Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: April 15 To April 21, 2024

Citations 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 451 to 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 472NOMINAL INDEXPRAGATI SHRIVASTAVA v. THE SECRETARY, CENTRAL BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION AND ANR 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 451Rajiv Channa Vs Union Of India 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 452Cobra Instalaciones Y Servicios v. Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigal Ltd 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 453Lease Plan India Pvt Ltd v. Rudrakash Pharma Distributor 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 454VEERPAL @ TITU v. STATE 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 455Akhil Gupta v. Hindustan Unilever Ltd 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 456M/s Advance Stimul v. GAIL India 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 457DRSYEDA SAIYIDAIN HAMEDA & ORS. v. UNION OF INDIA & ORS. 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 458GAURAV BHATIA v. NAVEEN KUMAR & ORS. 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 459ROUSE AVENUE BAR ASSOCIATION v. THE BAR COUNCIL OF DELHI & ANR 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 460AARUSHI GUPTA v. STATE GNCT OF DELHI and other connected matters 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 461Magnum Steels Ltd v. Asset Reconstruction Company (India) Ltd 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 462NHAI v. M/s Ssangyong Engineering & Construction Co. Ltd 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 463NHAI v. M/s Ssangyong Engineering & Construction Co. Ltd 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 464SIKANDER SINGH THAKUR & ORS. v. UNION OF INDIA & ANR. and other connected matters 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 465M Tech Developers Pvt. Ltd. Versus National Faceless Assessment Centre 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 466Sunshine Capital Limited Versus DCIT 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 467COURT ON ITS OWN MOTION v. UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 468X v. Y 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 469Videshi Kumar v State 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 470 Telecommunication Consultants India Ltd v. Shivaa Trading 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 471M/S Jain Cement Udyog (Through Proprietor Sh. Sanjay Jain) Versus CBIC 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 472Right To Be Identified By One's Name Fundamental To Individual's Identity: Delhi High CourtTitle: PRAGATI SHRIVASTAVA v. THE SECRETARY, CENTRAL BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION AND ANRCitation: 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 451The Delhi High Court has recently observed that name of an individual is an identity marker and the right to be identified by one's name is fundamental to one's very identity.“It partakes, therefore, of a primordial necessity, and the Court has, when petitioned in that regard, to ensure that the request, if genuine, is acceded to,” Justice C Hari Shankar said.Acquittal From Predicate Offence Would Lead To Cessation Of Consequential Proceedings Including Attachment Under PMLA: Delhi High Court ReiteratesCase Title: Rajiv Channa Vs Union Of IndiaCitation: 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 452The Delhi High Court has reiterated that if the elementary foundation i.e., the scheduled offence is itself removed, consequential proceedings under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 shall also fall.The division bench comprising Justices Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav And Yashwant Varma observed, “the appellant-Jeevan Kumar had already been acquitted of the scheduled offence, there can be no action for money-laundering against the other appellants in relation to the property linked to the stated scheduled offence. An inference can plausibly be drawn from the legal maxim sublato fundamento cadit opus which means that upon removal of the foundation, the work collapses.”Arbitrator Can Award Compensation On 'Guesswork' When Loss Is Difficult To Prove Subject To Maximum Amount Payable Under LD Clause: Delhi High CourtCase Title: Cobra Instalaciones Y Servicios v. Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigal LtdCitation: 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 453The High Court of Delhi has held that an arbitrator is empowered to award compensation to an aggrieved party that has suffered losses on the basis of 'rough and ready method' or 'guesswork' when the loss is difficult to prove.The bench of Justices Rajiv Shakdher and Amit Bansal held that as long as there is material available with the arbitrator that damages have been suffered, but it does not give him an insight into the granular details, he is permitted the leeway to employ honest guesswork and/or a rough and ready method for quantifying damages.Service On Whatsapp Number And Email Address Mentioned In The Agreement Constitutes A Valid Service: Delhi High CourtCase Title: Lease Plan India Pvt Ltd v. Rudrakash Pharma DistributorCitation: 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 454The Single Bench of Justice Prateek Jalan of High Court of Delhi has held that service of the petition on the WhatsApp number and the Email address mentioned in the agreement between the parties constitutes a valid service.False Implication In Child Abuse Cases More Painful Than Rigours Of Trial And Imprisonment: Delhi High CourtTitle: VEERPAL @ TITU v. STATECitation: 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 455While acquitting a man in a POCSO FIR as there were “serious flaws and gaps” in the prosecution case, the Delhi High Court has observed that a false case of an alleged child abuser suffers a blot to social stigma which is more painful than the rigours of trial and imprisonment.“A child abuser in the eventuality of false implication even continues to suffer a blot of social stigma which is much more painful...

Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: April 15 To April 21, 2024

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