HAVELI' and 'THE AMRITSAR HAVELI' are not deceptively similar to the appellant's marks, upholding the Registrar's order allowing their registration.

intellectual_property appeal_dismissed Significant Trade Marks Act, 1999 HAVELI Deceptive similarity Generic mark

Sharmila v. Union of India & Ors.

24 Nov 2025 · C. Hari Shankar; Om Prakash Shukla · 2025:DHC:10473-DB

The Delhi High Court dismissed the writ petition for default and non-prosecution due to the petitioner's failure to appear on the hearing dates.

constitutional petition_dismissed writ petition default non-prosecution dismissal

Major Anish Muralidhar v. Maj Bhavesh Talera Retd

24 Nov 2025 · C. Hari Shankar; Om Prakash Shukla · 318 (2025) DLT 711
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The Delhi High Court upheld the Armed Forces Tribunal's grant of disability pension to a retired army officer, affirming the presumption that disabilities arising during service are service-connected and limiting its review to errors of law apparent on record.

administrative appeal_dismissed Significant disability pension armed forces prolonged intervertebral disc medical board

Singh and Sgt. Mritunjay v. Ex MWO Jai Prakash

24 Nov 2025 · C. Hari Shankar; Om Prakash Shukla · 318 (2025) DLT 711
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The Delhi High Court dismissed the Union of India's petition and upheld the Armed Forces Tribunal's grant of 50% disability pension for Primary Hypertension to a retired air force personnel, affirming the presumption that disabilities arising during service are service-related unless proven otherwise.

administrative petition_dismissed Significant disability pension Primary Hypertension Armed Forces Tribunal Release Medical Board

Kumar Singh and Sgt Mritunjay v. 651705 EX JWO Billu Singh (Retd)

24 Nov 2025 · C. Hari Shankar; Om Prakash Shukla · 318 (2025) DLT 711
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The Delhi High Court upheld the Armed Forces Tribunal's grant of disability pension for Primary Hypertension, affirming the presumption that disabilities arising after service entry are service-related unless rebutted by the employer.

administrative petition_dismissed Significant disability pension Primary Hypertension Armed Forces Tribunal Medical Board

Rani Alankar Jewellers Private Ltd. v. Kundan Lal and Sons

24 Nov 2025 · Nitin Wasudeo Sambre; Anish Dayal · 2025:DHC:10413-DB

The Delhi High Court set aside a premature ex-parte decree passed before expiry of the 30-day period to file a written statement under Order VIII CPC, emphasizing procedural fairness despite the Commercial Courts Act's mandate for expeditious disposal.

civil appeal_allowed Significant Order VIII Rule 1 CPC written statement service of summons Commercial Courts Act 2015

Sgt Mritunjay and Sgt Manish Kumar Singh v. Ex MWO Mohammad Yusuf Khan

24 Nov 2025 · C. Hari Shankar; Om Prakash Shukla · 2025:DHC:10481-DB
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The Delhi High Court upheld the Armed Forces Tribunal's grant of disability pension for Diabetes Mellitus Type-II, affirming the presumption that disabilities arising during service are attributable to military service unless conclusively disproved by the employer.

administrative petition_dismissed Significant disability pension Diabetes Mellitus Type-II Armed Forces Tribunal Release Medical Board

Mritunjay and Manish Kumar Singh v. Ramesh Chandra Yadav

24 Nov 2025 · C. Hari Shankar; Om Prakash Shukla · 318 (2025) DLT 711
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The Delhi High Court dismissed the Union of India's petition and upheld the Armed Forces Tribunal's grant of disability pension for Primary Hypertension, affirming the presumption that disabilities arising during service are attributable to military service unless rebutted.

administrative petition_dismissed Significant disability pension Primary Hypertension Armed Forces Tribunal certiorari jurisdiction

Union of India and Ors. v. Ex IIFL Jasbir Singh Panesar

24 Nov 2025 · C. Hari Shankar; Om Prakash Shukla · 318 (2025) DLT 711
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The Delhi High Court dismissed the petition challenging the Armed Forces Tribunal's grant of disability pension for Primary Hypertension, affirming the presumption of service connection and the limited scope of certiorari jurisdiction.

administrative petition_dismissed Significant disability pension Primary Hypertension Armed Forces Tribunal Release Medical Board

Oswal Chemicals and Fertilizer v. Union of India & Ors.

24 Nov 2025 · Anil Ksheterpal; Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar · 2025:DHC:10509-DB

The Delhi High Court upheld the fixation of fertilizer retention price and debt-equity ratio by the expert committee, limiting judicial review and dismissing the appellant's challenge to the pricing methodology and subsidy calculations.

administrative appeal_dismissed Significant Final Retention Price Provisional Retention Price Debt-Equity Ratio Fertilizer Industry Coordination Committee

Gautam Naug v. Union of India and Others

24 Nov 2025 · C. Hari Shankar; Om Prakash Shukla · 2025:DHC:10474-DB

The Delhi High Court disposed of a writ petition as infructuous after the petitioner’s grievance was resolved by intervening circumstances, without adjudicating on the merits.

constitutional petition_dismissed writ petition infructuous petition intervening circumstances disposal of petition

Naresh Bansal and Ors. v. Adjudicating Authority and Anr

24 Nov 2025 · Anil Ksheterpal; Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar · 2025:DHC:10341-DB
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The Delhi High Court dismissed writ petitions challenging provisional attachment orders under the PMLA, holding that the Directorate had valid reason to believe and that statutory remedies must be exhausted before invoking writ jurisdiction.

criminal petition_dismissed Significant Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 Provisional Attachment Order Show Cause Notice Reason to Believe

Rohit v. State (N.C.T. of Delhi)

24 Nov 2025 · Sanjeev Narula · 2025:DHC:10412

The Delhi High Court granted regular bail to the accused in a dowry death case after holding that the prosecution had not prima facie established cruelty in connection with dowry demand and that prolonged pre-trial detention was unjustified post investigation.

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

Cheeli J Ratnam v. Union of India & Ors.

24 Nov 2025 · C. Hari Shankar; Om Prakash Shukla · (2019) 174 DRJ 98 (DB)
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The Delhi High Court upheld the constitutionality of differential retirement ages for Indian Coast Guard officers, distinguishing it from CAPFs and applying Article 33 to validate the classification under Rule 20 of the Coast Guard Rules.

administrative petition_dismissed Significant Indian Coast Guard superannuation age retirement age Articles 14 and 16