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M/S GARG BUILDERS v. RITES LTD & ORS
The Delhi High Court directed the appointing authority to appoint an arbitrator under the arbitration clause, allowing the petition and leaving objections to be decided by the arbitrator.
W.P.(C) No. 3873/2011 v. W.P.(C) No. 3422/2010
The Delhi High Court dismissed writ petitions by contract ANMs seeking regularization and parity with regular employees, reaffirming that regularization requires sanctioned posts, vacancies, and recruitment through a regular process as per the Umadevi judgment.
S.C. Batra v. Union of India and Anr.
The Delhi High Court held that the Board of Directors validly delegated the power to frame chargesheets to the Managing Director under the Warehousing Corporation Act, 1962, and dismissed the writ petitions challenging the disciplinary chargesheets issued against the petitioner.
Sunita Nayyar v. Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Ors.
The Delhi High Court dismissed a writ petition filed by a teacher seeking enquiry and action against a school, holding that mere service grievances without statutory or constitutional violation do not attract writ jurisdiction.
Pancham Singh v. Union of India & Ors.
The Delhi High Court upheld the dismissal of a BSF constable for prolonged unauthorized absence without leave and failure to respond to a show cause notice, affirming the authority's power under Section 11 of the BSF Act to dismiss without further inquiry.
Anuradha Priyadarshini & Anr. v. Isan Buildtech P. Ltd.
The Delhi High Court dismissed petitions seeking quashing of complaint cases under Section 138 NI Act filed by sleeping partners who had earlier withdrawn identical petitions without liberty, holding that fresh petitions on the same cause of action constitute abuse of process.
Ombir Singh v. GNCT of Delhi and Ors.
The Delhi High Court set aside a cryptic Tribunal order dismissing a disciplinary challenge and remanded the matter for fresh detailed adjudication on evidence and merits.
Shakuntala Pilania v. P.R. Gupta
The Delhi High Court upheld convictions under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act for dishonoured cheques despite non-impleadment of the company and absence of documentary proof, reducing sentence due to petitioners’ age and circumstances.
United India Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Inder Kumar Kapur & Ors.
The Delhi High Court upheld the award of mesne profits with 9% interest, dismissing the insurer's appeal challenging the interest rate as excessive.
Delhi Development Authority v. Unknown
The Delhi High Court directed the DDA to intensify efforts for possession and fencing of its lands, ordered the Religious Committee to proceed without awaiting police reports, and mandated expeditious disposal of de-notification applications under the Land Acquisition Act.
GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI AND ORS v. NARESH KUMAR KATARIA
The Delhi High Court upheld the quashing of a part-time teacher's termination for misconduct due to violation of natural justice and directed the Department to conduct a fair inquiry.
Sh. Vinod Babu v. Union of India
Delay in filing a statutory remedy before the Tribunal was condoned where the petitioner was misled by respondents' delay in rejecting a non-statutory mercy petition, emphasizing liberal construction of limitation for access to justice.
Deepak v. UOI & Ors.; Parmod Vats v. Employees State Insurance Corporation
The Delhi High Court upheld ESIC's requirement of minimum qualifying marks in the Computer Skill Test despite non-disclosure of exact cut-offs in the advertisement, emphasizing candidates' duty to ascertain qualifying criteria.
Deepak v. UOI & Ors.; Parmod Vats v. Employees State Insurance Corporation
The Delhi High Court upheld the validity of minimum qualifying marks in a Computer Skill Test prescribed by prior office orders despite their omission from the recruitment advertisement and website, dismissing the petitioners' challenge.
Union of India v. Rajendra Kumar Meena
The High Court recalled dismissal of writ petitions to allow petitioners to withdraw them with liberty to raise unconsidered jurisdictional issues before the Central Administrative Tribunal.
Jatya Pal Singh & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors.
The Supreme Court held that VSNL/Tata Communications Limited is not a State or public authority under Article 12 and does not perform public functions, thus writ petitions challenging employee terminations are not maintainable.
Annapurna v. State of U.P.
The Supreme Court upheld the life conviction of the appellant for dowry-related murder based on reliable dying declarations and evidence, dismissing the appeal.
Ram Bharosey Lal Gupta v. M/s Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd.
The Supreme Court held that lease renewal requires strict compliance with notice provisions including to the mortgagee, and without such compliance, the lessee’s holding over is unlawful, entitling the lessor to ejectment despite the Caltex Act.
Harnek Singh v. Pritam Singh
The Supreme Court upheld the invalidity of an alleged adoption due to non-pleading and non-proof of custom permitting adoption of a married person over 15 years, dismissing the plaintiff's challenge to a gift deed executed by the adoptive father.
Safi Mohd. v. State of Rajasthan
The Supreme Court upheld the conviction under the Official Secrets Act based on valid recovery of secret documents and credible expert opinion, dismissing the appellant's challenge to the evidence and investigation.