Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: September 15 To September 21, 2025

Citations 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1117 to 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1158

NOMINAL INDEX

Amrita Jain v. State 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1117

Kritika Jain v. Rakesh Jain 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1118

Exotic Mile v. Imagine Marketing Pvt Ltd 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1119

Sh. Kewal Krishan v. Sh. Gulshan Kumar & Ors. 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1120

PRAVEEN RANA v. STATE GNCT OF DELHI 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1121

DR THELMA J TALLOO Versus JESUS AND MARY COLLEGE & ANOTHER 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1122

ISTEKAR ALI @ SANU v. STATE (NCT OF DELHI) 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1123

MS. JAHANVI NAGPAL v. UNION OF INDIA & ORS 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1124

DR SHAMA MOHAMED v. SMT SANJU VERMA AND ORS 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1125

MUSKAN v. SATYAWATI COLLEGE & ORS 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1126

SINGHANIA UNIVERSITY v. UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1127

M/S EROS RESORTS & HOTEL LTD & Anr v. MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI and other connected matters 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1128

PETA v. Committee For Control And Supervision Of Experiments On Animals (CCSEA), Ministry Of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry And Dairying, Government Of India Through Its Chairman & Anr. 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1129

X v. Y and other connected matter 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1130

POOJA RASNE @ PUJA RASNE v. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI AND ORS 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1131

ASHVINI KUMAR SHARMA v. UNION OF INDIA AND ORS 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1132

Prashant Manchanda v. Union of India & Ors 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1133

SHRUTI VYAS & ORS v. UNION OF INDIA THROUGH & ANR 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1134

JIOSTAR INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED v. VEGAMOVIES.YACHTS & ORS 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1135

MAN MOHAN SINGH ATTRI v. UNION OF INDIA & ORS 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1136

X v. Y 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1138

AMIT SETHI v. LALIT SETHI & ORS 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1139

Delhi International Airport Ltd v. Municipal Corporation Of Delhi 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1140

XX v. GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1141

Sh. Alok Kumar Mishra & Ors. v. M/s Vigneshwara Developwell Pvt. Ltd. & Ors. 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1142

RESCOM Mineral Trading FZE v Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1143

MOHD KAMRAN v. STATE NCT OF DELHI 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1144

SHASHI BALA v. STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI & ORS 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1145

Srishti Rustagi v. SEBI 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1146

R v. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR & other connected matter 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1147

D A Minor Through Her Mother And Natural Guardian Mrs. Rupi Babbar v. State 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1148

Soumya Bhattacharya v. Sudhir Kumar Thakur & Ors. 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1149

Delhi International Airport Ltd v. Municipal Corporation Of Delhi 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1150

MD SHAKIR v. THE STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1151

KARAN JOHAR v. ASHOK KUMAR/JOHN DOE & ORS 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1152

HAMID RAZA v. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1153

Mushlina v. Commissioner Of Customs 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1154

Manoj Kumar M. Through A.R Ashish Dubey vs Union Of India And Ors 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1155

SHELLY MAHAJAN v. MS BHANUSHREE BAHL & ANR 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1156

Arjun v. State 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1157

Umesh @ Kala v. State 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1158

Magistrate Not Empowered To Take Recognisance Of Offence U/S 358 BNSS: Delhi High Court

Case title: Amrita Jain v. State

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1117

The Delhi High Court has made it clear that Section 358 of the Bhartiya Nagarika Suraksha Sanhita (Section 319 ofCrPC) does not empower a Magistrate to take re-cognisance of an offence.

Section 358 BNSS empowers the Court to issue a summons to any person who is not an accused, but appears to be guilty of an offence from the evidence.

Hindu Person Cannot Claim Share In Grandparent's Property During Lifetime Of Parent: Delhi High Court

Case title: Kritika Jain v. Rakesh Jain

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1118

The Delhi High Court has ruled that a Hindu person cannot claim share in the property of their grandparent, during the lifetime of their parent.

Boat v Boult | Phonetic Similarity May Be Less Significant In Online Sales But Can Cause Confusion: Delhi High Court

Case title: Exotic Mile v. Imagine Marketing Pvt Ltd

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1119

The Delhi High Court has upheld an interim order restraining smart wearable brand Exotic Mile from using BOULT trademark and logos, purportedly similar to businessman Aman Gupta's 'Boat'.

'Lenient' Approach For Condoning Delay In Filing Written Statement Will Frustrate Purpose Of CPC: Delhi High Court

Case title: Sh. Kewal Krishan v. Sh. Gulshan Kumar & Ors.

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1120

The Delhi High Court held that civil courts are not expected to take 'lenient view' for condonation of delay in filing of Written Statement by the defendant in a suit.

Delhi High Court Grants Parole Extension To Murder Convict To Look After His Crops Affected By Floods

Title: PRAVEEN RANA v. STATE GNCT OF DELHI

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1121

The Delhi High Court has granted extension of parole to a murder convict, enabling him to tend to his crops affected by the recent floods.

'Soliciting Illegal Gratification From Students Strikes At Core Of Academic Integrity': Delhi HC Upholds Termination Of DU Prof

Case Title: DR THELMA J TALLOO Versus JESUS AND MARY COLLEGE & ANOTHER

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1122

The Delhi High Court bench of Justice Jasmeet Singh refused to set aside the termination of a Delhi University professor on the ground of seeking illegal gratification from students. The Court held that the professor was given a proper opportunity of being heard and that the Appeals Committee had carefully examined the evidence and testimonies before ordering her termination.

Delhi High Court Suspends Life Sentence Of Beggar With Psychosis, Says Murder Case Based On Circumstantial Evidence

Title: ISTEKAR ALI @ SANU v. STATE (NCT OF DELHI)

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1123

The Delhi High Court has suspended life sentence awarded to one Istekar Ali, a beggar suffering from psychosis, in relation to a 2021 murder case, noting that the case of the prosecution was based on circumstantial evidence only.

Delhi High Court Calls For Amendment Of Disabilities Act To Carry Forward Unfilled PwD Seats In Colleges

Title: MS. JAHANVI NAGPAL v. UNION OF INDIA & ORS

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1124

The Delhi High Court has asked the Law Commission of India to bring amendment in the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, to include a provision for carrying forward a vacancy in higher educational institutions which could not be filled in on account of non-availability of persons with benchmark disabilities for admission, to the next academic year.

Delhi High Court Declines Plea Of BJP's Sanju Verma To Reject Defamation Case Filed By Congress' Shama Mohamed

Title: DR SHAMA MOHAMED v. SMT SANJU VERMA AND ORS

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1125

The Delhi High Court has dismissed an application filed by BJP spokesperson Sanju Verma seeking rejection of a defamation suit filed against her by Congress spokesperson Shama Mohamed.

Students Without 75% Minimum Attendance Can't Contest Delhi University College Students' Union Elections: High Court

Title: MUSKAN v. SATYAWATI COLLEGE & ORS

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1126

The Delhi High Court has observed that a student not meeting the criteria of 75% minimum attendance cannot be permitted to contest the Delhi University College Students' Union elections.

UGC Can't Debar A University From Enrolling PhD Students Under UGC Act Or Regulations: Delhi High Court

Title: SINGHANIA UNIVERSITY v. UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1127

The Delhi High Court has observed that the University Grants Commission (UGC) does not have the power to debar a University from enrolling PhD students under the UGC Act, 1956, or its Regulations.

Imposition Of Higher Property Tax On Luxury Hotels By MCD Not Arbitrary: Delhi High Court

Title: M/S EROS RESORTS & HOTEL LTD & Anr v. MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI and other connected matters

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1128

The Delhi High Court has held that the imposition of a higher rate of property tax on luxury hotels by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is not arbitrary or capricious, noting the economic profile of the clientele such establishments are designed to attract.

Delhi High Court Orders Inspection Of Preclinical Drug Testing Facility In PETA's Plea Alleging Animal Abuse

Case title: PETA v. Committee For Control And Supervision Of Experiments On Animals (CCSEA), Ministry Of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry And Dairying, Government Of India Through Its Chairman & Anr.

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1129

The Delhi High Court has constituted a three-member team to conduct inspections of a preclinical drug testing facility involving large and small animals, including beagle dogs, mini pigs etc.

'Disheartening' That Even Educated Parents Embroiled In Marital Discord Are Tutoring Or Influencing Children: Delhi High Court

Title: X v. Y and other connected matter

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1130

The Delhi High Court has observed that it cannot countenance the practice of even educated parents, embroiled in marital discord, tutoring or influencing their minor children.

Courts Must Prevent Harassment Of Individuals Having No Involvement In Matrimonial Cruelty: Delhi High Court

Title: POOJA RASNE @ PUJA RASNE v. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI AND ORS

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1131

The Delhi High Court has observed that it is the duty of Courts to prevent harassment of individuals having no substantial involvement in the alleged matrimonial cruelty.

Delhi High Court Raps Centre For Not Granting Disability Compensation To BSF DIG Who Suffered Hearing Loss In 2001 IED Blast

Title: ASHVINI KUMAR SHARMA v. UNION OF INDIA AND ORS

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1132

The Delhi High Court has granted disability compensation to a man who superannuated from the Border Security Force (BSF) as a Deputy Inspector General (DIG) for 42% hearing loss suffered by him in an IED blast in Jammu and Kashmir in 2001.

Delhi High Court Bars Victory Procession By Candidates Elected In DUSU Polls, Warns Of Contempt If Regulatory Norms Violated

Title: Prashant Manchanda v. Union of India & Ors

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1133

The Delhi High Court barred any kind of victory procession by candidates, including their supporters, who are elected in the Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU) elections scheduled to take place on September 18.

Delhi High Court Bats For Gender Neutrality In Army Recruitment, Directs Consideration Of Women Candidates For Unfilled Men's Posts

Title: SHRUTI VYAS & ORS v. UNION OF INDIA THROUGH & ANR

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1134

The Delhi High Court has granted relief to five young girls wanting to join as Short-Service Commissioned Officers (Non-Tech) in the Indian Army, saying that elimination of “anachronistically artificial chromosomal distinction” between women and men is a cherished constitutional goal.

Delhi High Court Grants Dynamic+ Injunction To JioStar, Restrains Rogue Websites From Illegally Streaming Jolly LLB 3

Title: JIOSTAR INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED v. VEGAMOVIES.YACHTS & ORS

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1135

The Delhi High Court has passed a dynamic+ injunction restraining various rogue websites from illegally streaming, hosting or screening upcoming Bollywood film “Jolly LLB 3” which is scheduled to be released on September 19.

Delhi High Court Upholds Single Judge Order Paving Way For Demolition Of 12 Tower Signature View Apartments

Title: MAN MOHAN SINGH ATTRI v. UNION OF INDIA & ORS

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1136

The Delhi High Court has upheld a single judge order paving way for demolition and reconstruction of Signature View Apartments in city's Mukherjee Nagar.

Wife Pressurizing Husband To Sever Bonds With His Family Is Cruelty, Ground For Divorce: Delhi High Court

Title: X v. Y

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1138

The Delhi High Court has observed that a wife's “persistent and pressurising conduct” to sever the husband's bonds with his family certainly amounts to cruelty and is a ground for divorce.

Hindu Succession Act | Property Of Father Who Dies Intestate Devolves On Son In Individual Capacity, Not As Family's Karta: Delhi High Court

Title: AMIT SETHI v. LALIT SETHI & ORS

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1139

The Delhi High Court has ruled that the property of a father who dies intestate devolves on his son in his individual capacity and not as the “Karta” of his own family.

Solid Waste Management At Delhi Airport Not Under Purview Of MCD: High Court

Case title: Delhi International Airport Ltd v. Municipal Corporation Of Delhi

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1140

The Delhi High Court has held that the Municipal Corporation of Delhi cannot assert its right to manage solid waste generated in the Delhi Airport zone.

Delhi High Court Allows Woman To Terminate 22-Week Pregnancy Resulting From Sexual Relations Established On False Promise Of Marriage

Title: XX v. GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1141

The Delhi High Court has permitted a 30-year-old unmarried woman to undergo medical termination of her 22-week pregnancy which resulted from sexual relations established with a man on the false promise of marriage

Delhi High Court Transfers Winding-Up Petitions Against Vigneshwara Developwell Pvt Ltd To NCLT

Case Name: Sh. Alok Kumar Mishra & Ors. v. M/s Vigneshwara Developwell Pvt. Ltd. & Ors.

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1142

The Delhi High Court has transferred winding-up petitions filed against Vigneshwara Developwell Pvt Ltd to the NCLT.

Unadjudicated Claims Cannot Be Secured Through Interim Relief U/S 9 Of A&C Act Merely Due To Financial Distress: Delhi HC

Case Title – RESCOM Mineral Trading FZE v Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1143

The Delhi High Court Bench of Justice Jasmeet Singh has observed that mere financial distress of the other party would not be a ground to allow interim relief and grant its unadjudicated claim under Section 11 of the Arbitration Act (ACA).

Accused Not Stating Self-Incriminatory Facts, Refusing To Confess Is Not Non-Cooperation: Delhi High Court

Title: MOHD KAMRAN v. STATE NCT OF DELHI

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1144

The Delhi High Court has observed that the act of an accused not responding to the questions asked by the investigating officer on dotted lines or refusing to make any confession cannot be termed as non-cooperation.

Calling Woman 'R***i' Attacks Her Character By Questioning Sexual Dignity, Amounts To Insulting Modesty: Delhi High Court

Title: SHASHI BALA v. STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI & ORS

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1145

The Delhi High Court has ruled that calling a woman “r***i” attacks her character by questioning her sexual dignity and will amount to the offence of outraging her modesty.

Information On SEBI's Internal Probe Into Alleged Insider Trading Exempted From Disclosure Under RTI Act: Delhi High Court

Case title: Srishti Rustagi v. SEBI

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1146

The Delhi High Court has held that information pertaining to internal investigation being conducted by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is exempt from disclosure under the Right to Information Act, 2005.

Delhi High Court Upholds Conviction Of Adoptive Parents For Cruelty, Sexual Assault On Minor; Says Police Failed To Examine Trafficking Angle

Title: R v. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR & other connected matter

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1147

The Delhi High Court has upheld the conviction of adoptive parents of a minor girl of about six years over cruelty and sexually assaulting her, while citing the possibility of it being a case of child trafficking.

"Nothing More Grave": Delhi High Court Cancels Bail Of Father Booked For Repeatedly Raping Minor Daughter

Case title: D A Minor Through Her Mother And Natural Guardian Mrs. Rupi Babbar v. State

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1148

The Delhi High Court has cancelled the bail granted to a man accused of repeatedly raping his minor daughter for years, forcing her to watch porn and terrorising her by abusing her mother in her presence.

Any Legal Heir Or Representative Of Deceased Can Maintain Consumer Complaint On Their Behalf: Delhi High Court

Case title: Soumya Bhattacharya v. Sudhir Kumar Thakur & Ors.

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1149

The Delhi High Court has held that any “legal heir” and “representative” of a deceased consumer can maintain a consumer complaint on his/her behalf.

Delhi High Court Rejects MCD's Challenge Against Master Plan For Aerocity, Declares It Part Of Airport

Case title: Delhi International Airport Ltd v. Municipal Corporation Of Delhi

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1150

The Delhi High Court has made it clear that Aerocity, a business and hospitality hub developed around the Delhi airport, is a part of the airport site and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi cannot assert its rights on the area.

'Brutal Rapes Persist Despite Nirbhaya Reforms': Delhi HC Orders Security In Isolated Hospital Areas Citing Vulnerability Of Female Staff

Title: MD SHAKIR v. THE STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1151

The Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Government to take steps to provide security to the areas of hospital buildings in the national capital which are deserted or isolated and may be misused for committing rapes and sexual assault.

Delhi High Court Protects Personality Rights Of Filmmaker Karan Johar; Orders Take Down Of 'Disparaging' Posts, Memes

Title: KARAN JOHAR v. ASHOK KUMAR/JOHN DOE & ORS

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1152

The Delhi High Court has passed an interim order protecting the personality rights of Bollywood filmmaker and producer Karan Johar.

'No One Is Victim Or Victimiser': Delhi HC Grants Interim Bail To Man Booked Under POCSO Act For Establishing Relations With Minor Wife

Title: HAMID RAZA v. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1153

The Delhi High Court has granted interim bail to a young man in a POCSO case, after the Delhi Police claimed that his wife was a minor at the time of their consensual relationship before their marriage, making her consent irrelevant.

Delhi High Court Orders Customs To Release Traveller's Jewellery, Says Dept Not Keeping Passengers Informed Of Proceedings

Case title: Mushlina v. Commissioner Of Customs

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1154

The Delhi High Court has flagged the Customs Department's regular non-appearance in an appeal preferred by an aggrieved traveller whose articles were confiscated at the airport. The passenger further faced consistent non-implementation of the relief orders passed by the Appellate Authority.

Suspension Can't Be Extended On Ground Of Pending Disciplinary Proceedings Unless Charge-Sheet Is Issued: Delhi HC

Case Name : Manoj Kumar M. Through A.R Ashish Dubey vs Union Of India And Ors

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1155

A Division bench of the Delhi High Court comprising Justice C. Hari Shankar and Justice Om Prakash Shukla held that suspension cannot be validly extended on the ground that disciplinary proceedings are pending unless a charge-sheet has actually been issued; extensions made on this erroneous ground are invalid, entitling the employee to reinstatement.

Spouse Can Sue Partner's Lover Seeking Damages For Interfering With Marriage : Delhi High Court Discusses 'Alienation Of Affection'

Title: SHELLY MAHAJAN v. MS BHANUSHREE BAHL & ANR

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1156

The Delhi High Court has held that a civil suit by a spouse claiming damages from the other spouse's lover for intentionally interfering with the marriage is maintainable. The High Court discussed the novel concept of "Alienation of Affection" to hold that such an action is maintainable.

Delhi High Court Acquits Man In Rape Case After 7 Yrs, Says Trial Court Ignored Forged Birth Certificate Used To Prove Minor Victim's Age

Case title: Arjun v. State

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1157

The Delhi High Court has set aside a trial court order convicting a man for rape of a minor, based on a 'forged' birth certificate of the victim.

'Cognisance' Of FIR Against Gang Member Enough To Invoke MCOCA, Conviction Not Required: Delhi High Court

Case title: Umesh @ Kala v. State

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1158

The Delhi High Court has made it clear that the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act, 1999 can be invoked if a Magistrate takes cognizance of two or more FIRs against a person as 'member of the Gang' and there is no pre-condition that such FIRs should have resulted in conviction.