Can Customs Reopen Decade-Old Duty Drawback Claims? Delhi High Court To Examine

In March, the Delhi High Court is set to examine whether customs authorities can revive decade-old export transactions through belated show cause notices (SCNs) without running afoul of the doctrine of delay and laches.On December 9, 2025, a Division Bench of the Delhi High Court comprising Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Shail Jain heard a batch of petitions concerning the validity of SCNs...

"Shocking": Delhi HC Pulls Up IT Dept For 8-Year Delay In Processing ₹5.37 Crore Microsoft Refund

The Delhi High Court has pulled up the Income Tax Department over “shocking” eight years delay in processing Rs 5.37 crore tax refund to Microsoft Corporation India.A Division Bench of Justices Dinesh Mehta and Vinod Kumar allowed the writ petition filed by Microsoft India seeking refund of amounts arising from Fringe Benefit Tax (FBT), which had been acknowledged as payable as far back as...

Delhi High Court Refuses Interim Relief to JLT Energy Against Hindustan Cleanenergy In Solar Deal Dispute

The Delhi High Court has refused to restrain Hindustan Cleanenergy Limited and its group companies from creating third-party rights in two solar power projects in Tamil Nadu and Bihar, holding that the share purchase agreements signed with a French investor had already come to an end on their own terms. Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav, in an order dated January 6, 2026, said courts cannot...

Acquittal On Cheating, Forgery Charges Rules Out Basis For Conviction U/S 409 IPC: Delhi High Court Suspends Sentence

The Delhi High Court has suspended the sentence of a company director convicted for criminal breach of trust under Section 409 IPC, holding that the very substratum of the conviction stood weakened after his acquittal on charges of cheating and forgery.Justice Vikas Mahajan passed the order while hearing the director's appeal against conviction in a case alleging siphoning of funds to the tune...

Delhi High Court Upholds Arbitral Award In Patel Gammon's Favour in Rampur Hydropower Project Dispute

The Delhi High Court has dismissed a petition filed by SJVN Limited challenging an arbitral award that granted payment to Patel Gammon Joint Venture for transporting excavated material during a hydroelectric project in Himachal Pradesh. A single-judge bench of Justice Jasmeet Singh upheld the substance of the arbitral award but held that the court lacked territorial jurisdiction to entertain...

Revisional Power U/S 25B(8) Delhi Rent Control Act Is Supervisory In Nature, HC Can't Revisit Factual Findings: High Court

The Delhi High Court has reiterated that its revisional jurisdiction under Section 25B(8) of the Delhi Rent Control Act is supervisory in nature and does not permit reappreciation of evidence or revisiting factual findings recorded by the Rent Controller.Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani made the observation while dismissing a tenant's revision petition challenging eviction on the ground...

Delhi High Court Stays Direction Mandating Second Level Human Review Of Rejected RBI Ombudsman Complaints

The Delhi High Court on Thursday stayed a direction issued by a single judge requiring that complaints finally rejected by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Ombudsman must undergo a second level of human supervision by legally trained personnel, such as retired judicial officers or lawyers with at least ten years' experience. A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice...

Obtaining Diplomatic Passport For Live-In Partner, Children Not 'Grave Misconduct' If Facts Known To Department: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that obtaining diplomatic passports for a live-in partner and children born from such a relationship does not amount to “grave misconduct” warranting withholding of employee's pensionary benefits, where the relationship and family circumstances were consistently disclosed to the department.A Division Bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Madhu Jain thus...

Belated Deposit Of TDS Doesn't Extinguish Criminal Liability Under Income Tax Act: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that the subsequent or belated deposit of tax deducted at source (TDS) does not absolve an assessee or company officials of criminal liability under Section 276B of the Income Tax Act, 1961.Justice Amit Mahajan thus dismissed the petition filed by a company's Managing Director, seeking quashing of a criminal complaint and summoning order in a case relating to...

Delhi High Court Orders Status Quo On ONGC Takeover Of Vedanta's Gujarat Offshore Oil Block

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday ordered a status quo on the government's move to take over an offshore oil block in Gujarat operated by Vedanta Ltd., effectively pausing the Centre's direction asking the company to stop operations and hand over the block to ONGC. A single-judge bench of Justice Amit Sharma declined the Union government's request to have Vedanta's challenge thrown out at...

Civil Service Rules | Examining Sexual Harassment Complainant In Absence Of Accused, Without ICC Report Vitiates Disciplinary Action: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court has held that disciplinary proceedings under Rule 14(2) of the Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules 1965, which are founded on an Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) inquiry, stand vitiated where complainants are examined in the absence of the delinquent employee.A Division Bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Madhu Jain thus dismissed...

Director's Assurance Of Payment In Ordinary Business Can't Automatically Attract Cheating Charge: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that a director's assurance of payment given in the ordinary course of a commercial transaction cannot, by itself, be treated as fraudulent inducement so as to attract the offence of Cheating under Section 420 IPC.Justice Neena Bansal Krishna made the observation while quashing criminal proceedings against a Managing Director who had been charged with cheating...