HIGH COURT OF DELHI: NEW DELHI

The Roster of Sitting of the Hon’ble Judges of this Court effective from 03.01.2024 is as under :-

Division Benches

1. All PIL matters.

DB-I 2. Letters Patent Appeals (other than service matters) of the
Hon’ble Mr. Justice Manmohan years 2018, 2019 and 2024.
(Acting Chief Justice) 3. Writ Petitions challenging the constitutional validity of
Hon’ble Ms. Justice Manmeet Pritam any Act, Statutory Rule, Regulation or Notification other
Singh Arora than tax of the years 2021, 2022, 2023 & 2024.
4. Writ Petitions challenging Constitutional validity of any
Act, Statutory Rule, Regulation or Notification impacting
Criminal Investigations, Trials, Prosecutions etc.
5. Writ Petitions (Tender).
6. Writ Petitions (Co-op. Societies)
7. First Appeals from Orders (Orig. Side).
8. Writ Petitions (AIIFR, BIFR, DRT, DRAT & Lokayukta).
9. Misc. Writ Petitions invoking constitutional provisions
and Writ Petitions other than the specified categories.
10. Matters to be heard by Commercial Appellate Division.
11. Regular hearing matters of the above categories.

1. Writ Petitions challenging orders passed by the High Court

DB-II on Administrative Side.
Hon’ble Mr. Justice Rajiv Shakdher 2. Writ Petitions challenging the constitutional validity of any
Hon’ble Mr. Justice Amit Bansal Act, Statutory Rule, Regulation or Notification other than tax
upto the year 2020.
3. Letters Patent Appeals (other than service matters) of the
years 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023.
4. Regular First Appeals (Original Side) .
5. Execution First Appeals (Original Side).
6. Appeals against the orders of the Family Courts.
7. Matters to be heard by Commercial Appellate Division.
8. Regular hearing matters of the above categories.
1. Writ Petitions challenging Constitutional validity of any
DB-III Act, Statutory Rule, Regulation or Notification impacting
Hon’ble Mr. Justice Suresh Kumar Criminal Investigations, Trials, Prosecutions etc.
Kait 2. Criminal Appeals.
Hon’ble Mr. Justice Manoj Jain 3. Death Sentence References.
4. Criminal Leave Petitions.
5. Criminal Revision Petitions.
6. Criminal Contempt Petitions.
7. Criminal Contempt References.
8. Criminal Writ Petitions including those relating to Habeas
Corpus and Preventive Detention.
9. Regular hearing matters of the above categories.

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 1. Writ Petitions challenging the constitutional validity of any
DB-IV Act, Statutory Rule, Regulation or Notification pertaining to
Hon’ble Mr.Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva Indirect Tax.
Hon’ble Mr.Justice Ravinder Dudeja 2. Sales Tax cases and GST cases + ST Ref.
3. Writ petitions pertaining to Sales Tax & GST .
4. Writ Petitions pertaining to Service Tax, Central Excise Act,
Custom Act and Value Added Tax (VAT) cases.
5. Service Tax cases, Central Excise Act cases, Custom Act
cases and VAT Appeals.
6. Appeals under the Chartered Accountants Act.
7. Misc. Appeals (PMLA).
8. Company Appeals.
9. Regular hearing matters of the above categories.
1. Writ Petitions challenging Constitutional validity of any
DB-V Act, Statutory Rule, Regulation or Notification pertaining
Hon’ble Mr. Justice Vibhu Bakhru to Municipal Tax.
Hon’ble Ms. Justice Tara Vitasta 2. IPR Appellate Division to hear all categories of matters
Ganju relating to IPR.
3. Writ Petitions (Land Acquisition).
4. Letters Patent Appeals upto the year 2017.
5. Regular First Appeals from orders of Copyright Board.
6. Writ Petitions relating to MTNL, MCD & NDMC.
7. Matters relating to street vendors/Tehbazari.
8. Matters to be heard by Commercial Appellate Division.
9. Regular hearing matters of the above categories.
1. Writ petitions (Service) relating to Armed Forces.
DB-VI 2. Contempt Appeals.
Hon’ble Mr. Justice V.Kameswar Rao 3. RERA Appeals.
Hon’ble Mr. Justice Saurabh 5. Writ Petitions challenging Constitutional validity of any
Banerjee Act, Statutory Rule, Regulation or Notification pertaining to
Service.
6. Regular hearing matters of the above categories.
1. Writ Petitions challenging Constitutional validity of any
DB-VII Act, Statutory Rule, Regulation or Notification pertaining to
Hon’ble Mr. Justice Yashwant Varma Direct Tax.
Hon’ble Mr.Justice Purushaindra 2. Income Tax References, Wealth Tax and Gift Tax cases.
Kumar Kaurav 3. Income Tax Appeals.
4. Writ Petition (Tax).
5. Regular hearing matters of the above categories.
1. Writ Petitions (Service) arising out of the orders of CAT.
DB-VIII 2. Letters Patent Appeals (pertaining to service) of the years
Hon’ble Ms.Justice Rekha Palli 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 & 2024.
Hon’ble Mr. Justice Rajnish 3. Writ petitions pertaining to Service Matters required to be
Bhatnagar listed before the Division Bench.
4. Regular hearing matters of the above categories.

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 Single Benches (Civil Jurisdiction)
1. Civil Writ Petitions (Education)
2. Transfer Petitions (Civil).
Hon’ble Mr. Justice C. Hari Shankar
3. Regular Second Appeals.
4. Execution First Appeals.
5. Execution Second Appeals.
6. Regular First Appeals upto the year 2015.
7. Regular hearing matters of the above categories.
1. Regular First Appeals of the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Hon’ble Mr. Justice Chandra Dhari & 2024
Singh 2. Civil Writ Petitions (Labour).
3. Regular hearing matters of the above categories.

1. Civil Writ Petitions Misc. including those involving

Hon’ble Mr. Justice Subramonium statutory authorities, DTC, Urban Arts Commission,
Prasad Airport Authority of India etc. from the year 2021
onwards.
2. Civil Writ Petitions (RTI).
3. Civil Writ Petitions (S.H. at Work place and mines).
4. Regular hearing matters of the above categories.
1. Civil Writ Petitions Misc. including those involving
Hon’ble Dr. Justice Sudhir Kumar statutory authorities, DTC, Urban Arts Commission,
Jain airport Authority of India etc. upto the year 2020.
2. Land Acquisition Appeals of the years 2019, 2020, 2021,
2022, 2023 & 2024.
3. Regular hearing matters of the above categories.
1. Civil Writ Petitions (DDA).
Hon’ble Ms. Justice Mini Pushkarna 2. Civil Writ Petitions relating to Nationalized Banks and
Financial Institutions.
3. Civil Contempt Petitions.
4. Regular hearing matters of the above categories
1. Civil Writ Petitions relating to Land Reforms including
Hon’ble Mr. Justice Tushar Rao matters relating to allotment of alternative land.
Gedela 2. Civil Writ Petitions (Service).
3. Regular hearing matters of the above categories.
1. Civil Writ Petitions (Railways, Cantonment Board,
Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sachin Datta Electricity, DJB, and MTNL.
2. Civil Writ Petitions (MCD)
3. Civil Writ Petitions (NDMC).
4. Civil Writ Petitions (Waqf Board)
5. Civil Writ Petitions (STA)
6. Civil Writ Petitions (Election)
7. Regular First Appeals of the year 2016, 2017, 2018 & 2019
8. Regular hearing matters of the above categories.
1. Rent Control Revisions.
Hon’ble Mr. Justice Girish 2. Land Acquisition Appeals upto the year 2018.
Kathpalia 3. All categories of cases under the P.P. Act.
4. Regular hearing matters of the above categories.

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 1. Civil Revision Petitions.
Hon’ble Mr. Justice Dharmesh Sharma 2. Civil Misc. Main (MV Act).
3. MACT Appeals.
4. All Company Matters.
5. Regular hearing matters of the above categories.
1. Civil Misc. Main (other than MV Act, PP Act and
Hon’ble Ms. Justice Shalinder Kaur matrimonial cases)
2. First Appeals from Orders (MACT).
3. First Appeals from Orders (other than MV Act).
4. All categories of Matrimonial Cases.
5. C.M.I.
6. Original Reference.
7. Regular hearing matters of the above categories.

Single Benches (Criminal Jurisdiction)

1. Bail Matters.
Hon’ble Mr. Justice Navin Chawla 2. Crl. Appeals of the year 2024.
3. Criminal Misc. Main cases of the year 2022 &2024.
4. Criminal Revision Petition of the years 2018, 2022 & 2024.
5. Writ Petitions (Crl) of the year 2024.
6. Crl. Leave Petitions of the year 2024.
7. Cases relating to sexual harassment.
8. Regular hearing matters of the above categories.
1. Bail Matters.
Hon’ble Ms. Justice Jyoti Singh 2. Criminal Appeal of the year 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022 & 2024
3. Criminal Revision Petition of the year 2021 & 2024.
4. Criminal Leave Petitions upto the year 2017, 2020 & 2024.
5. Criminal Misc. Main cases of the years 2018 and 2024.
6. Writ Petitions (Crl) of the years 2022 & 2024.
7. Transfer Petitions (Criminal).
8. Cases relating to sexual harassment.
9. Regular hearing matters of the above categories.
1. Bail Matters.
Hon’ble Mr. Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri 2. Criminal Appeals of the years 2024.
3. Criminal Misc. Main of 2011, 2012, 2013, 2023 & 2024
4. Criminal Revision Petitions of the year 2024.
5. Writ Petitions (Crl) of the year 2024.
9. Crl. Leave Petitions of the year 2024.
6. Cases relating to sexual harassment.
7. Regular hearing matters of the above categories.
1. Bail Matters.
Hon’ble Mr. Justice Anoop Kumar 2. Criminal Appeals of years 2008, 2016, 2020, 2023 & 2024
Mendiratta 3. Criminal Misc. Main cases of the years 2021 and 2024.
4. Criminal Revision Petitions of the years 2014 & 2024.
5. Writ Petitions (Crl) of the year 2024.
6. Criminal Leave Petitions of the years 2018, 2022 & 2024.
7. Cases relating to sexual harassment.
8. Regular hearing matters of the above categories.

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 1. Bail Matters.
Hon’ble Ms. Justice Swarana Kanta 2. Crl. Appeals of the years 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2024.
Sharma 3. Criminal Misc. Main cases upto the year 2010 and of the
years 2020 and 2024.
4. Crl. Revision Petitions of the year 2024.
5. Writ Petitions (Crl) upto the year 2015 and of 2023 & 2024.
6. Criminal Leave Petitions of the year 2024.
7. Criminal cases relating to sitting/former MPs/MLAs.
8. Cases relating to sexual harassment.
9. Regular hearing matters of the above categories.
1. Bail Matters.
Hon’ble Mr. Justice Vikas Mahajan 2. Criminal Appeals upto the year 2006 and 2019 & 2024.
3. Crl. Leave Petitions of the year 2021 and 2024.
4. Writ Petitions (Crl) of the years 2021 & 2024.
5. Criminal Revision Petitions of 2015, 2016, 2019 & 2024.
6. Crl. Misc. Main cases of the years 2017 and 2024.
7. Cases relating to sexual harassment.
8. Regular hearing matters of the above categories
1. Bail Matters.
Hon’ble Mr. Justice Amit Mahajan 2. Criminal Appeals of the years 2007, 2015 & 2024.
3. Criminal Misc. Main cases of the years 2019 & 2024.
4. Criminal Revision Petitions upto the year 2013 and of the
years 2017, 2023 & 2024.
5. Writ Petitions (Crl) of the year 2024.
6. Criminal Leave Petitions of the year 2019 and 2024.
7. Cases relating to sexual harassment.
8. Regular hearing matters of the above categories.
1. Bail Matters.
Hon’ble Mr. Justice Amit Sharma 2. Writ Petitions (Crl) of the years 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
and 2024.
3. Criminal Appeals of the years 2012, 2013, 2014 & 2024.
4. Criminal Misc. Main cases of 2014, 2015, 2016 & 2024
5. Criminal Revision Petition of the years 2020 and 2024.
6. Criminal Leave Petitions of the year 2023 and 2024.
7. Cases relating to sexual harassment.
8. Regular hearing matters of the above categories.

Original Jurisdiction (Civil)

1. Matters to be heard by the Commercial Division.

Hon’ble Ms. Justice Prathiba M. Singh 2. Original Side Matters (including Finals) of the years 2014,
(Judge-in-Charge) 2015, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 & 2024.
3. Matters under the Arbitration Act, 1940 and Arbitration
(‘F’ Court) & Conciliation Act, 1996 (including Finals) of the years
2016, 2018, 2022, 2023 & 2024.
4. Regular hearing matters of the aforesaid categories.

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 1. Matters to be heard by the Commercial Division.
Hon’ble Mr. Justice Prateek Jalan 2. Original Side Matters (including Finals) of the years
2022, 2023 & 2024.
(‘A’ Court) 3. Matters under the Arbitration Act, 1940 and Arbitration
& Conciliation Act, 1996 (including Finals) of the years
2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 & 2024.
4. Execution Petitions under the Arbitration Act, 1940 and
Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996 upto the year 2020.
5. Regular hearing matters of the aforesaid categories.
1. Matters to be heard by the Commercial Division.
Hon’ble Mr. Justice Anup Jairam 2. Original Side Matters (including Finals) of the years
Bhambhani 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 & 2024.
3. Matters under the Arbitration Act, 1940 and Arbitration
(‘D’ Court) & Conciliation Act, 1996 (including Finals) upto 2014
and of the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 & 2024.
4. Regular hearing matters of the aforesaid categories.
1. Matters to be heard by the Commercial Division.
Hon’ble Mr.Justice Jasmeet Singh 1. Original Side Matters (including Finals) of the years
2021, 2022, 2023 & 2024.
2. Matters under Arbitration Act, 1940 and Arbitration
(‘C’ Court) and Conciliation Act,1996 of the years 2021, 2022, 2023
& 2024.
3. All Execution Petitions including the petitions under
Arbitration Act, 1940 and Arbitration & Conciliation
Act, 1996 of the years 2021, 2022, 2023 & 2024.
4. Regular hearing matters of the aforesaid categories.
1. Matters to be heard by the Commercial Division.
Hon’ble Ms. Justice Neena Bansal 2. Original Side Matters (including Finals) upto the year
Krishna 2013 and of the years 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023
& 2024.
(‘B’ Court) 3. Matters under the Arbitration Act, 1940 and Arbitration
& Conciliation Act, 1996 (including Finals) of the years
2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023 & 2024.
4. Regular hearing matters of the aforesaid categories.
1. Matters to be heard by the Commercial Division.
Hon’ble Mr. Justice Dinesh Kumar 2. Matters under the Arbitration Act, 1940 and Arbitration
Sharma & Conciliation Act, 1996 (including Finals) of the years
2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 & 2024.
(‘G’ Court) 3. Original Side Matters (including Finals) of the years
2021, 2022, 2023 & 2024.
4. Regular hearing matters of the aforesaid categories.

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 IP Division

1. Matters to be heard by the Commercial Division relating

Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sanjeev Narula to IPR disputes.
2. Matters relating to Intellectual Property Rights.
(‘I’ Court) 3. IPR Suits upto the year 2016 and of the years 2019, 2020,
2022, 2023 & 2024.
4. Regular hearing matters of the above category.
1. Matters to be heard by the Commercial Division relating
Hon’ble Mr. Justice Anish Dayal to IPR disputes.
2. Matters relating to Intellectual Property Rights.
(‘E’ Court) 3. IPR Suits of the years 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023 & 2024.
4. Regular hearing matters of the above category.

General Notes:

1. All fresh PILs shall be listed before the Bench presided over by the Acting 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. All Public Interest Litigation Matters irrespective of their being part heard (other than those
transferred by the Roster Bench) be listed before the Roster Bench i.e. DB-1.

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

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

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

8. Matters to be heard by the Commercial Appellate Division shall be assigned by the Chief Justice
amongst the seven Commercial Appellate Divisions.

9. ‘Commercial Division’ consists of eight benches of a Single Judge each. Hon’ble Ms. Justice
Prathiba M.Singh, Hon’ble Mr. Justice Prateek Jalan, Hon’ble Mr. Justice Anup Jairam
Bhambhani, Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sanjeev Narula, Hon’ble Mr. Justice Jasmeet Singh, Hon’ble
Ms. Justice Neena Bansal Krishna, Hon’ble Mr. Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma and Hon’ble Mr.
Justice Anish Dayal have been nominated to be the Judges of the ‘Commercial Division’.

10. Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sanjeev Narula and Hon’ble Mr. Justice Anish Dayal have been nominated
to function as ‘IP Division’.

11. Matters to be heard by the IP Division shall be assigned by Hon’ble Judge In-charge (Original
Side) amongst the two IP Divisions.

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12. In the event of change in the Judges nominated by the Acting Chief Justice constituting the
‘Commercial Division’ and ‘Commercial Appellate Division’, part-heard matters shall stand
transferred to the Hon’ble Judge who will have the power of ‘Commercial Division’ and
‘Commercial Appellate Division’, limited to that case only.

13. Hon’ble Judge-in-Charge, Original Side will distribute fresh Arbitration Matters including
Commercials Matters under the Arbitration Act, 1940 and the Arbitration and Conciliation Act,
1996 between ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’, ‘D’, ‘F’ & ‘G’ Courts.

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

15. All the Hon’ble Judges on the Original Side are empowered to deal with suits/petitions arising
under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act,1996 falling under Section 20-B of the Specific Relief
Act,1963.

16. All Matters to be heard by ‘Commercial Appellate Division’ pending before DB-III and DB-IV
shall stand transferred to DB-II.

17. All Matters to be heard by ‘Commercial Appellate Division’ pending before DB-VI, DB-VII and
DB-VIII shall stand transferred to DB-V.

18. All fresh Bail Applications shall be equally distributed amongst all the Single Bench Judges
sitting on the Criminal Roster.

19. Fresh Criminal Leave Petitions shall be equally distributed between Hon’ble Mr Justice Navin
Chawla, Hon’ble Ms. Justice Jyoti Singh, Hon’ble Mr. Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri, Hon’ble Mr.
Justice Anoop Kumar Mendiratta, Hon’ble Ms. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma, Hon’ble Mr.
Justice Vikas Mahajan, Hon’ble Mr. Justice Amit Mahajan and Hon’ble Mr. Justice Amit
Sharma.

20. Fresh Criminal Appeals shall be equally distributed amongst Hon’ble Mr Justice Navin Chawla,
Hon’ble Ms. Justice Jyoti Singh, Hon’ble Mr. Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri, Hon’ble Mr. Justice
Anoop Kumar Mendiratta, Hon’ble Ms. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma, Hon’ble Mr. Justice
Vikas Mahajan, Hon’ble Mr. Justice Amit Mahajan and Hon’ble Mr. Justice Amit Sharma.

21. Fresh Criminal Writ Petitions shall be equally distributed amongst Hon’ble Mr Justice Navin
Chawla, Hon’ble Ms. Justice Jyoti Singh, Hon’ble Mr. Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri, Hon’ble Mr.
Justice Anoop Kumar Mendiratta, Hon’ble Ms. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma, Hon’ble Mr.
Justice Vikas Mahajan, Hon’ble Mr. Justice Amit Mahajan and Hon’ble Mr. Justice Amit
Sharma.

22. Fresh Criminal Revision Petitions shall be equally distributed amongst Hon’ble Mr Justice
Navin Chawla, Hon’ble Ms. Justice Jyoti Singh, Hon’ble Mr. Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri,
Hon’ble Mr. Justice Anoop Kumar Mendiratta, Hon’ble Ms. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma,
Hon’ble Mr. Justice Vikas Mahajan, Hon’ble Mr. Justice Amit Mahajan and Hon’ble Mr. Justice
Amit Sharma.

23. Fresh Criminal Misc. Main Cases shall be equally distributed amongst Hon’ble Mr Justice
Navin Chawla, Hon’ble Ms. Justice Jyoti Singh, Hon’ble Mr. Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri,
Hon’ble Mr. Justice Anoop Kumar Mendiratta, Hon’ble Ms. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma,
Hon’ble Mr. Justice Vikas Mahajan, Hon’ble Mr. Justice Amit Mahajan and Hon’ble Mr. Justice
Amit Sharma.
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24. All Bail Applications pending on the Board of Hon’ble Ms. Justice Jyoti Singh shall stand
transferred to the Court of Hon’ble Mr. Justice Navin Chawla.

25. All Bail Applications pending on the Board of Hon’ble Mr. Justice Rajnish Bhatnagar shall stand
transferred to the Court of Hon’ble Mr. Justice Amit Sharma.

26. All Bail Applications pending on the Board of Hon’ble Mr. Justice Amit Bansal shall stand
transferred to the Court of Hon’ble Ms. Justice Jyoti Singh.

27. All Bail Applications pending on the Board of Hon’ble Dr. Justice Sudhir Kumar Jain shall stand
transferred to the Court of Hon’ble Mr. Justice Amit Mahajan.

28. All Bail Applications pending on the Board of Hon’ble Mr. Justice Saurabh Banerjee shall stand
transferred to the Court of Hon’ble Mr. Justice Anoop Kumar Mendiratta.

29. All Bail Applications pending on the Board of Hon’ble Mr. Justice Amit Sharma shall stand
transferred to the Court of Hon’ble Mr. Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri.

30. Cases of the convicts/appellants in jail, whose sentence is about to be completed or have
completed the substantial period of the maximum sentence of the offence charged against them,
shall be taken up on priority basis and every endeavor should be made to dispose of the same
expeditiously.

Sd/-
( MANMOHAN )
Dated : 22.12.2023 Acting Chief Justice