Delhi HC Sets Aside NCDRC’s Unilateral Order Enhancing Interest — Holds That While Appeals Can Be Dismissed at Threshold Without Notice, Adverse Orders Cannot Be Passed Without Hearing the Affected Party: “If the Appeal is to Be Disposed of to the Detriment of the Opposite Side, Notice Must Be Issued”
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Delhi High Court Sets Aside NCDRC’s Unilateral Order Enhancing Interest — Holds That While Appeals Can Be Dismissed at Threshold Without Notice, Adverse Orders Cannot Be Passed Without Hearing the Affected Party: “If the Appeal is to Be Disposed of to the Detriment of the Opposite Side, Notice Must Be Issued”

Court’s Decision The Delhi High Court allowed the civil miscellaneous petition challenging the order dated 27.12.2024 passed by the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC). The NCDRC’s order, which modified…
May 21, 2025
Delhi High Court Holds Delay in Filing Amended Written Statement in Commercial Suit Can Be Condoned if Prejudice Would Otherwise Be Caused: “If Amended Written Statementis Taken Off the Record, It Would Cause Serious Prejudice to the Defendant” — Allows Amended Pleading Filed 89 Days After Amended Plaint
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Delhi High Court Holds Delay in Filing Amended Written Statement in Commercial Suit Can Be Condoned if Prejudice Would Otherwise Be Caused: “If Amended Written Statementis Taken Off the Record, It Would Cause Serious Prejudice to the Defendant” — Allows Amended Pleading Filed 89 Days After Amended Plaint

Court’s Decision The Delhi High Court allowed the petitioner's plea to take the amended written statement on record despite a delay in filing. The Court held that although timeframes for…
May 21, 2025
Delhi High Court Keeps Attachment Warrants in Abeyance for 10 Days: “Criminal Court Must Decide Without Being Influenced by Civil Decree” — Clarifies Civil Decree Not Admission in Section 138 NI Act Case and Allows Conditional Payment Timeline After Appeal Withdrawn
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Delhi High Court Keeps Attachment Warrants in Abeyance for 10 Days: “Criminal Court Must Decide Without Being Influenced by Civil Decree” — Clarifies Civil Decree Not Admission in Section 138 NI Act Case and Allows Conditional Payment Timeline After Appeal Withdrawn

Court’s Decision The Delhi High Court disposed of the execution first appeal as “not pressed” after the appellant expressed his intention to withdraw the petition. However, the Court made several…
May 20, 2025
Delhi High Court Refuses to Reconsider ₹65,000 Mandatory Contribution for Shahdara Bar Elections: “Candidates Unwilling to Pay Shall Stand Disqualified as Bar Association Lacks Funds After First Round Was Countermanded”
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Delhi High Court Refuses to Reconsider ₹65,000 Mandatory Contribution for Shahdara Bar Elections: “Candidates Unwilling to Pay Shall Stand Disqualified as Bar Association Lacks Funds After First Round Was Countermanded”

Court’s Decision The Delhi High Court dismissed an application challenging its earlier order mandating a ₹65,000 contribution from each candidate contesting the Shahdara Bar Association elections. The Court held: “The…
May 19, 2025
Delhi High Court Rules That Juristic Entities Like Companies and Trusts Can Maintain Eviction Petitions Under Section 14(1)(e) of the DRC Act, 1958 — “Definition of ‘Landlord’ is Not Confined to Natural Persons; Word ‘Landlord’ is Gender-Neutral and Person-Agnostic”
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Delhi High Court Rules That Juristic Entities Like Companies and Trusts Can Maintain Eviction Petitions Under Section 14(1)(e) of the DRC Act, 1958 — “Definition of ‘Landlord’ is Not Confined to Natural Persons; Word ‘Landlord’ is Gender-Neutral and Person-Agnostic”

Court’s Decision The Division Bench of the Delhi High Court held that the benefit of Section 14(1)(e) of the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958 — which allows eviction based on…
May 19, 2025
Delhi High Court Holds Import of Second-Hand Hard Drives Not Trademark Infringement: “No Bar on Import of End-of-Life Goods with Full Disclosure Under Section 30 of Trade Marks Act” — Ex Parte Injunction Against Importer Vacated
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Delhi High Court Holds Import of Second-Hand Hard Drives Not Trademark Infringement: “No Bar on Import of End-of-Life Goods with Full Disclosure Under Section 30 of Trade Marks Act” — Ex Parte Injunction Against Importer Vacated

Court’s Decision The Delhi High Court vacated the ex parte ad interim injunction previously granted against the defendant in a trademark infringement suit initiated by the plaintiffs, Western Digital Technologies,…
May 19, 2025