Delhi High Court Monthly Digest: January 2026 [Citations 1 - 124]

Maj (Retd.) Sukesh Behl Proprietor, M/S Pearl Engineering Company & Anr. v. Koninklijke Philips NV 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 21

DHARMENDRA KUMAR v. STATE 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 22

Sana Herbals Private Limited v. Mohsin Dehlvi & Anr. 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 23

Sumit Vijay & Anr. v. Major League Baseball Properties Inc. & Anr. 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 24

Ex-Servicemen Welfare Union v. Union Of India And Ors. 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 25

Ravinder Singh Gandoak v. State (Govt. Of Nct Of Delhi) 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 26

Manoj Mishra v. State (and connected matter) 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 27

Roadway Solutions India Infra Limited v National Highway Authority of India 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 28

Sh. Vimal Ghai v. Sh. M. P. Sharma 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 29

Jai Mangal Rai v. UoI (and batch) 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 30

CBI v. Kukwant Rai 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 31

Automat Irrigation Pvt. Ltd. And Ors v. Aquestia Limited & Anr. 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 32

Avinash Singh v. State 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 33

X v. State & Anr 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 34

Anuradha @ Chiku v. State (Nct Of Delhi) 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 35

China Trust Commercial Bank v. State 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 36

Ram Kuber v. State 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 37

X v. Y 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 38

DUSHYANT KUMAR GAUTAM v. URMILA SANA WAR & ORS 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 39

Roseland Buildtech Private Limited v. Vihaan 43 Reality Private Limited & Ors. 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 40

Smt Sudha Sharma v. State Nct Of Delhi & Anr. 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 41

Renuka Jain v. State 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 42

Veena Arora v. Commissioner Income Tax - 12 Delhi & Anr. 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 43

UMESH KUMAR & ORS v. UNION OF INDIA & ORS 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 44

Arun Kumar Bagla v. M/S SCJ Plastics Ltd 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 45

UoI v. Naresh 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 46

Vedanta Limited v. Union of India and Ors 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 47

Dr Manoj Khanna v. Income Tax Office 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 48

Birendra Singh Kunwar v. Union Of India Through Secretary (R) And Anr 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 49

Satish Kumar Gupta v. Sushil Kumar Loomba 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 50

SJVN Ltd. v. Patel Gammon Joint Venture 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 51

Sumeet Suri v State 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 52

JLT Energy 9 SAS v. Hindustan Cleanenergy Limited & Ors. and connected matters 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 53

Microsoft Corporation India Pvt. Ltd v. Deputy Commissioner Of Income Tax & Ors 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 54

Shree Krishna Steel Traders Through Proprietor Nikhil Sharma vs. Union of India 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 55

GE Energy Parts Inc v. Assistant Commissioner Of Income Tax & Anr. (and connected matter) 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 56

Parvesh Mann @ Sagar Mann v. State Nct Of Delhi 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 57

Vinod @ Vinode @ Bhole v. The State (Govt Of Nct) Delhi 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 58

Principal Commissioner Of Income Tax, Delhi-1 v. Borgwarner Emissions Systems India Private Ltd 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 59

HIND SAMRAJYA PARTY v. UOI & ORS 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 60

Vodafone Idea Limited vs. Assistant Commissioner Central GST Division Mohan Cooperative Industrial Estate (MCIE) 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 61

Tulip Multispecialty Hospital Private Limited v. Akhil Saxena & Anr. 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 62

Koshaliya Devi Rastogi v. Assistant/ Deputy Commissioner Of Income Tax, Central Circle-27, New Delhi And Anr (and batch) 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 63

Shri Satya Narain, Since Deceased Through LRs v. Chairman Delhi Development Authority Through Its Chairman & Anr 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 64

JC v. BS 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 65

Sh. Sanket Behari Mittal v. Sh. Subhash Chand Gupta 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 66

HARSHIT AGRAWAL v. NATIONAL TESTING AGENCY AND ORS 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 67

MCDONALDS INDIA LTD v. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 68

Court On Its Own Motion v. Union Of India & Ors 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 69

BHUVAN BAM & ANR v. INKWYNK & ORS 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 70

Sandeep Sethi & Anr v. Rajinder Kumar Sethi Deceased Through Lrs 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 71

MCD v. M/S Ram Niwas Goel 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 72

ABHIMANYU SINGH AND ANR v. UNION OF INDIA AND ORS & other connected matters 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 73

Union Of India v. Shri Raj Priy Singh 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 74

Mr Gautam Mondal Through His Wife Mrs Ashima Mukherjee Mondal v. Union Of India Through Its Standing Counsel & Ors. 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 75

First Generation Lawyers Association v. GNCTD & Ors 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 76

Court on its own motion v. State & Ors 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 77

P v. A 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 78

JUSTICE FOR ALL v. HON'BLE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 79

HEMANT JAIN & ANR v. UNION OF INDIA & ORS. 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 80

Madhu Shudhan Dutto v. State Govt. Of Nct Of Delhi 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 81

SANGITA RAI v. NEW DELHI BAR ASSOCIATION & ORS 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 82

PRATAP CHANDRA v. MR. MANISH SISODIA & ORS 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 83

Somnath Bharti v. Shri Satish Upadhyay 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 84

Prannoy Roy v. Commissioner of Income Tax & other connected matter 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 85

Babita Chopra v. State 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 86

Kuldeep Singh Sengar v. CBI 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 87

Vikas Pawha v. Ashok Kumar (John Doe) & Ors 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 88

Deputy Commissioner of Police v. Ex. Const. Arvind Kumar 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 89

Anand Legal Aid Forum Trust v. High Court & Ors 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 90

DEVYANI SINGH v. BOARD OF CONTROL FOR CRICKET IN INDIA & Ors. 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 91

MS. MUSKAAN AAMIR v. UNION OF INDIA & ANR 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 92

Sunil Kumar Tiwari And Ors. v. Govt. Of Nct Of Delhi And Ors. 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 93

RAM SWAROOP GUPTA & ORS v. STATE NCT OF DELHI & ANR 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 94

HARKIRAT SINGH SODHI v. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 95

UoI v. 627281 EX MWO (HFO) Tejpal Singh 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 96

DRY v. STATE NCT OF DELHI 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 97

National Institute Of Tuberculosis And Respiratory Diseases v. Ms. Shweta & Ors 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 98

North Delhi Municipal Corporation v. Shri Darshan Singh 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 99

DR AVADESH KUMAR v. STATE NCT OF DELHI AND ANOTHER 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 100

PHYSICSWALLAH LIMITED v. NIKHIL KUMAR SINGH & ORS 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 101

MAHUA MOITRA v. LOKPAL OF INDIA & ORS 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 102

JUSTICE FOR ALL v. GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 103

Ashok Kumar v. Commissioner of Police & Ors. 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 104

Narender Singh v. State 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 105

SMT. LAKSHMI DEVI AND ANR v. UNION OF INDIA AND ORS 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 106

MAHILA HAWKER WELFARE ASSOCIATION v. DISTRICT MAGISTRATE, SHAHDRA & ORS 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 107

Karan Singh v. State 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 108

Harsh v. State 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 109

X v. Y 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 110

SSB v. DBC 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 111

NARENDRA SHARMA V/s GNCTD & ORS. 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 112

ABDUL RASHID SHEIKH VS. NATIONAL INVESTIGATION AGENCY 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 113

Aduram v. Union of India 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 114

CHANDANI CHOWK SARV VYAPAR MANDAL (REGD.) V/s GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI & ORS. 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 115

Sarita Tiwari v. M/S Deccan Charters Pvt Ltd 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 116

SAMEER DNYANDEV WANKHEDE v. RED CHILLIES ENTERTAINMENTS PVT. LTD. & ORS 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 117

Baldev Singh v. CBI 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 118

VIJAY GUPTA v. STATE (NCT OF DELHI) 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 119

CBI v. I M QUDDUSI 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 120

MANJEET v. INDIAN OLYMPIC ASSOCIATION (IOA) AND ORS 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 121

Jamia Millia Islamia v. Roshan Ara & Ors. 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 122

State v. Sunil @ Pahalwan & Anr 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 123

The Oriental Insurance Co Ltd v. Haazari Singh Rawat & Ors 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 124

Not Chargesheeted Or Summoned In Predicate Case, Woman Accused Gets Bail Under PMLA: Delhi High Court

Case title: Sandeepa Virk v. ED

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 1

The Delhi High Court has granted bail to a woman accused under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA), noting that she was neither chargesheeted by the police nor summoned by the Magistrate in the predicate offence.

Employment Agreement Is Valid Proof of Right: Delhi High Court Sets Aside Patent Rejection After Inventor's Death

Case Title: Nippon Steel Corporation v. The Controller Of Patents

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 2

The Delhi High Court has set aside a Patent Office order that refused a patent application filed by Nippon Steel Corporation for a “high-strength steel sheet and its manufacturing method.”

Transfer Pricing | Comparables With Non-Export Operations Can't Be Benchmarked Against Export-Only Assessee: Delhi High Court

Case title: Pr. Commissioner Of Income Tax -7, Delhi M/S TCK Advisers Pvt. Ltd.

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 3

The Delhi High Court has made it clear that companies engaged in activities beyond export services cannot be treated as functionally comparable to an assessee providing export-only services.

Delhi High Court Bars Use Of “IGBC” Name Over Similarity With US Green Building Council Mark

Case Title: U.S. Green Building Council v. Deming Certification Services Pvt Ltd

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 4

The Delhi High Court has permanently restrained Mumbai-based Deming Certification Services Private Limited from using the marks “International Green Building Council,” “IGBC,” or any deceptively similar to the mark of U. S. Green Building Council (USGBC).

Delhi High Court Criticizes Police For Inserting 'Haath Mara' Expression In Every Assault FIR Lodged By Women

Title: TENZIN YOUTEN & ANR v. THE STATE OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 5

Calling it unfortunate, the Delhi High Court has observed that every FIR alleging assault or outraging modesty of a woman mentions the expression “haath mara” which is not endorsed by the complainant.

Delhi High Court Rejects Zydus Plea Against Helsinn's Nausea Medication Patent

Case Title: Zydus Healthcare Ltd. v. Assistant Controller Of Patents And Designs & Anr.

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 6

The Delhi High Court has refused to interfere with the grant of a pharmaceutical patent for a nausea medication dismissing a challenge by Zydus Healthcare Ltd. against Swiss drugmaker Helsinn Healthcare SA

Brevity Of Reasons In Order Refusing Sanction To Prosecute Public Servant Not Ground To Invoke Writ Jurisdiction: Delhi High Court

Case title: Triveni v. Home Department Govt. Of NCT Of Delhi

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 7

The Delhi High Court has held that mere brevity of reasons in an order refusing sanction to prosecute public servants is not, by itself, a ground to invoke writ jurisdiction, so long as the record demonstrates due application of mind by the competent authority.

Delhi High Court Appoints Wife As Legal Guardian Of Husband In Comatose State, Exercises Parens Patriae Jurisdiction

Title: PROFESSOR ALKA ACHARYA v. GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI AND ORS. & ORS

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 8

The Delhi High Court has appointed a wife as legal guardian of her husband who has been in a vegetative or comatose state after suffering from an “Intracranial Haemorrhage” in February, 2025.

Delhi High Court Refuses Ex-Parte Injunction To YSRCP Leader In Defamation Case Against Tirupati Laddu Adulteration Case Reporting

Title: YERRAM VENKATA SUBBA REDDY & ANR v. USHODAYA ENTERPRISES PRIVATE LIMITED & ORS

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 9

The Delhi High Court refused interim relief to YSRCP leader Y. V. Subba Reddy, in his defamation suit filed against media reporting of Tirupati laddu adulteration case.

Delhi High Court Passes John Doe Order Protecting Personality Rights Of Andhra Pradesh Deputy CM Pawan Kalyan

Title: MR KONIDALA PAWAN KALYAN v. ASHOK KUMAR JOHN DOE & ORS

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 10

The Delhi High Court has passed a john doe interim order protecting the personality rights of Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Pawan Kalyan.

Delhi High Court Upholds Order Rejecting Ericsson's Data Security Invention Patent

Case Title: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (PUBL) v. Controller General Of Patents

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 11

The Delhi High Court has upheld a 2019 order of the Patent Office rejecting a patent application filed by Swedish telecom major Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson for a data security invention. The court held that the claimed method did not involve an inventive step and was obvious in light of existing technology.

Husband's Foreign Income Can't Be Mechanically Converted Into Indian Currency For Maintenance To Wife: Delhi High Court

Title: X v. Y

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 12

The Delhi High Court has observed that a husband's foreign income cannot be mechanically converted into Indian currency for granting maintenance to wife.

Delhi High Court Cancels “ACTIVEPUSHPA” Trademark For Similarity With Ayurvedic Brand “HEMPUSHPA”

Case Title: Rajvaidya Shital Prasad And Sons v. Karna Goomar And Anr.

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 13

The Delhi High Court has ordered the removal of the trademark “ACTIVEPUSHPA” from the Trade Marks Register, holding that the mark is deceptively similar to “HEMPUSHPA,” a decades-old ayurvedic tonic for women's health, and is likely to confuse consumers.

Compelling Accused To Give Voice Sample Doesn't Violate Article 20(3) But Safeguards Must Be Provided: Delhi High Court

Title: MOIN AKHTAR QURESHI v. CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 14

The Delhi High Court has ruled that compelling an accused to give voice sample to an investigating agency for comparison with intercepted telephone conversations "does not violate Article 20(3)" of the Constitution of India.

'Unfortunate': Delhi High Court Laments Culture Of Indiscriminate Adjournments, Hopes For Change In Future

Title: DHEERAJ ARORA v. PARINEY KHANNA

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 15

Calling the trend “unfortunate”, the Delhi High Court has observed that a culture of seeking adjournments has developed over a period of time, leading to a misplaced expectation that such requests would be granted as a matter of course.

Delhi High Court Upholds JEE Candidates' Dismissal Over Alleged Manipulation In Response Sheets, Asks Them To Do Community Service

Title: ANUSHA GUPTA & ANR v. NATIONAL TESTING AGENCY THROUGH THE DIRECTOR & OTHERS

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 16

The Delhi High Court has upheld dismissal of a petition filed by two students challenging the National Testing Agency's (NTA) findings regarding alleged manipulation of their JEE Mains, 2025, examination response sheets, while sparing them of costs but ordering them to do one-month community service instead.

Delhi High Court Grants Dynamic Injunction Against Piracy Sites Streaming Warner Bros, Netflix Content

Case Title: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc & Ors v. animesugez.to & Ors.

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 17

The Delhi High Court has granted an ex parte ad interim dynamic+ injunction restraining dozens of piracy websites from hosting or making available copyrighted films and television shows owned by Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. and other global entertainment companies.

Delhi High Court Refuses To Cancel Bail In ₹72 Crore GST Evasion Case After 5 Years, Pulls Up Department For Lapse In Probe

Title: DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF GST INTELLIGENCE v. KAMAL KISHORE AGGARWAL

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 18

The Delhi High Court has refused to cancel bail granted to an accused in Goods and Services Tax (GST) evasion case involving alleged tax fraud of Rs. 72 crore more than 5 years ago, while strongly criticising the investigating agency for lapses in the investigation.

Delhi High Court Sets Aside Patent Office Order Rejecting Emitec Emissions Dosing Device

Case Title: Emitec Gesellschaft Fur Emissionstechnologie mbH v. Controller General Of Patents, Designs & Trademarks & Anr

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 19

The Delhi High Court has set aside a Patent Office order rejecting a patent application filed by Emitec Gesellschaft für Emissionstechnologie mbH, a Germany-based automotive emissions firm, for a reducing-agent dosing device that helps cut vehicle pollution.

Delhi High Court Rejects Plea Challenging Patiala House Courts Bar Elections 2025

Title: VIPIN KUMAR SHARMA & ORS v. THE RETURNING OFFICER NDBA ELECTIONS, 2025

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 20

The Delhi High Court has rejected a plea seeking to declare the New Delhi Bar Association (NDBA) Elections, 2025, for Patiala House Courts as null and void and for conducting fresh polls.

Delhi High Court Stays Over ₹20 Crore Decrees In Favour Of Philips In DVD Patent Dispute

Case Title: Maj (Retd.) Sukesh Behl Proprietor, M/S Pearl Engineering Company & Anr. v. Koninklijke Philips NV

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 21

The Delhi High Court stayed the execution of money decrees worth over Rs 20 crore passed in favour of Koninklijke Philips N.V., the Netherlands-based electronics company widely known as Philips. The stay is subject to the judgment debtors furnishing unconditional and irrevocable bank guarantees covering the principal amounts of damages.

Making Minor Touch Private Part With Sexual Intent Amounts To Aggravated Sexual Assault Under POCSO Act: Delhi High Court

Title: DHARMENDRA KUMAR v. STATE

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 22

The Delhi High Court has held that making a minor child touch the private part with sexual intent amounts to aggravated sexual assault under Section 10 of the POCSO Act.

Delhi High Court Refuses To Restrain City Ayurvedic Drug Maker From Using “NOKUF” For Cough Syrup

Case Title: Sana Herbals Private Limited v. Mohsin Dehlvi & Anr.

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 23

The Delhi High Court has refused to stop Dehlvi Remedies Private Limited, an city based Ayurvedic drug maker, from using the mark “NOKUF” for cough syrups, holding that its use of the mark since 1994 defeats a later claim by Sana Herbals Private Limited, which sells its product as “NOKUFSYRUP.”

Blue Jays' Global Reputation Alone Not Enough To Cancel Indian 'BLUE-JAY' Trademark: Delhi High Court

Case title: Sumit Vijay & Anr. v. Major League Baseball Properties Inc. & Anr.

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 24

The Delhi High Court has held that mere global reputation of a trademark, without proof of spillover of goodwill into India, is insufficient to cancel a registered Indian trademark.

No 100% Pension Parity With Army For Pre-2009 Special Frontier Force Personnel: Delhi High Court

Case title: Ex-Servicemen Welfare Union v. Union Of India And Ors.

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 25

The Delhi High Court has held that personnel of the Special Frontier Force (SFF) who retired prior to January 1, 2009 are not entitled to claim 100% pension parity with corresponding ranks in the Indian Army, and can only seek restoration of 45% of the commuted value of pension in terms of the earlier directions of the Court.

S.311A CrPC | Absence Of Formal Arrest Doesn't Bar Direction To Give Handwriting Samples: Delhi High Court

Case title: Ravinder Singh Gandoak v. State (Govt. Of Nct Of Delhi)

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 26

The Delhi High Court has held that absence of formal arrest does not bar a Magistrate from directing a person to furnish handwriting or signature samples under Section 311A CrPC.

Security Guards Restraining People In Discharge Of Duty Can't Be Prosecuted For Wrongful Restraint Or Outraging Modesty: Delhi High Court

Case title: Manoj Mishra v. State (and connected matter)

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 27

The Delhi High Court has quashed criminal proceedings against security guards accused of wrongful restraint and outraging the modesty of a woman, holding that acts done bonafidely in the course of discharging duties can't be criminalised.

Delhi High Court Stays NHAI Termination Notice, Protecting Roadway Solutions' ₹104 Cr Bonds In Delhi-Mumbai Expressway Dispute

Case Name: Roadway Solutions India Infra Limited v National Highway Authority of India

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 28

The Vacation Bench of the Delhi High Court presided over by Justice Madhu Jain restrained the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) from acting on its Notice of Intention to Terminate (NITT) against Roadway Solutions India Infra Limited (RSIL) until the next hearing. The Court also protected the RSIL's insurance surety bonds of approx. Rs. 104 Crores from invocation.

Delhi High Court Warns Against 'Chaos' If Witnesses Are Recalled Every Time Counsel Changes

Case title: Sh. Vimal Ghai v. Sh. M. P. Sharma

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 29

The Delhi High Court has refused to recall a complainant for further cross-examination in a cheque bounce case, observing that permitting recall every time a party changes its lawyer would lead to “chaos” and cause unnecessary delay in trials.

Delay Due To Medical Review Can't Justify Ante-Dated Seniority Of BSF Candidates: Delhi High Court

Case title: Jai Mangal Rai v. UoI (and batch)

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 30

The Delhi High Court Full Bench has held that candidates appointed to the Border Security Force (BSF) after a delay caused by medical re-examination are not entitled to claim seniority over batchmates who joined the service earlier, even if the delay was not attributable to them.

Minor Discrepancies In Counting Can't Discredit Seizure Of Fake Currency: Delhi High Court Allows CBI Appeal, Reverses Acquittal

Case title: CBI v. Kukwant Rai

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 31

The Delhi High Court has set aside the acquittal of an accused in a counterfeit currency case, holding that minor discrepancies in counting fake currency notes are not sufficient to discredit the prosecution case when the recovery and possession are otherwise proved beyond reasonable doubt.

Delhi High Court Stays Order Against Indian Firm Making Irrigation Valves In Patent Dispute With Israel Company

Case Title: Automat Irrigation Pvt. Ltd. And Ors v. Aquestia Limited & Anr.

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 32

The Delhi High Court stayed an order that had restrained an Indian irrigation equipment maker from selling its “Hydromat Valve”, which was earlier held to prima facie infringe a patent owned by an Israel-based company.

Accused Under NDPS Act Can't Be Declared Proclaimed Offender; Only 'Proclaimed Person' U/S 82 CrPC: Delhi High Court

Case title: Avinash Singh v. State

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 33

The Delhi High Court has held that an accused booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act cannot be declared a “Proclaimed Offender” under Section 82 CrPC.

Married Woman Undergoing Abortion Due To Marital Discord Not An Offence If Done As Per MTP Act: Delhi High Court

Title: X v. State & Anr

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 34

Reaffirming reproductive autonomy of women, the Delhi High Court held that marital discord impacting mental health of a woman is a valid ground to seek abortion under the provisions of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act.

MCOCA Can Be Invoked Against Syndicate Members Even Without Prior FIRs: Delhi High Court

Case title: Anuradha @ Chiku v. State (Nct Of Delhi)

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 35

The Delhi High Court has held that the provisions of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) can be invoked against an accused alleged to be a member of an organised crime syndicate even if there are no prior FIRs or charge-sheets against such accused in her individual capacity.

Presentation Of Security Cheque On Loan Default Not Criminal Breach Of Trust: Delhi High Court

Case title: China Trust Commercial Bank v. State

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 36

The Delhi High Court has held that presentation of a security cheque by a bank upon default of loan repayment does not constitute the offence of criminal breach of trust under Section 409 IPC.

Use Of Condom, Time Gap Can Explain DNA Mismatch In Rape Cases: Delhi High Court

Case title: Ram Kuber v. State

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 37

The Delhi High Court has held that absence of DNA matching in a rape case is not fatal to the prosecution when surrounding circumstances, including use of condom by the accused and delay in medical examination, reasonably explain such absence.

No Presumption Of Wife's Earning Capacity At Interim Maintenance Stage: Delhi High Court

Title: X v. Y

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 38

The Delhi High Court has ruled that a wife cannot be presumed to be earning or being capable of maintaining herself while considering grant of interim maintenance to her by the husband.

Delhi High Court Orders Congress, AAP & Others To Take Down Defamatory Posts Linking BJP's Dushyant Gautam To Ankita Bhandari Murder Case

Title: DUSHYANT KUMAR GAUTAM v. URMILA SANA WAR & ORS

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 39

The Delhi High Court directed Congress party, Aam Aadmi Party and various others to take down allegedly defamatory publications from social media linking BJP's National General Secretary and former Rajya Sabha MP Dushyant Kumar Gautam to the Ankita Bhandari murder case.

Delhi High Court Dismisses 'Luxury Litigation' Over Debt Assignment, Reaffirms NCLT Power To Probe Fraud

Case Title: Roseland Buildtech Private Limited v. Vihaan 43 Reality Private Limited & Ors.

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 40

The Delhi High Court has dismissed what it described as “luxury litigation” challenging a debt assignment, saying issues of fraud or the existence of debt must be decided by the insolvency tribunal, not a civil court.

State Alone Can Appeal Against Acquittal In Police-Report Cases, Third Party Lacks Locus: Delhi High Court

Case title: Smt Sudha Sharma v. State Nct Of Delhi & Anr.

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 41

The Delhi High Court has held that in criminal cases arising out of a police report, the right to file an appeal against acquittal vests exclusively with the State.

Only State Or Accused Can Seek Directions For Speedy Trial In Police-Report Cases, Not Victim: Delhi High Court

Case title: Renuka Jain v. State

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 42

The Delhi High Court has held that in cases arising out of a police report, only the State or the accused has the locus to seek directions for expeditious disposal of the trial.

Delhi High Court Refuses To Quash Reassessment Against Homebuyer Over Alleged Cash Payment To Builder

Case title: Veena Arora v. Commissioner Income Tax - 12 Delhi & Anr.

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 43

The Delhi High Court has refused to interfere with reassessment proceedings initiated against a taxpayer after documents seized from real estate group Bhutani Infra allegedly reflected a cash transaction linked to a flat purchase.

Delhi High Court Directs Special Committee To Decide Lawyers' Plea To Include Their Names In Electoral Roll For BCD Polls

Title: UMESH KUMAR & ORS v. UNION OF INDIA & ORS

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 44

The Delhi High Court has directed the Special Committee of the Bar Council of Delhi (BCD) to decide a representation filed by three lawyers seeking addition of their names in the electoral roll for the ensuing elections.

Director's Assurance Of Payment In Ordinary Business Can't Automatically Attract Cheating Charge: Delhi High Court

Case title: Arun Kumar Bagla v. M/S SCJ Plastics Ltd

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 45

The Delhi High Court has held that a director's assurance of payment given in the ordinary course of a commercial transaction cannot, by itself, be treated as fraudulent inducement so as to attract the offence of Cheating under Section 420 IPC.

Civil Service Rules | Examining Sexual Harassment Complainant In Absence Of Accused, Without ICC Report Vitiates Disciplinary Action: Delhi HC

Case title: UoI v. Naresh

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 46

The Delhi High Court has held that disciplinary proceedings under Rule 14(2) of the Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules 1965, which are founded on an Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) inquiry, stand vitiated where complainants are examined in the absence of the delinquent employee.

Delhi High Court Orders Status Quo On ONGC Takeover Of Vedanta's Gujarat Offshore Oil Block

Case Title: Vedanta Limited v. Union of India and Ors

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 47

The Delhi High Court ordered a status quo on the government's move to take over an offshore oil block in Gujarat operated by Vedanta Ltd., effectively pausing the Centre's direction asking the company to stop operations and hand over the block to ONGC.

Belated Deposit Of TDS Doesn't Extinguish Criminal Liability Under Income Tax Act: Delhi High Court

Case Title: Dr Manoj Khanna v. Income Tax Office

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 48

The Delhi High Court has held that the subsequent or belated deposit of tax deducted at source (TDS) does not absolve an assessee or company officials of criminal liability under Section 276B of the Income Tax Act, 1961.

Obtaining Diplomatic Passport For Live-In Partner, Children Not 'Grave Misconduct' If Facts Known To Department: Delhi High Court

Case title: Birendra Singh Kunwar v. Union Of India Through Secretary (R) And Anr

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 49

The Delhi High Court has held that obtaining diplomatic passports for a live-in partner and children born from such a relationship does not amount to “grave misconduct” warranting withholding of employee's pensionary benefits, where the relationship and family circumstances were consistently disclosed to the department.

Revisional Power U/S 25B(8) Delhi Rent Control Act Is Supervisory In Nature, HC Can't Revisit Factual Findings: High Court

Case title: Satish Kumar Gupta v. Sushil Kumar Loomba

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 50

The Delhi High Court has reiterated that its revisional jurisdiction under Section 25B(8) of the Delhi Rent Control Act is supervisory in nature and does not permit reappreciation of evidence or revisiting factual findings recorded by the Rent Controller.

Delhi High Court Upholds Arbitral Award In Patel Gammon's Favour in Rampur Hydropower Project Dispute

Case Title: SJVN Ltd. v. Patel Gammon Joint Venture

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 51

The Delhi High Court has dismissed a petition filed by SJVN Limited challenging an arbitral award that granted payment to Patel Gammon Joint Venture for transporting excavated material during a hydroelectric project in Himachal Pradesh.

Acquittal On Cheating, Forgery Charges Rules Out Basis For Conviction U/S 409 IPC: Delhi High Court Suspends Sentence

Case title: Sumeet Suri v State

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 52

The Delhi High Court has suspended the sentence of a company director convicted for criminal breach of trust under Section 409 IPC, holding that the very substratum of the conviction stood weakened after his acquittal on charges of cheating and forgery.

Delhi High Court Refuses Interim Relief to JLT Energy Against Hindustan Cleanenergy In Solar Deal Dispute

Case Title: JLT Energy 9 SAS v. Hindustan Cleanenergy Limited & Ors. and connected matters

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 53

The Delhi High Court has refused to restrain Hindustan Cleanenergy Limited and its group companies from creating third-party rights in two solar power projects in Tamil Nadu and Bihar, holding that the share purchase agreements signed with a French investor had already come to an end on their own terms.

"Shocking": Delhi HC Pulls Up IT Dept For 8-Year Delay In Processing ₹5.37 Crore Microsoft Refund

Case Title: Microsoft Corporation India Pvt. Ltd v. Deputy Commissioner Of Income Tax & Ors

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 54

The Delhi High Court has pulled up the Income Tax Department over “shocking” eight years delay in processing Rs 5.37 crore tax refund to Microsoft Corporation India.

Income Tax | Delhi High Court Bars Tax Recovery After Taxpayer Pays 20% Of Disputed Demand

Case Detail: Shree Krishna Steel Traders Through Proprietor Nikhil Sharma vs. Union of India

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 55

The Delhi High Court restrained the Income Tax Department from taking any recovery action, including adjusting refunds, after it orally observed that the taxpayer had already paid 20% of the disputed tax demand and had the balance stayed during the pendency of the appeal.

Delhi High Court Quashes Higher 3.5% TDS On GE Group Payments, Restores 1.5% Rate

Case Title: GE Energy Parts Inc v. Assistant Commissioner Of Income Tax & Anr. (and connected matter)

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 56

The Delhi High Court has quashed the certificates issued by the Income Tax Department directing deduction of tax at source (TDS) at a higher rate of 3.5% on payments made to two GE group entities, and directed the authorities to issue fresh certificates prescribing deduction at the rate of 1.5%.

Judge Who Reserved Judgment Must Pronounce Verdict Despite Transfer, Successor Judge Can't Order Rehearing: Delhi High Court

Case title: Parvesh Mann @ Sagar Mann v. State Nct Of Delhi

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 57

The Delhi High Court has held that once final arguments in a criminal trial are concluded and the matter is reserved for judgment, the judge who heard the case is duty-bound to pronounce the verdict even if he or she is subsequently transferred.

Convictions Recorded During Continuous Incarceration Can't Make Prisoner 'Habitual Offender': Delhi High Court

Case title: Vinod @ Vinode @ Bhole v. The State (Govt Of Nct) Delhi

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 58

The Delhi High Court has held that convictions recorded while a prisoner is continuously incarcerated cannot render the prisoner a “habitual offender” for the purpose of denying furlough under the Delhi Prison Rules, 2018.

Transfer Pricing | Delhi High Court Faults DRP For Merely Endorsing TPO's Conclusions Without Independent Findings

Case Title: Principal Commissioner Of Income Tax, Delhi-1 v. Borgwarner Emissions Systems India Private Ltd

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 59

While dealing with the Income Tax Department's appeal in a transfer pricing case, the Delhi High Court has flagged that the Dispute Resolution Panel (DRP) failed to discharge its statutory duty by merely approving the conclusions of the Transfer Pricing Officer (TPO) without recording independent findings.

Delhi High Court Upholds Validity Of Election Symbols Order, Rejects Plea By Hind Samrajya Party

Title: HIND SAMRAJYA PARTY v. UOI & ORS

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 60

The Delhi High Court dismissed a petition seeking striking down of the Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) Order, 1968.

GST | Wrong-State Tax Payment Triggers ₹10.91 Lakh Refund Fight For Vodafone Idea

Case Detail: Vodafone Idea Limited vs. Assistant Commissioner Central GST Division Mohan Cooperative Industrial Estate (MCIE)

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 61

What began as a wrong-State GST payment has snowballed into a Rs 10.91 lakh refund dispute for Vodafone Idea Ltd. (Vi), after the Delhi GST Department rejected its refund claim. On Wednesday, the Delhi High Court declined to intervene, noting that the dispute turned on how the refund period was selected while filing the application.

CrPC | Magistrate Cannot Discharge Accused At Section 251 Stage In Summons Case After Cognizance: Delhi High Court

Case title: Tulip Multispecialty Hospital Private Limited v. Akhil Saxena & Anr.

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 62

The Delhi High Court has held that a Magistrate does not have the power to discharge an accused at the stage of Section 251 CrPC in a summons case, after cognizance has already been taken and summons issued.

Delhi High Court Orders Release of Seized Jewellery, Cash After Family Agrees To Pay ₹2.5 Crore Advance Tax

Case title: Koshaliya Devi Rastogi v. Assistant/ Deputy Commissioner Of Income Tax, Central Circle-27, New Delhi And Anr (and batch)

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 63

The Delhi High Court has directed the Income Tax Department to release the jewellery and cash seized from a family's house, after the latter agreed to deposit advance tax towards their probable tax liability arising from a search operation.

Long Pendency No Ground To Avoid Remand Where Core Issues Were Never Decided: Delhi High Court

Case title: Shri Satya Narain, Since Deceased Through LRs v. Chairman Delhi Development Authority Through Its Chairman & Anr

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 64

The Delhi High Court has held that the long pendency of a civil suit cannot be a reason to avoid remanding the matter when the trial court has failed to decide the core issues on merits.

Child's Sense Of Security Paramount; Parent's Visitation Right May Be Curtailed Without Deciding Disputed Allegations: Delhi High Court

Case title: JC v. BS

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 65

The Delhi High Court has held that while a parent is entitled to regular and meaningful visitation rights, the same can be regulated at the interim stage if circumstances indicate a risk to child's sense of security, emotional well-being or psychological stability, even without adjudicating disputed allegations between the parents.

Landlord Being 'Best Judge' Of His Needs Doesn't Dispense With Proof Of Genuine Need For Tenant's Eviction: Delhi High Court

Case title: Sh. Sanket Behari Mittal v. Sh. Subhash Chand Gupta

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 66

The Delhi High Court has reiterated that while a landlord is ordinarily considered the “best judge” of his requirements, this principle does not relieve him of the legal burden to prove a bona fide and genuine need with cogent evidence while seeking eviction under the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958.

Right To Pursue Higher Or Professional Education Is A Fundamental Right, Can't Be Curtailed Lightly: Delhi High Court

Title: HARSHIT AGRAWAL v. NATIONAL TESTING AGENCY AND ORS

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 67

The Delhi High Court has ruled that the right to pursue higher or professional education is a fundamental right of an individual which cannot be curtailed lightly.

“The right to pursue higher or professional education even though not explicitly spelt out as a fundamental right in part III of the Constitution of India, it is an affirmative obligation on the part of the state to ensure this right and the same cannot be permitted to be curtailed, lightly,” Justice Jasmeet Singh held.

Advocate-Client Privilege | Court Can't Compel Lawyers To Reveal Source Of Documents Filed On Client's Instructions: Delhi High Court

Title: MCDONALDS INDIA LTD v. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 68

The Delhi High Court has held that a lawyer cannot be compelled to disclose the source of document given by the client as it falls within privileged communication, without there being any prima facie judicial finding of fraud.

EWS Income Ceiling Raised To ₹5 Lakh For Free Treatment In Govt, Identified Private Hospitals: Govt Tells Delhi High Court

Title: Court On Its Own Motion v. Union Of India & Ors

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 69

The Delhi High Court has taken on record the Delhi Government's decision to enhance the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) income threshold for availing free treatment in government hospitals and private hospitals built on concessional land from Rs. 2.25 lakh to Rs. 5 lakh per annum.

A division bench comprising Justice Prathiba M Singh and Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora directed that wide publicity be given to the decision so that eligible persons can avail the benefit.

Delhi High Court Orders Removal Of YouTuber Bhuvan Bam's Unauthorised Images, But Declines Finding Of 'Personality Rights' At Outset

Title: BHUVAN BAM & ANR v. INKWYNK & ORS

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 70

The Delhi High Court passed a john doe order directing take down or removal of images of YouTuber and actor Bhuvan Bam being used by various entities and individuals without his consent.

Justice Jyoti Singh however said that a prima facie finding cannot be given on personality rights on the first day.

Registered Title Of Property Prevails Over Claims Of Oral Family Settlement: Delhi High Court

Case title: Sandeep Sethi & Anr v. Rajinder Kumar Sethi Deceased Through Lrs

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 71

The Delhi High Court has held that a registered conveyance deed confers decisive title, and vague or unsubstantiated claims of an oral family settlement cannot be used to defeat such ownership.

A Division Bench of Justices Anil Kshetarpal and Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar thus dismissed the appeals preferred by a man claiming joint ownership over a residential property on the basis of an alleged family arrangement, and upheld the decree in favour of his brother who held a registered conveyance deed in his name.

MCD's Own Lapses Bar It From Withholding Dues: Delhi High Court Upholds ₹1.01 Crore Decree In Favour Of Contractor

Case title: MCD v. M/S Ram Niwas Goel

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 72

The Delhi High Court has dismissed an appeal filed by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) against a decree of over ₹1.01 crore passed in favour of a contractor, holding that the civic body could not withhold payments when delays were caused by its own lapses.

Delhi High Court Upholds Bar On IFS Probationers Appearing In Civil Services Exam During Training

Title: ABHIMANYU SINGH AND ANR v. UNION OF INDIA AND ORS & other connected matters

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 73

The Delhi High Court upheld bar on Indian Forest Service (IFS) probationers from appearing in the Civil Services Examination (CSE) during their training period.

A division bench comprising Justice Anil Kshetarpal and Justice Amit Mahajan dismissed a batch of petitions filed by various IFS probationers challenging a 2023 amendment prohibiting them from appearing in the CSE or any other open competitive exam during their probationary training.

IFS Cadre Allocation | Home State Must Be First Preference To Claim Insider Cadre: Delhi High Court

Case title: Union Of India v. Shri Raj Priy Singh

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 74

​​The Delhi High Court has held that an officer seeking allocation to their home State cadre under the All India Services Cadre Allocation Policy must necessarily indicate the home State as their first preference, and that merely expressing willingness to serve in the home State or listing it as a lower preference does not create any enforceable right.

'Passing Of Order In Delhi Not Enough To Invoke Writ Jurisdiction': Delhi High Court Refuses To Hear Challenge Against Preventive Detention

Case title: Mr Gautam Mondal Through His Wife Mrs Ashima Mukherjee Mondal v. Union Of India Through Its Standing Counsel & Ors.

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 75

The Delhi High Court has refused to entertain a writ petition challenging preventive detention order under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1988 (PITNDPS), holding that although it possessed territorial jurisdiction, it was not the appropriate forum to adjudicate the dispute.

Delhi High Court Refuses To Entertain PIL To Extend Benefit Of CM Advocates Welfare Scheme To Lawyers' Parents

Title: First Generation Lawyers Association v. GNCTD & Ors

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 76

he Delhi High Court refused to entertain a PIL seeking extension of benefits of the Chief Minister Advocates Welfare Scheme to the eligible lawyers' parents.

A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia said that a mandamus cannot be issued in the matter, while citing autonomy to contract between two parties, one of them being the Delhi Government.

'Delhi Govt Can't Shirk Responsibility': High Court Orders Emergency Shelter Measures For Homeless Sleeping Outside Hospitals In Winter Cold

Title: Court on its own motion v. State & Ors

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 77

The Delhi High Court said that the Delhi Government or its agencies cannot shirk away from their responsibility to provide shelter to patients, attendants and their family members forced to sleep outside city hospitals in the biting winter cold due to lack of shelter.

A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia issued urgent short term directions, after it recently took suo motu cognizance of the situation.

Husband Must Pay Maintenance To Wife & Child Living With Her Despite Other Child Staying With Him: Delhi High Court

Case title: P v. A

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 78

The Delhi High Court has held that a husband's legal obligation to pay maintenance to his wife and minor child living with her does not get diluted merely because another child from their marriage is residing with him.

Frame Rules To Ensure Execution Of Delhi School Tribunal Orders: High Court To Delhi Govt

Title: JUSTICE FOR ALL v. HON'BLE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 79

The Delhi High Court asked the Delhi Government to take steps and frame appropriate Rules to ensure that the Delhi School Tribunal is vested with appropriate legal authority to get its orders executed.

Delhi High Court Refuses To Entertain PIL Claiming Auto Festival Will Worsen Air Pollution

Title: HEMANT JAIN & ANR v. UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 80

The Delhi High Court refused to entertain a PIL against “Burnout City India” event scheduled to be organized at NSIC Exhibition Ground on January 17, claiming that it will aggravate the existing air pollution.

The event is an automotive and lifestyle festival, involving massive vehicles showcase, drift and stunt zones, and music events.

Rubbing Penis Against Child's Private Part Not 'Penetrative Sexual Assault' Under POCSO Act: Delhi High Court Modifies Man's Conviction

Case title: Madhu Shudhan Dutto v. State Govt. Of Nct Of Delhi

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 81

The Delhi High Court has held that rubbing of a male genital against a child's genital, in the absence of proof of penetration, does not constitute “penetrative sexual assault” under Section 3 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

Justice Chandrasekharan Sudha observed

“The rubbing of the penis of the accused against the private part of PW1 does not apparently come within clauses (a) to (d) of Section 3 of the Act. Therefore, the case of penetrative sexual assault under Section 3 or aggravated penetrative sexual assault as contemplated under Section 5 of the PoCSO Act cannot be held to have been made out from the materials available on record.”

Bar Associations Do Not Perform Public Functions, Not State Under Article 12: Delhi High Court

Title: SANGITA RAI v. NEW DELHI BAR ASSOCIATION & ORS

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 82

The Delhi High Court has ruled that Bar Associations do not perform public functions and are not a State or its instrumentality under Article 12 of the Constitution of India.

Delhi High Court Rejects Plea Against Manish Sisodia's 2020 Election Win, Says Mere Registration Of FIR Need Not Be Disclosed

Title: PRATAP CHANDRA v. MR. MANISH SISODIA & ORS

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 83

The Delhi High Court has ruled that mere registration of an FIR does not imply pendency of a criminal case for the purpose of “disclosure” by an election candidate under Section 33A of Representation of Peoples Act.

Delhi High Court Rejects AAP Leader Somnath Bharti's Plea Challenging Election Of BJP MLA Satish Upadhyay From Malviya Nagar

Case title: Somnath Bharti v. Shri Satish Upadhyay

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 84

The Delhi High Court dismissed an election petition filed by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Somnath Bharti, challenging the election of Bharatiya Janata Party's Satish Upadhyay from the Malviya Nagar Assembly constituency.

Delhi High Court Quashes Income Tax Notices Against NDTV Founders Prannoy Roy And Radhika Roy; Imposes ₹2 Lakh Cost On Dep

Title: Prannoy Roy v. Commissioner of Income Tax & other connected matter

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 85

The Delhi High Court has set aside the income tax reassessment notices issued to New Delhi Television Ltd. (NDTV) founders Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy (petitioners), relating to a transaction involving RRPR Holding Pvt. Ltd, a promoter group of the news network.

Pendency Of Probate Proceedings No Bar To FIR Alleging Forgery Of Registered Will: Delhi High Court

Case title: Babita Chopra v. State

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 86

The Delhi High Court has refused to quash an FIR alleging forgery of a registered Will, holding that the pendency of probate proceedings examining the Will's validity does not bar a parallel criminal investigation into allegations of fabrication and use of forged documents.

Delhi High Court Rejects Kuldeep Singh Sengar's Plea For Suspension Of Sentence In Case Of Unnao Rape Victim Father's Death

Case name: Kuldeep Singh Sengar v. CBI

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 87

The Delhi High Court rejected Kuldeep Singh Sengar's plea seeking suspension of his 10 years sentence in the custodial death case of Unnao rape victim's father.

Delhi High Court Orders Removal Of Senior Advocate Vikas Pahwa's Images Misused On Social Media To Defraud People

Title: Vikas Pawha v. Ashok Kumar (John Doe) & Ors

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 88

The Delhi High Court passed an interim order for take down or removal of images of Senior Advocate Vikas Pahwa being used on social media for defrauding people.

Tribunal Can't Direct Reinstatement Without Considering Pending Criminal Matters: Delhi High Court

Case Name : Deputy Commissioner of Police v. Ex. Const. Arvind Kumar

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 89

A Division Bench of the Delhi High Court comprising Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Madhu Jain held that even if dismissal is set aside in departmental proceedings, reinstatement and service benefits must be decided by the competent authority after considering the employee's subsequent criminal conviction on a different charge.

Delhi High Court Refuses To Order FIR Over Saket Court Staffer Suicide, Cites Ongoing Administrative Action

Title: Anand Legal Aid Forum Trust v. High Court & Ors

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 90

The Delhi High Court refused to order FIR over a recent incident wherein a 43-year-old differently-abled ahlmad jumped to death and committed suicide at the Saket Courts, allegedly citing “work pressure”.

Calling the incident unfortunate, a division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia remarked that they were conscious of the situation and that steps as warranted are being taken.

'Do Some Constructive Work': Delhi High Court Raps Law Student Seeking To Ban Bangladesh From Cricket Citing Violence Against Hindus

Title: DEVYANI SINGH v. BOARD OF CONTROL FOR CRICKET IN INDIA & Ors.

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 91

The Delhi High Court rejected a public interest litigation seeking to ban Bangladesh from participating in all cricket tournaments and competitions, citing violence against Hindus there.

A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia rapped the petitioner, a law student, for filing such a PIL while also repeatedly cautioning pursuing the matter may invite heavy costs.

Attendance Shortage No Ground To Detain From Exams: Delhi High Court Grants Relief To DU Law Students

Title: MS. MUSKAAN AAMIR v. UNION OF INDIA & ANR

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 92

The Delhi High Court has allowed a batch of writ petitions filed by various law students of the University of Delhi, holding that shortage of attendance cannot be a valid ground to detain them from appearing in examinations or preventing them from continuing their academic pursuits.

PhD Requirement For Higher Pay To Lecturer Not Violative Of Articles 14, 16: Delhi High Court Upholds AICTE Norms

Case title: Sunil Kumar Tiwari And Ors. v. Govt. Of Nct Of Delhi And Ors.

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 93

The Delhi High Court has upheld the validity of the All India Council for Technical Education's (AICTE) prescription of a PhD degree as an eligibility condition for granting a higher Academic Grade Pay (AGP) of ₹10,000 to lecturers in government polytechnic institutions.

Calling Upon Accused To Cross-Examine Witness Without Legal Assistance Vitiates Trial: Delhi High Court

Title: RAM SWAROOP GUPTA & ORS v. STATE NCT OF DELHI & ANR

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 94

The Delhi High Court has held that calling upon an accused to cross-examine a prosecution witness in the absence of legal assistance strikes at the very core of fair trial and vitiates the entire proceedings.

Justice Girish Kathpalia said that presence of legal assistance for the accused facing trial is the core element of fair trial.

Mere Averments In Pleadings To Prosecute Or Defend Case Not Defamation: Delhi High Court

Title: HARKIRAT SINGH SODHI v. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 95

The Delhi High Court has ruled that mere averments made in the pleadings, either to prosecute or defend oneself, does not tantamount to an offence of defamation.

Merely Labelling Hypertension A 'Lifestyle Disorder' Not Enough To Deny Disability Pension To Air Force Personnel: Delhi High Court

Case title: UoI v. 627281 EX MWO (HFO) Tejpal Singh

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 96

The Delhi High Court has held that merely branding a disability like hypertension as a "lifestyle disorder" is insufficient to deny disability pension to an Air Force personnel, particularly when the medical opinion rejecting the claim is unsupported by cogent reasons.

Father Who Rapes His Daughter Can't Be Shown Any Leniency In POCSO Case: Delhi High Court Upholds Conviction

Title: DRY v. STATE NCT OF DELHI

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 97

The Delhi High Court has held that a father who rapes his daughter cannot be shown any relaxation in POCSO cases.

A division bench comprising Justice Prathiba M Singh and Justice Madhu Jain upheld the conviction of a father for repeatedly raping his minor daughter studying in 6th standard in July 2021.

Inadvertent Error In Recruitment Notice Doesn't Create Vested Right To Appointment When No Vacancy Exists: Delhi High Court

Case title: National Institute Of Tuberculosis And Respiratory Diseases v. Ms. Shweta & Ors

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 98

The Delhi High Court has set aside an order of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) which had directed the appointment of a candidate on the basis of an erroneous recruitment advertisement where no actual vacancy existed for the reserved category.

Delhi High Court Rejects MCD's Appeal Against ₹1 Lakh Compensation To Safai Karmchari For Illegal Termination, But Denies Reinstatement

Case title: North Delhi Municipal Corporation v. Shri Darshan Singh

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 99

The Delhi High Court has dismissed cross-petitions filed by the North Delhi Municipal Corporation (MCD) and a Safai Karamchari and thus, upheld an Industrial Tribunal award granting ₹1 lakh retrenchment compensation for illegal termination. The HC, however, declined the workman's plea for reinstatement with back wages.

Adults Can't Use Rape Law As Tool To Criminalise Breakups In Consensual Relationships: Delhi High Court

Title: DR AVADESH KUMAR v. STATE NCT OF DELHI AND ANOTHER

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 100

The Delhi High Court has ruled that adults cannot use rape law as a tool to criminalize breakups when the relationship was consensual between two individuals.

Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma said that failed relationships cannot be given a criminal colour, also warning against the misuse of rape charges invoked in broken romantic relationships.

Delhi High Court Orders Take Down Of Abusive Social Media Posts Against PhysicsWallah By Former Employee

Title: PHYSICSWALLAH LIMITED v. NIKHIL KUMAR SINGH & ORS

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 101

The Delhi High Court directed removal or take down of abusive and derogatory social media posts made against online education platform PhysicsWallah, by a former employee.

Justice Jyoti Singh passed the interim injunction order in a defamation suit filed by PhysicsWallah against Nikhil Kumar Singh and social media platforms.

Cash For Query Row: Delhi High Court Grants Two Months' Time To Lokpal For Deciding Sanction Against Mahua Moitra

Tile: MAHUA MOITRA v. LOKPAL OF INDIA & ORS

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 102

The Delhi High Court has allowed an application filed by Lokpal of India seeking more time to decide on granting sanction to the CBI, to file chargesheet against Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra in relation to the cash for query row.

A division bench comprising Justice Anil Kshetarpal and Justice Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar granted two months' time to Lokpal and clarified that no further time shall be granted.

Delhi High Court Permits Direct Cash Transfer Of School Uniform Subsidy To EWS Students, Instead Of In-Kind Supply

Title: JUSTICE FOR ALL v. GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 103

The Delhi High Court permitted the Delhi Government to provide school uniform assistance to Economically Weaker Section (EWS) and Disadvantaged Group (DG) students in private schools through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT), instead of supplying uniforms strictly in kind.

Double Jeopardy Bars Enhanced Departmental Penalty After Conviction In Criminal Appeal: Delhi High Court

Case Name : Ashok Kumar v. Commissioner of Police & Ors.

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 104

A Division Bench of the Delhi High Court comprising Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Madhu Jain held that once a disciplinary authority has imposed a penalty based on a conviction, it cannot reopen the same incident to impose a harsher punishment merely because the criminal appeal results in a reduced sentence, as this violates the principle against double jeopardy.

Departmental Findings Can't Substitute Primary Evidence In Criminal Trial: Delhi High Court Discharges Process Server In Forged Summons Case

Case title: Narender Singh v. State

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 105

The Delhi High Court has discharged a process server who was accused of fabricating a false service report to facilitate an ex parte divorce, holding that the material on record did not disclose "grave suspicion" against him to justify framing of charges.

The Court ruled that findings in departmental proceedings cannot be elevated to substantive evidence in a criminal case, nor can prosecution be founded on oral assertions regarding a document that was never seized or produced before the Court.

Delhi High Court Upholds Rule Allowing Childless Widow To Continue Family Pension After Remarriage

Title: SMT. LAKSHMI DEVI AND ANR v. UNION OF INDIA AND ORS

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 106

The Delhi High Court upheld the constitutional validity of Rule 54 of the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972, entitling a childless widow to continue to receive family pension after remarriage.

A Division Bench comprising Justice Anil Kshetarpal and Justice Amit Mahajan dismissed a writ petition filed by the parents of a deceased CRPF personnel seeking grant of family pension to them after the remarriage of their son's widow.

Delhi High Court Directs MCD To Clear Hawkers From Anand Vihar ISBT, Orders Beautification Plan

Title: MAHILA HAWKER WELFARE ASSOCIATION v. DISTRICT MAGISTRATE, SHAHDRA & ORS

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 107

The Delhi High Court has directed the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to remove all hawkers and vendors from the congested area around the Anand Vihar ISBT, while permitting only 105 vendors, who were found eligible to vend through mobile carts and without any permanent structures.

Supreme Court's 'Mihir Rajesh Shah' Ruling On Written Grounds Of Arrest Operates Prospectively: Delhi High Court

Case title: Karan Singh v. State

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 108

The Delhi High Court has held that the Supreme Court's judgment in Mihir Rajesh Shah v. State of Maharashtra (2025), which mandates the furnishing of written grounds of arrest to an accused before remand in all offences, will operate prospectively and cannot be applied to arrests made prior to the date of the ruling.

Attempt To Hoodwink Court: Delhi HC Rejects Anticipatory Bail Application Noting Parallel Plea Before Sessions Court

Case title: Harsh v. State

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 109

The Delhi High Court dismissed an anticipatory bail application after finding that the accused had filed parallel anticipatory bail pleas before two different courts, which were being heard on the same day, terming the conduct a "clear abuse of process in the name of liberty".

Marriage Registration Not Proof Of Marital Harmony, Can't Be Used To Deny Mutual Divorce Before One Year: Delhi High Court

Title: X v. Y

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 110

The Delhi High Court has held that mere registration of marriage between two individuals cannot determine matrimonial harmony or their intention to cohabit together.

“Registration of marriage is merely a statutory mandate, and by itself, cannot be determinative of matrimonial harmony, intention to cohabit, or the viability of the marital relationship,” a division bench comprising Justice Vivek Chaudhary and Justice Renu Bhatnagar observed.

'Childhood Not Lived On Screens': Delhi High Court Rejects 'Stereotypical' Tender Years Doctrine, Grants Custody To Father

Case title: SSB v. DBC

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 111

The Delhi High Court has held that the long-standing "Tender Years Doctrine", which presumes that custody of young children should ordinarily vest with the mother, is rooted in "highly stereotypical" premises and is "no longer apposite" to contemporary custody adjudication.

Delhi High Court Flags Need For Emergency Healthcare Facilities In District Courts, Directs Petitioner To Administrative Side

Case Title: NARENDRA SHARMA V/s GNCTD & ORS.

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 112

The Delhi High Court disposed of a PIL seeking adequate medical facilities in city's District Court Complexes, to provide emergency healthcare to stakeholders including lawyers, litigants and security personnel.

A division bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia emphasized on the importance of issue raised and asked the Petitioner to approach the High Court on administrative side.

'Not Maintainable': Delhi High Court Rejects Jailed MP Engineer Rashid's Appeal Against Order Framing Charges In UAPA Case

Case title: ABDUL RASHID SHEIKH VS. NATIONAL INVESTIGATION AGENCY

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 113

The Delhi High Court dismissed an appeal preferred by jailed Jammu and Kashmir MP Engineer Rashid challenging an order framing charges against him in a UAPA case, stating that it is an interlocutory order against which appeal is not maintainable.

In doing so, the court referred to a coordinate bench's decision in December 2025 which had held that a charge order cannot be challenged in appeal under NIA Act as it is interlocutory in nature.

High Court Asks Delhi Govt To Bridge Digital Gap In Access To Online Welfare Schemes

Case Title: Aduram v. Union of India

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 114

The Delhi High Court asked the Delhi government to take steps for enhanced accessibility of online government facilities, such as registration for housing welfare schemes, so as to ensure that services can be easily availed by persons not adept with technology, senior citizens, persons of disadvantaged groups, etc.

A division bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia orally suggested State counsel Sameer Vashishth to consider establishing e-kiosk facility/ help desks which assist citizens with accessing online government services, irrespective of the Department offering them.

Delhi High Court To Form Committee To Monitor Illegal Activities And Deficiencies In Chandni Chowk Area

Case Title: CHANDANI CHOWK SARV VYAPAR MANDAL (REGD.) V/s GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI & ORS.

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 115

The Delhi High Court said that it will form an Oversight Committee to monitor and remove the deficiencies and illegal activities in city's Chandni Chowk and surrounding areas.

A division bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia orally observed, "...authorities are also not moving as they ought to...as we had proposed earlier, we'll form a Committee...what we propose is, we'll form a Committee and all the Departments, including the MCD shall report to the Committee...we'll call for reports from the Committee...and perhaps let's hope things will start moving now...otherwise it becomes difficult for the court to monitor all this."

Probationers Are 'Workmen' Under Industrial Disputes Act; S. 17B Wages Non-Recoverable Even If Termination Upheld: Delhi High Court

Case title: Sarita Tiwari v. M/S Deccan Charters Pvt Ltd

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 116

The Delhi High Court has held that while a probationary employee falls within the definition of a 'workman' under Section 2(s) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, the termination of a probationer without a full-scale formal departmental inquiry is legally valid if the order is one of termination simpliciter and non-stigmatic.

Delhi High Court Rejects Sameer Wankhede's Defamation Suit Against Netflix Series 'Ba***ds of Bollywood'

Case Title: SAMEER DNYANDEV WANKHEDE v. RED CHILLIES ENTERTAINMENTS PVT. LTD. & ORS

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 117

The Delhi High Court rejected the suit filed by IRS officer Sameer Wankhede over his allegedly defamatory portrayal in the Netflix series “Ba***ds of Bollywood” directed by Aryan Khan.

Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav refused to entertain the suit on grounds of jurisdiction and returned the plaint to Wankhede in order to approach the court of competent jurisdiction.

30 Years On, Delhi High Court Upholds Conviction Of Police ASI For Accepting ₹5,000 Bribe

Case title: Baldev Singh v. CBI

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 118

The Delhi High Court has upheld the conviction and sentence of a police Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) in a corruption case dating back nearly three decades.

A bench of Justice Chandrasekharan Sudha held that minor inconsistencies in witness testimony cannot eclipse clear proof of demand and acceptance of illegal gratification.

Delhi High Court Sets Aside Order Dismissing Bail Plea As “Too Voluminous”, Says Liberty Can't Depend On Bulk Of Pleadings

Title: VIJAY GUPTA v. STATE (NCT OF DELHI)

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 119

The Delhi High Court set aside an order passed by a trial court dismissing a bail application solely on the ground that it was “too voluminous and bulky.”

Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma said that judicial discipline requires that matters be decided on substance rather than rejected on form, and that liberty of an accused cannot be made to hinge upon the perceived 'bulk' of the papers placed before the Court.

Can't Force Accused To Create Evidence, Draft Facts Memo U/S 91 CrPC: Delhi High Court Upholds Quashing Of CBI Notice To Ex-HC Judge

Title: CBI v. I M QUDDUSI

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 120

The Delhi High Court, has held unsustainable a notice issued by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) under Section 91 CrPC, to a retired judge of the Chhattisgarh High Court, Justice Ishrat Masroor Qureshi, holding that such a notice could not be used to "compel the accused" to furnish information requiring disclosure of facts based on personal knowledge.

Delhi High Court Directs Inclusion Of Skier Manjeet For 2026 Winter Olympics, Slams IOA's “Arbitrary” Selection Process

Title: MANJEET v. INDIAN OLYMPIC ASSOCIATION (IOA) AND ORS

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 121

The Delhi High Court held that the exclusion of cross-country skier Manjeet from India's Olympic contingent for the XXV Winter Olympic Games, Milano Cortina 2026, is manifestly arbitrary, unfair and contrary to the governing international qualification framework.

'Executive Resolution Cannot Override Recruitment Rules': Delhi High Court Directs Jamia To Consider Assistant Librarians For Promotion

Case title: J​amia Millia Islamia v. Roshan Ara & Ors.

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 122

The Delhi High Court has held that the executive decision of the University cannot override existing Recruitment Rules unless formally amended.

The division bench of Justices Subramonium Prasad and Vimal Kumar Yadav thus dismissed an appeal filed by Jamia Millia Islamia, against a Single Judge order directing it to consider eligible Assistant Librarians for promotion to the post of Deputy Librarian.

S.395 IPC | Benefit Under Probation Of Offenders Act Not Available For Dacoity Convicts: Delhi High Court

Case title: State v. Sunil @ Pahalwan & Anr

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 123

The Delhi High Court has held that the benefit of probation under the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958 can't be extended to persons convicted for the offence of dacoity under Section 395 IPC, as the offence is punishable with imprisonment for life.

Section 4 of the Probation of Offenders Act empowers Courts to release certain offenders, not guilty of an offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life, on probation of good conduct.

Pillion Rider's Alleged Intoxication No Ground For Contributory Negligence In Accident Cases Without Causal Link: Delhi High Court

Case title: The Oriental Insurance Co Ltd v. Haazari Singh Rawat & Ors

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 124

The Delhi High Court has held that an allegation that the pillion rider on a two-wheeler was under the influence of alcohol cannot justify a finding of contributory negligence unless a clear causal link is established between the alleged intoxication and the occurrence of the accident.