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Megha Engineering and Infrastructure Ltd. v. Income Tax Settlement Commission
The Delhi High Court held that settlement applications validly filed before the Finance Act, 2021's retrospective abolition of the Income Tax Settlement Commission must be accepted and adjudicated by the successor Interim Board, protecting taxpayers' vested rights.
Sujan Mohinder Charitable Trust v. Jupinder Kaur Maker & Ajit Singh Maker
The Delhi High Court held that an order dismissing suits as withdrawn without a formal decree under Order XXIII Rule 3 CPC is not an executable decree, and thus the execution petition based on such order is not maintainable.
ELXIR TRADING PVT. LTD v. KENT RO SYSTEMS LTD
The Delhi High Court modified the order for executing commission in a design infringement suit by appointing a local Commissioner to inspect the appellant's premises under strict terms ensuring cooperation and transparency.
Zafaruddin Khan Faizan v. Municipal Corporation of Delhi
The Delhi High Court granted interim protection against demolition of the petitioner's property due to the non-functioning of the MCD Appellate Tribunal, based on the MCD's assurance, without deciding the merits.
M/S KCA Infrastructure & Anr. v. HDB Financial Services Limited
The Delhi High Court held that the designation of Chennai as the venue of arbitration did not confer exclusive jurisdiction on Chennai courts, restoring the Section 34 petition in Delhi based on the respondent's prior acquiescence to Delhi jurisdiction under Section 9 of the Arbitration Act.
Pr. Commissioner of Income Tax – 1 v. M/s Agroha Fincap Ltd.
Delhi High Court allowed the Revenue's appeal, holding that the approval for reopening assessment under Section 151 was valid despite brief language, setting aside ITAT's quashing of reassessment proceedings.
Ashok Kumar Singh v. Union of India & Ors.
The Delhi High Court dismissed the review petition seeking backdating and regularization of promotion, holding that eligibility for promotion depends on completion of prescribed service period and no error was apparent in the original order.
Tapas Chatterjee v. Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs & Anr.
The Delhi High Court upheld the rejection of a patent application for a process recovering potassium sulphate from distillery effluent, holding it obvious and non-patentable under Section 3(d) for lacking inventive step and new reactants or products.
EX CT/GD Ajit Singh v. Union of India
The Delhi High Court held that a government servant dismissed for unauthorized absence is entitled to compassionate allowance under Rule 41 of the CCS (Pension) Rules unless misconduct involves moral turpitude or corruption.
Rahul Tomar v. State
The Delhi High Court upheld the conviction for rape based on credible prosecutrix testimony corroborated by DNA evidence, dismissing the appellant's challenge on delay and defence of consensual relations.
Nazim & Ors. v. State of Uttarakhand
The Supreme Court acquitted appellants convicted of murder due to failure of prosecution to establish a complete chain of circumstantial evidence, highlighting omissions in FIR, unreliable witness identification, and inconclusive forensic evidence.
VINISHMA TECHNOLOGIES PVT. LTD. v. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH
The Supreme Court struck down a tender condition restricting eligibility to bidders with past supply experience in Chhattisgarh as arbitrary and violative of Articles 14 and 19(1)(g), emphasizing the doctrine of level playing field in public procurement.
The Principal Commissioner of Income Tax-1 Thane v. Sunny Ashok Lad
The Bombay High Court dismissed the Revenue's appeal and upheld the deletion of penalty under Section 271(1)(c) where the Assessing Officer failed to establish concealment of income and did not furnish adverse information from the Sales Tax Department to the assessee.
Anil D. Ambani v. State Bank of India & Reserve Bank of India
The Bombay High Court upheld the classification of Reliance Communications’ account as fraud and held that providing an opportunity to represent in writing satisfies natural justice without mandating a personal hearing.
Minaxi B. Parmar v. The State of Maharashtra
The Bombay High Court directed the MCGM to issue a death certificate excluding cause of death particulars under Section 17 of the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969, allowing the petitioner’s writ petition.
Dinesh Chandra Maingi v. Shivkant V. Chaudhary
The Bombay High Court held that default under Section 454(5) of the Companies Act is a continuing offence but acquitted the accused due to prosecution's failure to prove wilful default beyond reasonable doubt.
Asha Vishwanath Kharat v. Sanjay Shantaram Dandekar
The Bombay High Court allowed the family court appeal by setting aside a divorce decree granted on cruelty and dissolved the marriage by mutual consent under the Special Marriage Act, 1954, based on parties' amicable settlement.
Sushant Bhausaheb Sarode v. Union of India
The Bombay High Court held that height fractions of 0.5 cm and above must be rounded off at the Physical Standard Test stage, allowing petitioners marginally below the prescribed height to qualify for further recruitment stages.
Riya Suralk v. Rahul Suralkar
The Bombay High Court set aside a Family Court divorce decree granted solely on the wife's absence, holding that courts must independently assess evidence and record reasoned findings before granting divorce on cruelty grounds.
Mukesh Bansilal Shah v. Mahesh Mithalal Trivedi & Ors.
The Bombay High Court dismissed the Applicants’ intervention in a Testamentary Suit for lack of tenancy rights and locus, upheld the Administrator’s authority to seal premises, and imposed exemplary costs for misuse of judicial process.