Kamlesh Malhotra & ORS v. Union Of India & ORS

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

Reserved on: 29.03.2016

Pronounced on: 24.08.2016 LPA 411/2014 MR. ANAND PRAKASH UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

LPA 412/2014 DR. (MRS.) MEENA KHETRAPAL UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

LPA 413/2014 DR. RAJINDER KAUR AND ORS.

.....Appellants UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

LPA 414/2014 DR. (MRS.) SURJEET KAUR AND ORS.

.....Appellants UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

LPA 416/2014 MS. KANTA BATRA AND ANR.

.....Appellants UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

LPA 417/2014 KAMLESH MALHOTRA AND ORS.

.....Appellants UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

LPA 418/2014 TANUJA SACHDEV AND ORS.

.....Appellants

UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

LPA 554/2014, C.M. APPL.13837/2014 & 15632/2014 N.C. BAKSHI AND ORS.

LPA 555/2014, C.M. APPL.13847-49/2014, 15633/2014, 2297880/2015 R.N. VIRMANI AND ORS.

LPA 558/2014 MANJEET SIKKA UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

LPA 594/2014 CHETANYA MOHAN GUPTA .....Appellants UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

LPA 606/2014, C.M. APPL.15299/2014 ANIL KUMAR SHARMA AND ORS.

LPA 607/2014, C.M. APPL.15305/2014 SONY GHOSH AND ORS.

LPA 608/2014, C.M. APPL.15311/2014 KEWAL KRISHAN SHOREE AND ORS.

LPA 609/2014, C.M. APPL.15317/2014 DR. (MRS.) MAMTA JAFA AND ORS.

LPA 610/2014, C.M. APPL.15323/2014 DR. K.S. VERMA AND ORS.

LPA 614/2014, C.M. APPL.15468/2014 NANDITA NARAIN AND ORS.

LPA 615/2014, C.M. APPL.15478/2014 DR. S.K. BAJPAI AND ORS.

LPA 616/2014, C.M. APPL.15489/2014 DR. RAJ KUMAR AND ORS.

LPA 617/2014, C.M. APPL.15495/2014 DHARAM PAL GUPTA AND ORS.

LPA 618/2014, C.M. APPL.15501/2014 DR. VINOD AGGARWAL AND ORS.

LPA 619/2014, C.M. APPL.15552/2014

SHAHID AMIN AND ORS.

LPA 621/2014, C.M. APPL.15575/2014 B.R. GUPTA AND ORS.

LPA 622/2014, C.M. APPL.15581/2014 BALRAJ KUMAR (DECEASED) THR. MRS. NEELAM (WIFE) AND ORS.

LPA 623/2014, C.M. APPL.15587/2014 DR. GIRISH AHUJA AND ORS.

LPA 624/2014, C.M. APPL.15594/2014 DR. PURNIMA GUPTA AND ORS.

LPA 625/2014, C.M. APPL.15600/2014 DR. T.K. NAGPAL AND ORS.

LPA 626/2014, C.M. APPL.15610/2014 RAJENDRA PRASAD AND ORS.

LPA 627/2014, C.M. APPL.15651/2014 VIJAY KUMAR SAINI AND ANR.

LPA 628/2014, C.M. APPL.15616/2014 MRS. RENU KHANEJA AND ORS.

LPA 629/2014, C.M. APPL.15622/2014 DR. BINDRA PRASAD AND ORS.

LPA 632/2014, C.M. APPL.15774/2014 DR. SUDESH KUMARI SHAH AND ORS.

LPA 633/2014, C.M. APPL.15780/2014 DR. RAJESH KUMAR SAXENA AND ORS.

LPA 634/2014, C.M. APPL.15791/2014 DR. MRS. K. PRABHA AND ANR.

LPA 635/2014, C.M. APPL.15797/2014 DR. ARCHANA GUPTA AND ORS.

LPA 636/2014, C.M. APPL.15803/2014 KRISHNA KUMAR AND ORS.

LPA 637/2014, C.M. APPL.15810/2014

DR. S.C. MAHAJAN AND ORS.

LPA 638/2014, C.M. APPL.15816/2014 SURENDER KUMAR AND ORS.

LPA 639/2014, C.M. APPL.15822/2014 DR. MEENAKSHI SETHI AND ORS.

LPA 640/2014, C.M. APPL.15828/2014 MRS. VEENA KHANNA AND ORS.

LPA 641/2014, C.M. APPL.15834/2014 CHETANYA MOHAN GUPTA AND ORS.

LPA 642/2014, C.M. APPL.15840/2014 DR. B.S. MOSHAL AND ANR.

LPA 643/2014, C.M. APPL.15846/2014 & 7043/2015 PROMILA ARORA AND ORS.

LPA 644/2014, C.M. APPL.15852/2014 SUMEDHA KUMAR AND ORS.

LPA 645/2014, C.M. APPL.15869/2014

DR. S.K. LAROIYA AND ORS.

LPA 646/2014, C.M. APPL.15879/2014 DR. M.C. VIDYALANKAR AND ORS.

LPA 647/2014, C.M. APPL.15885/2014 SANTOSH CHANDRA PANDA AND ORS.

LPA 648/2014, C.M. APPL.15891/2014 DR. B.C. SEHGAL AND ORS.

LPA 649/2014, C.M. APPL.15897/2014 VEENA MANGAL NATH AND ORS.

LPA 650/2014, C.M. APPL.15903/2014 SUMAN LATA AND ORS.

LPA 651/2014, C.M. APPL.15909/2014 DR. MANGAL NATH AND ORS.

LPA 652/2014, C.M. APPL.15915/2014 DR. BHAVNESH KUMAR GROVER AND ORS.....Respondents

LPA 653/2014, C.M. APPL.15921/2014 SUMAN BALA JAIN AND ORS.

LPA 654/2014, C.M. APPL.15928/2014 MANGALA PRASAD UPADHYAY AND ORS. ....Respondents LPA 655/2014, C.M. APPL.15934/2014 DR. ASHA TIKKU AND ORS.

LPA 667/2014 AMEETA HASIJA THE UNIVERSITY OF DELHI AND ANR.

LPA 672/2014, C.M. APPL.16448/2014 DR. TRIPTA VERMA UNIVERSITY OF DELHI AND ORS.

LPA 673/2014, C.M. APPL.16450/2014 DR. RAJINDER KAUR AND ORS.

LPA 780/2014 DR. ANURADHA GUPTA VC, DELHI UNIVERSITY AND ORS.

Through: Ms. Jyoti Singh, Sr. Advocate with Ms. Tinu Bajwa, Sh. Tanuj Khurana, Sh. Aman Nandrajog, Sh. Sameer Sharma and Sh. P. Chaitanyashil, Advocates, for

appellants in LPA 410/2014, 411/2014, 412/2014, 413/2014, 414/2014 & 780/2014.

Ms. Rekha Palli, Sr. Advocate with Ms. Punam Singh and Ms. Shruti Munjal, Advocates, for appellants in LPA 416/2014, 417/2014 & 418/2014.

Sh. Sudhir Nandrajog, Sr. Advocate with Sh. Mohinder. J.S. Rupal and Ms. Simran Jeet, Advocates, for University of Delhi.

Sh. Siddhartha Shankar Ray and Sh. Abhik Kumar, Advocates, for appellant in LPA 558/2014.

Ms. Roma Bhagat, Advocate, for appellant in LPA 414/2014, 416/2014, 417/2014 & 418/2014.

Sh. Arjun Harkauli, Advocate, for UGC.

Sh. S.S. Ahluwalia, Advocate, for Respondent No.5 in LPA 410/2014 & 413/2014; for Respondent No.10 in LPA 606/2014; for Respondent No.72 in LPA 645/2014 and for Respondent No.3 in LPA 672/2014.

Sh. Rajesh Gogna, CGSC, for UOI in LPA 412/2014, 413/2014, 416/2014 & 418/2014.

Sh. Anil Soni, CGSC with Sh. Naginder Benipal, Advocate, for UOI in LPA 411/2014.

Sh. Anurag Mathur, Advocate, for Respondent No.2 in LPA 627/2014, 642/2014 & 667/2014; for Respondent No.5 in LPA 412/2014; for Respondent No.6 in LPA 645/2014; for Respondent No.9 in LPA 606/2014 & 646/2014; for Respondent No.11 in LPA 610/2014 and for Respondent No.16 in LPA 614/2014.

Sh. S.K. Pandey, Advocate, for private respondents in LPA 416/2014, 417/2014, 418/2014, 554/2014 & 555/2014, 606/2014, 638/2014, 640/2014, 644/2014, 645/2014, 646/2014, 647/2014, 653/2014, 655/2014 & 673/2014.

Sh. Vikas Mahajan, CGSC with Sh. S.S. Rai and Sh. Amit Mehta, Advocates, for Respondent Nos.1 and 2 in LPA 417/2014.

Sh. R.P. Sharma and Sh. Vaibhav Mehra, Advocates, for Respondent No.5.

Sh. P. Chaitanyashil and Sh. Ishaan Madan, Advocate, for

respondents in LPA 554/2014 & 635/2014.

Sh. Dev. P. Bhardwaj, CGSC, for UOI in LPA 554/2014. Sh. Prateek Dahiya, Advocate, for private respondents in LPA 555/2014, 606/2014, 615/2014, 618/2014, 621/2014, 623/2014, 625/2014, 626/2014, 628/2014, 629/2014, 637/2014, 642/2014, 648/2014 & 672/2014. Sh. Meet Malhotra, Sr. Advocate with Sh. Prateek Dahiya, Advocate, for private respondents in LPA 555/2014 & 615/2014.

Sh. Manish Mohan, CGSC with Sh. Shivam Chanana and Ms. Manisha Saroha, Advocates, for UOI in LPA 558/2014, 608/2014, 609/2014, 622/2014, 623/2014, 624/2014, 632/2014, 635/2014, 638/2014, 641/2014, 650/2014 & 653/2014.

Ms. Abha Malhotra, Advocate, for Respondent No.1 in LPA 594/2014.

Sh. Vivek Goyal, CGSC, for UOI and Sh. Prabhakar Srivastav, Advocate, for Respondent No.6 in LPA 606/2014; for Respondent Nos. 48 and 49 in LPA 645/2014; for Respondent No.8 in LPA 646/2014; for Respondent No.4 in LPA 648/2014 & 652/2014; for Respondent No.2 in LPA 654/2014, and for Respondent Nos. 2 and 3 in LPA 655/2014.

Sh. Virender Ganda, Sr. Advocate with Sh. S.K. Giri, Advocate, for Respondent No.1 in LPA 608/2014, 617/2014 & 622/2014.

Ms. Beenashaw. M. Soni and Sh. Aakash Yadav, for Respondent No.3 in LPA 616/2014 & 636/2014; for Respondent No.5 in LPA 609/2014, 640/2014 & 655/2014; for Respondent No.10 in LPA 644/2014, and for Respondent No.7 in LPA 653/2014.

Sh. Yateendra Singh Jafa, Advocate, for respondent in LPA 609/2014.

Ms. Geeta Luthra, Sr. Advocate with Ms. Shreya Singh, Advocate, for respondents in LPA 614/2014 & 619/2014. Sh. Rakesh Kumar, CGSC, for UOI and for Respondent No.4 in LPA 616/2014; for Respondent No.2 in LPA 617/2014, and for Respondent No.13 in LPA 618/2014.

Sh. Abhishek Goyal, Advocate, for respondent in LPA 616/2014.

Sh. Rakesh Ranjan and Sh. Hansh Pratap Shahi, Advocates, for Respondent No.16 in LPA 618/2014. Sh. Aviral Tiwari, Advocate, for Respondent No.1 in LPA 621/2014.

Sh. Amit Bansal, Ms. Seema Dolo and Sh. Akhil Kulshrestha, Advocates, for Respondent No.4 in LPA 623/2014; for Respondent No.5 in LPA 414/2014, and for Respondent No.7 in LPA 639/2014.

Sh. Rajesh Chhetri, Sh. Rajeev Chhetri, Sh. Pawan Upadhyay and Ms. Meenakshi Rawat, Advocates, for respondents in LPA 624/2014, 632/2014, 632/2014 & 650/2014.

Sh. J.H. Jafri, Advocate, for Respondent No.2 in LPA 625/2014, 629/2014, 634/2014 672/2014, and for Respondent No.3 in LPA 648/2014.

Sh. Arun Bhardwaj, CGSC, for UOI in LPA 626/2014. Sh. Rajender Dhawan and Sh. B.S. Ranan, Advocates, for Respondent No.2 in LPA 624/2014; for Respondent No.5 in LPA 554/2014, 632/2014, 633/2014 & 638/2014, and for Respondent Nos. 41 to 43 in LPA 645/2014. Ms. Payal Jain, Advocate, for respondent in LPA 639/2014 & 653/2014.

Ms. Nilanjan Bose, Advocate, for Respondent No.2 in LPA 643/2014.

Sh. Shankar Raju and Sh. Nilansh Gaur, Advocates, for Respondents in LPA 649/2014 & 651/2014.

Ms. Monika Arora, CGSC, for UOI in LPA 672/2014. Ms. Meera Bhatia, Advocate, for UOI in LPA 780/2014.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S. RAVINDRA BHAT HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE DEEPA SHARMA MR. JUSTICE S. RAVINDRA BHAT %

The University's appeals (LPA Nos.554-555/2014, 606-610/2014, 614-619/2014, 621-629/2014, 632-655/2014 & 673/2014) are dismissed. The appellants'appeals (LPA Nos.410-414/2014, 416-418/2014, 558/2014, 594/2014, 667/2014, 672/2014 & 780/2014) succeed and are allowed. There shall be no order as to costs.

For detailed judgment, the decision dated 24.08.2016 in LPA 410/2014 may be referred to.

S. RAVINDRA BHAT (JUDGE) DEEPA SHARMA (JUDGE) AUGUST 24, 2016