HIGH COURT OF DELHI: NEW DELHI

The Roster of Sitting of Hon’ble Judges of this Court effective from 22nd October, 2018 is as
under:-
Division Benches

DB-I 1. All PIL matters other than those pending before DB-III.
Hon’ble Mr. Justice Rajendra Menon 2. Letters Patent Appeals of the year 2015, 2016, 2017 and
(Chief Justice) 2018 other than service.
Hon’ble Mr. Justice V. Kameswar Rao 3. First Appeals from Orders (Original Side) of the year
2018.
4. Writ Petitions challenging the constitutional validity of
any Act, Statutory Rule, Regulation or Notification other
than tax (including Municipal tax) and Service matters.
5. Miscellaneous Writ Petitions invoking constitutional
provisions and Writ Petitions other than the specified
categories.
6. Writ Petitions (AIIFR, BIFR, DRT, DRAT and
Lokayukta).
7. Matters to be heard by the Commercial Appellate
Division.
8. Regular hearing matters of the above categories.

1. Sales Tax cases, Service Tax cases, Central Excise Act

DB-II cases, Custom Act cases, GST cases, Vat Appeal.
Hon’ble Mr. Justice S. Ravindra Bhat 2. Writ Petitions (Tax).
Hon’ble Mr. Justice Prateek Jalan 3. Writ Petitions challenging the constitutional validity of
any Act, Statutory Rule, Regulation or Notification other
than tax (including Municipal tax) and Service matters.
4. Writ Petitions (Service) arising out of orders of CAT upto
the year 2009.
5. Writ Petitions (Tender).
6. Matters to be heard by the Commercial Appellate
Division.
7. Regular hearing matters of the above categories.

1. PILs matters other than those listed before DB-I.

DB-III 2. Income Tax Appeals from the year 2009 onwards.
Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sanjiv Khanna 3. Writ Petitions challenging Constitutional validity of any
Hon’ble Mr. Justice Anup Jairam Act, Statutory Rule, Regulation or Notification
Bhambhani pertaining to Tax (including Municipal Tax).
4. Income Tax References, Wealth Tax and Gift Tax cases.
5. First Appeals from Orders (Original Side) upto the year
2017.
6. Matters to be heard by the Commercial Appellate
Division.
7. Regular hearing matters of the above categories.

1. Writ Petitions challenging the Constitutional validity of

DB-IV any Act, Statutory Rule, Regulation or Notification
Hon’ble Mr. Justice G. S. Sistani pertaining to Service.
Hon’ble Ms. Justice Jyoti Singh 2. Writ petitions pertaining to Service Matters required to
be listed before the Division Bench.
3. Writ Petitions relating to MTNL, MCD & NDMC.
4. Regular First Appeals (Original Side).
5. Appeals against the orders of the Family Courts.
6. Regular First Appeals from the orders of Copyright
Board.
7. Matters to be heard by the Commercial Appellate
Division.
8. Regular hearing matters of the above categories.

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 1. Income Tax Appeals upto the year 2008.
DB-V 2. Letters Patent Appeals of the year 2015, 2016, 2017 & 2018
Hon’ble Dr. Justice S. Muralidhar pertaining to service.
Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sanjeev Narula 3. Writ Petitions (Land Acquisition).
4. Execution First Appeals (Original Side).
5. Appeals under the Chartered Accountants Act.
6. Company Appeals.
7. Contempt Appeals.
8. Writ petitions (Service) relating to Armed Forces.
9. Regular hearing matters of the above categories.

DB-VI 1. Writ Petitions challenging Constitutional validity of any

Hon’ble Ms. Justice Hima Kohli Act, Statutory Rule, Regulation or Notification impacting
Hon’ble Mr. Justice Yogesh Khanna Criminal Investigations, Trials, Prosecutions etc.
2. Criminal Appeals.
3. Criminal Writ petitions relating to Habeas Corpus and
Preventive Detention.
4. Death Sentence References.
5. Criminal Leave Petitions.
6. Criminal Contempt Petitions.
7. Criminal Contempt References.
8. Regular hearing matters of the above categories.

1. Letters Patent Appeals upto the year 2014.

DB-VII 2. Writ Petitions (Co-operative Societies).
Hon’ble Mr. Justice Vipin Sanghi 3. Writ Petitions challenging orders passed by the High
Hon’ble Mr. Justice A.K.Chawla Court on Administrative Side.
4. Writ Petitions (Service) arising out of orders of CAT
from the years 2010 to 2018.
5. Regular hearing matters of the above categories.

DB-VIII 1. Writ Petitions challenging Constitutional validity of any

Hon’ble Mr.Justice Siddharth Mridul Act, Statutory Rule, Regulation or Notification impacting
Hon’ble Ms. Justice Sangita Dhingra Criminal Investigations, Trials, Prosecutions etc.
Sehgal 2. Criminal Appeals.
3. Death Sentence References.
4. Criminal Leave Petitions.
5. Criminal Contempt Petitions.
6. Criminal Contempt References.
7. Criminal Writ petitions including those relating to
Habeas Corpus and Preventive Detention.
8. Regular hearing matters of the above categories.

Single Benches (Civil Jurisdiction)

1. Civil Writ Petitions (Education).

Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sunil Gaur 2. Civil Writ Petitions (DDA).
3. Civil Writ Petitions (MCD).
4. Civil Contempt Petitions.
5. Civil Writ Petitions (NDMC and Elections).
6. Regular hearing matters of the above categories.

Hon’ble Mr. Justice Suresh Kumar 1. Civil Writ Petitions (Service).

Kait 2. Civil Writ Petitions (Railways, Cantonment Board,
Electricity, DJB and MTNL).
3. Civil Writ Petitions (IPR, RTI, Waqf Board, S.H. at Work
Place and Mines).
4. Regular hearing matters of the above categories.

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Hon’ble Mr. Justice Valmiki J. Mehta 1. Regular First Appeals.
2. Original Reference.
3. Fresh matters under Sections 9, 11 and 34 of the
Arbitration Act, 1940 and Arbitration and
Conciliation Act, 1996 of the year 2018.
4. Matters to be heard by the Commercial Division.
5. Regular hearing matters of the above category.

Hon’ble Mr. Justice Vibhu Bakhru 1. Civil Writ Petitions Misc. including those involving
statutory authorities, DTC, Urban Arts Commission,
Airport Authority of India, etc.
2. Civil Writ Petitions relating to Nationalized Banks and
Financial Institutions.
3. Regular hearing matters of the above categories.

Hon’ble Mr.Justice I.S.Mehta 1. MACT Appeals.

2. First Appeals from Orders (MACT).
3. Civil Misc. Main (MV Act).
4. Civil Writ Petitions relating to Land Reforms including
matters relating to allotment of alternative land.
5. Regular hearing matters of the above category.

Hon’ble Mr. Justice Vinod Goel 1. First Appeals against orders (other than MV Act).
2. Civil Revision Petitions.
3. Rent Control Revisions.
4. Civil Misc. Main (other than MV Act, P.P. Act and
matrimonial cases).
5. Transfer Petitions (C).
6. CMI.
7. Regular hearing matters of the above categories.

Hon’ble Ms. Justice Anu Malhotra 1. Land Acquisition Appeals.

2. Regular Second Appeals.
3. Execution First Appeals.
4. Execution Second Appeals.
5. All categories of Matrimonial Cases.
6. All categories of cases under the P.P. Act.
7. Civil Writ Petitions (STA).
8. Regular hearing matters of the above categories.

Hon’ble Mr. Justice C. Hari Shankar 1. Civil Writ Petitions (Labour)

2. All Company Matters.
3. Regular hearing matters of the above category.

Single Benches (Criminal Jurisdiction)

Hon’ble Mr. Justice A. K. Pathak 1. Bail Matters.

2. Criminal Appeals of the years 2013, 2014 & 2018.
3. Crl. Misc. Main cases of the year 2017 & 2018.
4. Criminal Revision Petitions of the year 2018.
5. Cases relating to sexual harassment.
6. Regular hearing matters of the above categories.

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Hon’ble Ms. Justice Mukta Gupta 1. Bail Matters.
2. Criminal Appeals of the years 2016, 2017 & 2018.
3. Criminal Leave Petitions of the years 2016, 2017 & 2018.
4. Writ Petitions (Criminal) of the years 2016, 2017 & 2018.
5. Cases relating to sexual harassment
6. Regular hearing matters of the above categories.

Hon’ble Mr. Justice Najmi Waziri 1. Bail Matters.

2. Transfer Petitions (Criminal).
3. Criminal Appeals of the years 2010, 2011 & 2018.
4. Criminal Leave Petitions upto the year 2015 and of the
year 2018.
5. Writ Petitions (Criminal) upto the year 2015 and of the
year 2018.
6. Cases relating to sexual harassment.
7. Regular hearing matters of the above categories.

Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva 1. Bail Matters.

2. Criminal Appeal of the years 2012 & 2018.
3. Criminal Revision Petitions of the years 2015, 2016, 2017
& 2018.
4. Cases relating to sexual harassment.
5. Regular hearing matters of the above category.

Hon’ble Mr. Justice R. K. Gauba 1. Bail Matters.

2. Criminal Appeals upto the year 2006 and of the year
2018.
3. Crl. Misc. Main cases of the years 2015, 2016 & 2018.
4. Cases relating to sexual harassment.
5. Regular hearing matters of the above categories.

Hon;ble Mr.Justice Chander Shekhar 1. Bail Matters.

2. Criminal Appeals of the years 2007, 2008, 2009 & 2018.
3. Crl. Misc. Main cases upto the year 2010 and of the year
2018.
4. Criminal Revision Petition of the years 2012, 2013, 2014
and of the year 2018.
5. Cases relating to sexual harassment.
6. Regular hearing matters of the above categories.

Hon’ble Ms.Justice Rekha Palli 1. Bail Matters.

2. Criminal Appeals of the year 2015 & 2018.
3. Crl. Misc. Main cases of the years 2011 to 2014 and 2018.
4. Criminal Revision Petition upto the year 2011 and of the
year 2018.
5. Cases relating to sexual harassment.
6. Regular hearing matters of the above categories.

Original Jurisdiction (Civil)

Hon’ble Mr. Justice Manmohan 1. Matters to be heard by the Commercial Division other
(Judge-in-Charge) than those arising under the Arbitration Act, 1940 and
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.
(‘E’ Court) 2. Original Side Matters (including Finals) of the years
2009, 2013, 2015 & 2018.

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Hon’ble Mr. Justice Rajiv Sahai 1. Matters to be heard by the Commercial Division other
Endlaw than those arising under the Arbitration Act, 1940 and
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.
(‘C’ Court) 2. Original Side Matters (including Finals) of the years
2006, 2007, 2008, 2016 and 2018.
3. Regular hearing matters of the aforesaid categories.

Hon’ble Mr. Justice J. R. Midha 1. Matters to be heard by the Commercial Division other
than those arising under the Arbitration Act, 1940 and
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.
(‘A’ Court) 2. Original Side Matters (including Finals) upto the year
2005 and of the years 2010, 2011, 2012 & 2018.

Hon’ble Mr. Justice Rajiv Shakdher 1. Matters to be heard by Commercial Division.

2. Execution Petitions under the Arbitration Act, 1940 and
(‘G’ Court) Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 upto the year
2018.
3. Matters under the Arbitration Act, 1940 and Arbitration
and Conciliation Act, 1996 (including Finals) of the years
2016, 2017 & 2018.

Hon’ble Mr. Justice Jayant Nath 1. Matters to be heard by the Commercial Division other
than those arising under the Arbitration Act, 1940 and
(‘F’ Court) Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.
2. Original Side Matters (including Finals) of the year 2017
& 2018.
3. Regular hearing matters of the above category.

Hon’ble Ms. Justice Prathiba M. Singh 1. Matters to be heard by Commercial Division.

2. Original Side Matters (including Finals) of the years 2014
& 2018.
(‘D’ Court) 3. Matters under the Arbitration Act, 1940 and Arbitration
and Conciliation Act, 1996 (including Finals) upto the
year 2014 (except cases from S.No.128 onwards in the
Final Matters list).

Hon’ble Mr. Justice Navin Chawla 1. Matters to be heard by the Commercial Division.
2. Matters under the Arbitration Act, 1940 and Arbitration
(‘B’ Court) and Conciliation Act, 1996 (including Finals) of the years
2015 & 2018.
3. Matters under the Arbitration Act, 1940 and Arbitration
and Conciliation Act, 1996 upto 2014 (only Finals from
S.No.128 onwards in the Final Matters list of Court ‘D’).

General Notes:

1. All fresh PILs shall be listed before the Bench presided over by the Chief Justice.

2. Mentioning of urgent matters will be before DB-I.

3. Matters other than part-heard, presently pending before various Benches shall stand
transferred to the respective Benches as per the above roster.

4. Regular/final hearing matters would be listed chronologically so that old matters can be
given priority in disposal.

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5. Specially directed matters may be assigned by the Chief Justice to any of the above Benches
or any of the Hon’ble Judges sitting singly or to specially constituted Benches.

6. Fresh Writ Petitions challenging the constitutional validity of any Act, Statutory Rule,
Regulation or Notification other than tax (including Municipal tax) and Service matters
shall be marked by the Chief Justice.

7. Fresh and pending matters relating to street vendors/Tehbazari shall be listed before the
DB presided over by Hon’ble Mr. Justice G. S. Sistani.

8. Fresh Criminal Appeals; Death Sentence References; Criminal Leave Petitions; Criminal
Contempt Petitions and Criminal Contempt References shall, as far as practicable, be
equally distributed between DB-VI and DB-VIII.

9. Fresh Criminal Writ Petitions relating to Habeas Corpus and Preventive Detention shall, as
far as practicable, be equally distributed between DB-VI and DB-VIII.

10. ‘Commercial Appellate Division’ has been constituted with four Division Benches, namely,
DB-I, DB-II, DB-III and DB-IV. The Hon’ble Judges who are members of the said four
Division Benches, as per the present roster, have been nominated to be the Judges of the
‘Commercial Appellate Division’.

11. Matters to be heard by the Commercial Appellate Divisions may be assigned by the Chief
Justice amongst the four Commercial Appellate Divisions.

12. ‘Commercial Division’ consists of seven benches of a Single Judge each. Hon’ble Mr. Justice
Manmohan, Hon’ble Mr. Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw, Hon’ble Mr. Justice J. R. Midha,
Hon’ble Mr. Justice Rajiv Shakdher, Hon’ble Mr. Justice Jayant Nath, Hon’ble Ms. Justice
Prathiba M. Singh and Hon’ble Mr. Justice Navin Chawla have been nominated to be the
Judges of the ‘Commercial Division’. Hon’ble Mr. Justice Valmiki J. Mehta has also been
nominated to be the Judge of the Commercial Division in respect of matters under Sections
9, 11 and 34 of the Arbitration Act,1940 and Arbitration and Conciliation Act,1996 of the
year 2018.

13. In the event of change in the judges nominated by the Chief Justice constituting the
Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division, part heard matters shall stand
transferred to the respective courts which will have power of Commercial Division and
Commercial Appellate Division limited to that case only.

14. Hon’ble Judge-in-Charge, Original Side will distribute fresh Arbitration Matters including
Commercials Matters and Execution Petitions under the Arbitration Act, 1940 and the
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 between ‘B’ & ‘G’ Court and the court of Hon’ble
Mr. Justice Valmiki J. Mehta.

15. Hon’ble Judge-in-Charge, Original Side will mark matters other than Arbitration Matters,
including Commercial Matters, to ‘A’, ‘C’, ‘D’, ‘E’ & ‘F’ Courts.

16. Fresh Bail Applications shall be equally distributed amongst all Single Bench Judges sitting
on the Criminal Roster.

17. Fresh Criminal Leave Petitions shall be equally distributed between Hon’ble Ms. Justice
Mukta Gupta and Hon’ble Mr. Justice Najmi Waziri.

18. Fresh Criminal Appeals shall be equally distributed amongst Hon’ble Mr. Justice A.K.
Pathak, Hon’ble Ms. Justice Mukta Gupta, Hon’ble Mr. Justice Najmi Waziri, Hon’ble Mr.
Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva, Hon’ble Mr. Justice R. K. Gauba, Hon’ble Mr.Justice Chander
Shekhar and Hon’ble Ms.Rekha Palli..

19. Fresh Criminal Writ Petitions shall be equally distributed amongst Hon’ble Ms. Justice
Mukta Gupta and Hon’ble Mr. Justice Najmi Waziri.

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20. Fresh Criminal Revision Petitions shall be equally distributed amongst Hon’ble Mr. Justice
A.K. Pathak, Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva, Hon’ble Mr. Justice Chander Shekhar
and Hon’ble Ms.Justice Rekha Palli.

21. Fresh Criminal Misc. Main Cases shall be equally distributed amongst Hon’ble Mr. Justice
A.K. Pathak, Hon’ble Mr. Justice R.K.Gauba, Hon’ble Mr. Justice Chander Shekhar and
Hon’ble Ms.Justice Rekha Palli.

22. Fresh cases relating to sexual harassment shall be distributed category wise according to
roster.

23. Jail appeals which are pending for more than 5 years shall be taken up on priority basis by
the courts dealing with Criminal Appeals and every endeavour should be made to dispose
of the same by 31.12.2018.

24. Crl. Misc. Main cases of the year 2018 which were previously on the board of Hon’ble Mr.
Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva will be transferred to the board of Hon’ble Ms. Justice Rekha Palli.

25. Criminal Revision Petitions of the year 2018 which were previously on the board of
Hon’ble Mr. Justice Najmi Waziri will be transferred to the board of Hon’ble Mr. Justice
Chander Shekhar.

26. The entire board of DB-V presided over by Hon’ble Dr. Justice Muralidhar shall stand
transferred to DB-VI presided over by Hon’ble Ms.Justice Hima Kohli except Criminal Writ
Petitions relating to Habeas Corpus and Preventive Detention.

27. The entire board of DB-VII presided over by Hon’ble Mr. Justice Vipin Sanghi shall stand
transferred to DB-VIII presided over by Hon’ble Mr.Justice Siddharth Mridul except
Criminal Writ Petitions relating to Habeas Corpus and Preventive Detention.

28. Criminal Writ Petitions relating to Habeas Corpus and Preventive Detention previously
pending on the board of DB-V presided over by Hon’ble Dr. Justice Muralidhar shall stand
transferred to DB-VIII presided over by Hon’ble Mr.Justice Siddharth Mridul.

29. Criminal Writ Petitions relating to Habeas Corpus and Preventive Detention previously
pending on the board of DB-VII presided over by Hon’ble Mr. Justice Vipin Sanghi shall
stand transferred to DB-VI presided over by Hon’ble Ms. Justice Hima Kohli.

Sd/-
(Rajendra Menon)
22nd October,2018. Chief Justice

 
  

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