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Delhi High Court boosts motor accident compensation after finding parked truck negligence — “Wrongful parking can be the proximate cause”, insurer’s challenge partly succeeds but claimant gets higher award

1. Court’s decision The Delhi High Court decided cross-appeals arising from a fatal motor accident claim and held that the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal erred in absolving the truck driver…

Rawlaw January 7, 2026

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Delhi High Court quashes dowry-cruelty and sexual offence case after mediation settlement and divorce — “Matrimonial differences should be put to a quietus”, FIR wiped out

1. Court’s decision The Delhi High Court allowed a petition seeking quashing of a criminal case registered for matrimonial offences including cruelty for dowry, criminal breach of trust, criminal intimidation,…

Rawlaw January 7, 2026

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Delhi High Court blocks time-barred challenge to arbitral award — “Three months plus thirty days, but not thereafter”, municipal corporation’s appeal dismissed

1. Court’s decision The Delhi High Court (Division Bench) dismissed a commercial arbitration appeal and affirmed a Single Judge order refusing to entertain objections to an arbitral award on the…

Rawlaw January 7, 2026

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Delhi High Court upholds eviction for shop “misuse” under rent law — “Article 227 isn’t a third appeal”, tenant’s paint-and-chemical storage held a public nuisance, petition dismissed as frivolous

1. Court’s decision The Delhi High Court dismissed an Article 227 petition filed by a tenant challenging concurrent findings of the Rent Controller and the Rent Control Tribunal directing eviction…

Rawlaw January 7, 2026

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Delhi High Court rejects ex-contract MCD teachers’ claim for preference over diverted guest teachers — “No subsisting right after 2016”, writ dismissed

1. Court’s decision The Delhi High Court dismissed a writ petition filed by former contract Primary Teachers engaged earlier by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, who sought preferential re-engagement after…

Rawlaw January 7, 2026

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Delhi High Court recalls airport detention relief in customs case — “Concealment and misleading pleadings” shown by surveillance footage, writ closed and contempt dismissed with costs

1. Court’s decision The Delhi High Court recalled its earlier interim order that had directed release of certain “personal effects” seized by Customs at Delhi’s international airport and had required…

Rawlaw January 7, 2026

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Delhi High Court shuts out MMTC’s fraud suit after Supreme Court upheld arbitral award — “Classic abuse of process, arbitration finality reaffirmed, appeal dismissed”

1. Court’s decision The Delhi High Court dismissed MMTC’s commercial appeal and affirmed rejection of its civil suit under Order VII Rule 11 of the Code of Civil Procedure. The…

Rawlaw January 7, 2026

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Delhi High Court acquits public servant in bribery trap appeal — “Demand is sine qua non”, shaky shadow witness and missing allottee testimony create reasonable doubt

1. Court’s decision The Delhi High Court allowed a criminal appeal and set aside a 2002 conviction under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 for alleged demand and acceptance of…

Rawlaw January 7, 2026

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Delhi High Court refuses to soften interim trademark ban on “Power” footwear branding — “Tagline isn’t confusing, but the mark ‘Power Flex’ can’t stay”, both appeals dismissed with one tweak

1. Court’s decision The Delhi High Court (Division Bench) largely upheld an interim injunction in a pending trademark infringement suit over footwear branding where the registered proprietor of the mark…

Rawlaw January 6, 2026

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Delhi High Court restrains enforcement of three loan-style agreements after email trail and bank certificates expose mismatch — “Defies logic that 18% simple-interest talks became 2.5% monthly compound loans, interim injunction granted”

1. Court’s decision The Delhi High Court granted interim protection to a businessman who claimed that three Memoranda of Agreement presented as loan/financial assistance documents were fabricated using blank signed…

Rawlaw January 6, 2026