# INDER MOHAN NAGPAL vs GOVT OF NCT & ORS

Court: Delhi High Court
Date: 2025-02-11
Citation: LPA-99/2025 2025:DHC:888-DB
Petitioner: INDER MOHAN NAGPAL
Respondent: GOVT OF NCT & ORS

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## Judgment text (excerpt)

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI LPA 99/2025 & CM APPL. 7957/2025 INDER MOHAN NAGPAL ...Appellant Through: Mr. Rajesh Tyagi, Advocate. versus GOVT OF NCT & ORS ...Respondents Through: Mr. Tushar Sannu and Ms. Ayushi Mishra, Advocate for GNCTD. Ms. Sonia A. Menon, Advocate for R-3. Date of Decision: 11th February, 2025 CORAM: HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TUSHAR RAO GEDELA JUDGEMENT TUSHAR RAO GEDELA, J.: (ORAL) 1. Present appeal has been preferred assailing the impugned judgement dated 05.12.2024 passed by the learned Single Judge dismissing the W.P.(C) 5109/2017 filed by the appellant seeking (i) to quash the notification dated 03.09.2014 passed by the respondent no.2/Development Commissioner, GNCTD appointing the Managing Committee of the Delhi Society for Prevention of Cruelty of Animals (hereafter referred as ‘DSPCA’); and (ii) a direction to respondent no.1 to restore the DSPCA, alongwith all records, assets and establishment to its members. 2. It is stated that the DSPCA, a voluntary association/NGO, was founded in the year 1915 by the concerned citizens of Delhi with avowed objective to prevent cruelty upon animals and birds at the hands of 1976. 3. It

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