PANCHKUIAN FURNITURE MARKET ASSOCIATION vs DELHI METRO RAIL CORPORATION & ANR

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgement reserved on: 02.12.2025 Judgement delivered on:24.12.2025 + LPA 553/2019, CM APPL. 38711/2019 and CM APPL. 38714/2019 PANCHKUIAN FURNITURE MARKET ASSOCIATION .....Appellant Through: Mr. Harish Malhotra and Mr. Lovkesh Sawhney, Senior Advocates along with Mr. Anoop Kumar, Mr. Kartik Dhingra and Mr. Rohit Kumar, Advocates. versus DELHI METRO RAIL CORPORATION & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Pushkar Sood, SPC along with Ms. Shikha Sood, Mr. Anmol Vashisht and Mr. Samarth Sood, Advocates for R-1. Ms. Manisha Agrawal Narain, CGSC with Mr. Navneet Saharan, Advocate. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KSHETARPAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR JUDGEMENT HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR, J. 1. The present Letters Patent Appeal, seeks to challenge the Judgment dated 29.05.20191 passed by the learned Single Judge of 1 Impugned Judgement Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:HARVINDER KAUR BHATIA LPA 553/2019 Page 1 of 19 Signing Date:24.12.2025 16:49:11 this Court in case being W.P.(C) 7775/2016, titled as ‘Panchkuian Furniture Market Association (Regd.) v. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation & Anr’. 2. By way of the Impugned Judgement, the learned Single Judge has rejected the contentions of the Appellant to the effect that the sub-lease in favour of the members of the Appellant should have corresponded with the original terms of the demise of the land upon the Respondents herein, ergo that the lease should be for a period of 99 years. By the Impugned Judgment, the learned Single Judge has also negated the plea of the members of the Appellant that the members would, as lessees in perpetuity become beneficieries to the entire bouquet of rights appurtenant thereto and in particular, the right to transfer the same.