Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: April 21 To April 27, 2025

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Citations 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 455 to 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 481NOMINAL INDEXMOTHER X OF VICTIM A v. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 455 Union of India & Anr. vs. Sudhir Tyagi 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 456 ALL INDIA BAR ASSOCIATION OF NATIONAL CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION v. UNION OF INDIA & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 457 Mohd Sheikh Noor Hussain vs. State NCT Of...

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Citations 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 455 to 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 481

NOMINAL INDEX

MOTHER X OF VICTIM A v. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 455

Union of India & Anr. vs. Sudhir Tyagi 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 456

ALL INDIA BAR ASSOCIATION OF NATIONAL CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION v. UNION OF INDIA & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 457

Mohd Sheikh Noor Hussain vs. State NCT Of Delhi 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 458

C J INTERNATIONAL HOTELS LTD & ORS v. JOINT COMMISSIONER OF POLICE LICENSING & ORS. 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 459

Agarwal Packers And Movers Ltd vs. Aggarwal Cargo Packers And Movers And Ors 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 460

Ashok Swain v. Union of India 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 461

CONSORTIUM OF NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITIES VS. MASTER ADITYA SINGH, MINOR and other connected matters 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 462

Vinod Kumar Bindal vs. Central Information Commissioner & Ors 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 463

M S Deepak And Co Through Its Partner Smt Poonam Porwal vs. IRCTC 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 464

LAKSHMI MURDESHWAR PURI v. SAKET GOKHALE 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 465

M/S Impressive Data Services Private Limited v. Commissioner (Appeals-I), Central Tax Gst, Delhi 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 466

Commissioner Of Income Tax Exemption Delhi v. IILM Foundation 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 467

Exide Industries Ltd. v. Assistant Commissioner, CGST & Ors. 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 468

Medha Patkar v. VK Saxena 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 469

Ms Stesalit Limited & Anr v. Union Of India & Ors. 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 470

ARANJEET SINGH v. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 471

MANU WAHDWA @ MOHIT v. THE STATE, GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 472

USTAD FAIYAZ WASIFUDDIN DAGAR V/s MR. A.R. RAHMAN & ORS. 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 473

Medha Patkar v. VK Saxena 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 474

Praveen vs. State Govt Of NCT Of Delhim2025 LiveLaw (Del) 475

M/S Perfetti Van Melle India Pvt Ltd Additional Commissioner (Adjn.) v. CGST Delhi North & Ors 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 476

M/S Brijbihari Concast Pvt. Ltd. (Through Its Director Sh. Rajeev Agarwal) v. Directorate General Of Goods And Services Tax Intelligence Meerurt Zonal Unit (Through Its Additional Director General) & Anr. 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 477

Dalvinder Singh Sudan v. Commissioner Of Customs 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 478

J. G'S Departmental Store v. Income Tax Officer Ward 60(1) & Ors. 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 479

Haris Aslam v. Commissioner Of Customs 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 480

Bhavna Luthra L/H Of Sh. Narain Das Luthra, Proprietor Of M/S. Hunny Enterprises v. Assistant Commissioner, Range 8, CGST, Delhi & Anr 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 481

S.21 POCSO Act Intends To Prevent Suppression Of Crimes, Not Penalize Those Who Report With Certain Delay Due To Vulnerability: Delhi HC

Title: MOTHER X OF VICTIM A v. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR.

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 455

The Delhi High Court has observed that Section 21 of the POCSO Act is intended to prevent suppression of sexual offences and ensure timely action in the best interest of the child and is not meant to penalise those who, despite personal vulnerabilities, report the crime ultimately.

Grant Of Post-Award Interest U/S 31(7)(B) Of A&C Act Is Mandatory, Arbitrator's Discretion Limited To Rate Of Interest: Delhi HC

Case Title: Union of India & Anr. vs. Sudhir Tyagi

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 456

The Delhi High Court bench of Justice Ravinder Dudeja has held that the grant of post-award interest under Section 31(7)(b) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (“the Act”) is mandatory. The only discretion which the Arbitral Tribunal has is to decide the rate of interest to be awarded. Where the Arbitrator does not fix any rate of interest, then statutory rate, as provided in Section 31(7)(b), shall apply.

Delhi High Court Orders Fixing Of NCDRC Calendar, Rejects Contention That Summer/ Winter Vacations Would Create Case Backlog

Title: ALL INDIA BAR ASSOCIATION OF NATIONAL CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION v. UNION OF INDIA & ANR.

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 457

The Delhi High Court has directed that the calendar for National Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission (NCDRC) be fixed in consultation with its President, while taking into account the views and interest of all the stakeholders, including the Bar Association.

Being In Jail Doesn't Reduce Status To Chattel: Delhi HC Rebukes Jail Authority For Repeating Grounds To Deny Parole To Murder Convict

Case title: Mohd Sheikh Noor Hussain vs. State NCT Of Delhi

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 458

Remarking that jail authorities must show sensitivity while deciding parole, the Delhi High Court has observed that parole applications cannot be rejected on the same ground repeatedly.

It further observed that once a court has applied its mind on the validity of any ground for rejecting or granting parole, in such a case jail authorities should scrupulously adhere to such order. 

No Coercive Action Against Hotel Le Meridien On License Issue: Delhi High Court To Authorities

Title: C J INTERNATIONAL HOTELS LTD & ORS v. JOINT COMMISSIONER OF POLICE LICENSING & ORS.

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 459

The Delhi High Court has restrained the city authorities from taking any coercive action against Hotel Le Meridien, which sought to renew its eating house and lodging license.

Justice Sachin Datta directed the authorities to process the hotel's application for renewal of the eating house and lodging license, without insisting on a health trade license.

Delhi HC Grants Temporary Injunction To Famous Logistics Company Agarwal Packers & Movers Against Trademark Infringement By Fake Website

Case title: Agarwal Packers And Movers Ltd vs. Aggarwal Cargo Packers And Movers And Ors

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 460

The Delhi High Court has issued a temporary injunction in favour of the logistics company, Agarwal Packers and Movers Ltd, against trademark infringement by a business offering goods packaging and transportation services.

Delhi High Court Refuses To Expunge Single Judge Observations On 'Objectionable' Tweets By Academic Ashok Swain

Title: Ashok Swain v. Union of India

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 461

The Delhi High Court rejected an appeal moved by academic and writer Ashok Swain seeking expunging of remarks made by a single judge while adjudicating his case against OCI card cancellation, that prima facie some of his tweets contained objectionable insinuations undermining the constitutional apparatus and legitimacy of India.

CLAT UG 2025: Delhi High Court Accepts Few Objections To Answer Key, Directs Consortium Of NLUs To Revise Merit List

Case : CONSORTIUM OF NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITIES VS. MASTER ADITYA SINGH, MINOR and other connected matters

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 462

The Delhi High Court directed the Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs) to republish and renotify within four weeks the final list of selected candidates who gave the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) UG examination 2025.

A division bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela decided a batch of petitions challenging the results of the CLAT UG examination 2025, held in December last year for admissions to undergraduate law course in various National Law Universities.

Reasons For Inclusion Of Name In CBI's List Of 'Undesirable Contact Men' Prima Facie Not Exempt From RTI Act: Delhi High Court

Case title: Vinod Kumar Bindal vs. Central Information Commissioner & Ors

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 463

The Delhi High Court has observed that inclusion of an individual's name in an intelligence agency's list of 'Undesirable Contact Men' and publication of the same in newspaper and official website prima facie violates 'human rights' within the meaning of Section 24(1) of the Right to Information (RTI) Act.

'No Disclosure Of Criminal Antecedents': Delhi High Court Quashes IRCTC's Grant Of Tender On Catering Services To Highest Bidder

Case title: M S Deepak And Co Through Its Partner Smt Poonam Porwal vs. IRCTC

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 464

The Delhi High Court has quashed a tender awarded to a bidder by the IRCTC for providing onboard catering services in trains for a period of five years, noting that the successful bidder did not disclose any transgression or criminal antecedents that may impinge on the anti-corruption principle.

Delhi High Court Orders Attachment Of Saket Gokhale's Salary In Defamation Case By Lakshmi Puri

Title: LAKSHMI MURDESHWAR PURI v. SAKET GOKHALE

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 465

The Delhi High Court has ordered attachment of salary of Trinamool Congress MP Saket Gokhale in the defamation case filed against him by Lakshmi Puri, former Indian Assistant Secretary-General to the United Nations.

S.107(6) Of CGST Act Does Not Grant Discretion To Court For Waiving Pre-Deposit At Time Of Filing Appeal: Delhi High Court

Case title: M/S Impressive Data Services Private Limited v. Commissioner (Appeals-I), Central Tax Gst, Delhi

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 466

The Delhi High Court has made it clear that it has no discretion to allow a prayer seeking waiver of pre-deposit condition prescribed under Section 107(6) of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 for preferring an appeal under the statute.

S.13 Income Tax Act | Charitable Trust's Status Not Affected For Making Reasonable Payments On Services Rendered By Related Party: Delhi HC

Case title: Commissioner Of Income Tax Exemption Delhi v. IILM Foundation

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 467

The Delhi High Court has held that a Charitable Trust's status cannot be taken away citing violation of Section 13 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 merely because it made reasonable payment for services rendered by a related party.

Delhi HC Sets Aside ₹12 Crore GST Demand On Exide Industries But Imposes ₹1 Lakh Cost For Laxity In Responding To Hearing Notices

Case title: Exide Industries Ltd. v. Assistant Commissioner, CGST & Ors.

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 468

The Delhi High Court has set aside a GST demand of over ₹12 crores raised on storage battery manufacturer Exide Industries, for wrongful availment of Input Tax Credit.

A division bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Rajneesh Kumar Gupta however imposed a cost of ₹1 lakh on the Indian multinational for “laxity” in responding to the repeated hearing notices issued by the Department.

Medha Patkar Withdraws Plea Against Conviction In Defamation Case Filed By LG VK Saxena From Delhi High Court

Title: Medha Patkar v. VK Saxena

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 469

Narmada Bachao Andolan leader and activist Medha Patkar withdrew from the Delhi High Court her plea against her conviction in the criminal defamation case lodged against her by Vinai Kumar Saxena in 2001.

Whether Roof-Mounted Air Conditioners For Trains Attract 18% GST Or 28% GST? Delhi High Court To Decide

Case title: Ms Stesalit Limited & Anr v. Union Of India & Ors.

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 470

The Delhi High Court will soon decide the GST rate applicable to roof-mounted air conditioners of specific designs manufactured for the railways.

A division bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Rajneesh Kumar Gupta are seized with a petition filed by railways and aerospace technology company StesaLIT Limited, challenging a Circular issued by the Union Finance Ministry in 2024, stipulating that above said AC units shall be classified under HSN 8415 and not HSN 8607.

Dowry Death Strikes At Foundations Of Dignity In Domestic Life, But No Blanket Prohibition On Grant Of Bail To Accused: Delhi High Court

Title: KARANJEET SINGH v. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 471

The Delhi High Court has observed that the offence of dowry death strikes at the very foundations of dignity and justice in domestic life but underscored that there is no blanket prohibition for grant of bail in such cases.

Gullible Individuals Fall Prey To Inducements In Name Of Religious Preachers, Harsh Reality Of Society: Delhi High Court

Title: MANU WAHDWA @ MOHIT v. THE STATE, GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 472

The Delhi High Court has observed that gullible individuals facing rough time in their life fall prey to inducements in the name of religious preachers, terming it to be a harsh reality of the society.

“One cannot ignore the harsh reality of our society where gullible individuals facing the rough weathers in life fall prey to such inducements in the name of religious preachers,” Justice Girish Kathpalia said.

Give Credits To Dagar Brothers In AR Rahman's Veera Raja Veera Song: Delhi High Court Issues Interim Injunction

Title: USTAD FAIYAZ WASIFUDDIN DAGAR V/s MR. A.R. RAHMAN & ORS.

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 473

In an interim order, the Delhi High Court has ruled in favour of Veteran Indian classical singer Ustad Faiyaz Wasifuddin Dagar in his suit alleging copyright infringement of his “Shiva Stuti” composition by music composer A.R. Rahman and other producers in Tamil film Ponniyan Selvan 2 song "Veera Raja Veera.”

Delhi High Court Suspends Medha Patkar's Sentence In Defamation Case By LG VK Saxena, Grants Her Bail

Title: Medha Patkar v. VK Saxena

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 474

The Delhi High Court suspended the sentence of Narmada Bachao Andolan leader and activist Medha Patkar in the criminal defamation case lodged against her by Vinai Kumar Saxena in 2001.

[NDPS Act] Absence Of Recovery From Accused Insufficient For Bail When Nexus With Narcotic Network Is Disclosed: Delhi HC

Case title: Praveen vs. State Govt Of NCT Of Delhi

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 475

The Delhi High Court has observed that mere absence of recovery of narcotic drugs from an accused is not a sufficient reason for the grant of bail, when there is prima facie evidence of involvement of the accused in a narcotic network.

GST Demand Of Over ₹10 Crores Raised Without Considering Assessee's Stand: Delhi High Court Orders Fresh Adjudication

Case title: M/S Perfetti Van Melle India Pvt Ltd Additional Commissioner (Adjn.) v. CGST Delhi North & Ors

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 476

The Delhi High Court has asked the Adjudicating Authority under Central Goods and Service Tax Act 2017 to undertake fresh adjudication of the show cause notice issued to an assessee, raising demand of more than ₹10 crores.

Assessee's Business Cannot Be Prejudiced By Complete Attachment Of Bank Accounts Pending Adjudication By GST Authority: Delhi HC

Case title: M/S Brijbihari Concast Pvt. Ltd. (Through Its Director Sh. Rajeev Agarwal) v. Directorate General Of Goods And Services Tax Intelligence Meerurt Zonal Unit (Through Its Additional Director General) & Anr.

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 477

The Delhi High Court has asked the GST authority not to prejudice the business of an assessee, involved in manufacturing of mild steel products, by attaching its complete bank account pending adjudication of ₹15.09 crores tax evasion proceedings.

Sikh People Usually Wear 'Kada', Personal Effect: Delhi High Court Sets Aside Detention By Customs

Case title: Dalvinder Singh Sudan v. Commissioner Of Customs

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 478

Observing that Sikh persons usually wear kada as part of their religious practice, the Delhi High Court set aside the detention of a Dubai resident's gold kada by the Customs Department.

Delhi HC Sets Aside Reassessment Over Cash Deposits During Demonetisation, Says Order U/S 148A(d) Income Tax Act Transgressed Notice U/S 148A(b)

Case title: J. G'S Departmental Store v. Income Tax Officer Ward 60(1) & Ors.

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 479

The Delhi High Court has set aside the reassessment action initiated against a partnership firm under Section 148A(d) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 over cash deposits made by it during demonetisation, stating that this ground was not mentioned in the notice issued to the firm under Section 148A(b).

Customs' Decision To Prefer Revision Plea Against Order To Release Goods Not Grounds To Withhold Them: Delhi High Court

Case title: Haris Aslam v. Commissioner Of Customs

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 480

The Delhi High Court has held that the Customs Department cannot sit over an appellate body's order directing it to release the goods of an assessee, merely on the ground that the Department seeks to prefer a revision against such order.

Delhi HC Expresses Concern Over “Harrowing Experience” Of Widow Seeking Refund Of Balance In Electronic Cash Ledger Of Deceased Husband's Firm

Case title: Bhavna Luthra L/H Of Sh. Narain Das Luthra, Proprietor Of M/S. Hunny Enterprises v. Assistant Commissioner, Range 8, CGST, Delhi & Anr

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 481

The Delhi High Court recorded the “harrowing experience” that a widow had to go through for obtaining a refund from the GST Department.

The GST registration of the firm owned by her now deceased husband was cancelled in view of his death. However, his widow sought a refund of ₹10,45,793/- balance in the electronic cash ledger of the firm.

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