Citations 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 583 to 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 591
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D v. G 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 583
BSES Rajdhani Power Limited & Anr v. GNCTD 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 584
Grew Energy Private Limited v. NTPC Renewable Energy Limited 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 585
AITA v. Somdev Kishore Devvarman & Ors. 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 586
Minor R (Thr. Her Father R) v. State & Anr 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 587
G v. M 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 588
Maheshwar Narayan Sharma And Ors v. M V Babu Svaminath And Ors 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 589
National Institute Of Electronics And Information Technology (NIELIT) & Ors. v. Sh. Raj Kumar Tripathi & Ors 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 590
Bisen Anshul Kumar v. Union of India & Anr. 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 591
Case title: D v. G
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 583
The Delhi High Court has set aside a Family Court order granting a father overnight custody of his minor son, observing that the child needs more time to acclimatise before staying overnight with his father.
A Division Bench of Justices Tejas Karia and Madhu Jain modified the Family Court's interim custody arrangement after finding that its operative direction granting overnight custody was inconsistent with its own reasoning that the child had never stayed overnight with the father and required more time to adjust.
Delhi High Court Refuses To Quash Show Cause Notice Proposing CAG Audit Of BSES Discoms
Case title: BSES Rajdhani Power Limited & Anr v. GNCTD
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 584
The Delhi High Court has refused to quash a show cause notice issued by the Delhi government proposing CAG audit of power distribution companies BSES Rajdhani Power Limited (BRPL) and BSES Yamuna Power Limited (BYPL).
Justice Tejas Karia held that a writ petition challenging a show cause notice is ordinarily not maintainable.
Case title: Grew Energy Private Limited v. NTPC Renewable Energy Limited
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 585
The Delhi High Court has held that an order suspending a company from participating in future tenders, which is in the nature of debarment, cannot be passed without complying with the principles of natural justice.
A Division Bench of Justice Tejas Karia and Justice Madhu Jain thus set aside a suspension order issued by NTPC Renewable Energy against solar module manufacturer Grew Energy Pvt. Ltd.
Case title: AITA v. Somdev Kishore Devvarman & Ors.
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 586
The Delhi High Court has directed the All India Tennis Association (AITA) to complete amendments to its Constitution and hold fresh elections by September 30, 2026.
A Division Bench of Justices Tejas Karia and Madhu Jain modified an earlier Single Judge order which allowed the declaration of results for the election held in September 2024.
issued the interim directions while hearing cross-appeals filed by the AITA and former Indian tennis player Somdev Kishore Devvarman against the Single Judge's judgment concerning the governance of the federation.
Delhi High Court Allows Minor Rape Victim To Terminate 26-Week Pregnancy, AIIMS To Bear Expenses
Title: Minor R (Thr. Her Father R) v. State & Anr
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 587
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday allowed a 15 year old rape victim to undergo medical termination of pregnancy with over 26 weeks of gestational period, noting that the medical board had given an opinion that the minor is fit to undergo the procedure.
Vacation judge Justice Mini Pushkarna directed All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to bear the cost of the procedure.
Delay In Deciding Custody Matters Causes Prejudice To Child: Delhi High Court
Case title: G v. M
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 588
The Delhi High Court has observed that delay in deciding child custody disputes itself causes prejudice to the child, while cautioning against a recurring pattern of approaching courts to stall handover of child to the spouse.
A Division Bench of Justices Tejas Karia and Madhu Jain made the observation while dismissing a mother's appeal against a Family Court order granting the father interim custody of their minor daughter during the summer vacations.
Case title: Maheshwar Narayan Sharma And Ors v. M V Babu Svaminath And Ors
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 589
The Delhi High Court has upheld an order of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) refusing to transfer a service dispute from its Ernakulam Bench to the Principal Bench in Delhi, holding that the principle of forum conveniens cannot override the statutory scheme under the CAT (Procedure) Rules, which accords primacy to the applicant's place of posting.
A Division Bench of Justices C. Hari Shankar and Om Prakash Shukla observed that under Rule 6(1) of the Central Administrative Tribunal (Procedure) Rules, 1987, an original application is ordinarily to be filed before the Bench within whose jurisdiction the applicant is posted or where the cause of action arises.
Case title: National Institute Of Electronics And Information Technology (NIELIT) & Ors. v. Sh. Raj Kumar Tripathi & Ors
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 590
The Delhi High Court recently declined to entertain a writ petition filed by the National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT) challenging a Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) order that merely adjourned a service dispute while continuing interim protection, observing that such petitions unnecessarily burden the Court's docket.
A Division Bench of Justices C. Hari Shankar and Om Prakash Shukla remarked:
"We fail to understand why, when the Tribunal has specifically listed the matter on 30 June 2026, with a further direction that the matter would not be adjourned on the said date and that the interim relief would only be continued till then, the petitioner has approached this Court."
Case Title: Bisen Anshul Kumar v. Union of India & Anr.
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 591
The Delhi High Court has held that a challenge to the correctness of a public exam's official answer key cannot be equated with a plea for re-evaluation of answer sheets, observing that courts are empowered to interfere where the suggested answers in an answer key are patently incorrect.
A division bench of Justices C. Hari Shankar and Om Prakash Shukla made the observation while setting aside an order of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), which had dismissed a UPSC Forest Service Examination aspirant's challenge to the official answer key without examining it on merits.