CHEELI J RATNAM vs UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: 29 July 2025 Pronounced on: 24 November 2025 + W.P.(C) 6028/2021 CHEELI J RATNAM .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Himanshu Gautam, Mr. Kishan Gautam, Ms. Anuradha Pandey, Mr. Lokesh Sharma, Advs. versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Raj Kumar Yadav, Senior Panel Counsel alongwith Mr. Vaibhav Bhardwaj and Ms. Tripti Sinha, Advs + W.P.(C) 9496/2020 COMDT. AVW RAO .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Himanshu Gautam, Mr. Kishan Gautam, Ms. Anuradha Pandey, Mr. Lokesh Sharma, Advs. versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Jaswinder Singh, Adv. + W.P.(C) 7579/2024 & CM APPL. 31522/2024 JITENDER JIT SINGH JAMWAL .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Himanshu Gautam, Mr. Kishan Gautam, Ms. Anuradha Pandey, Mr. Lokesh Sharma, Advs. versus WP (C) 6028/2021 and other connected matters Signature Not Verified Page 1 of 68 Digitally Signed By:AJIT KUMAR Signing Date:24.11.2025 13:09:33 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Virender Pratap Singh Charak, Ms. Shubhra Parashar and Gokul Atrey Advs. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE OM PRAKASH SHUKLA % JUDGMENT 24.11.2025 C. HARI SHANKAR, J. Facilitative Index to the Judgment S. No. Subject Para Nos 1 The lis 1–4 2 Facts 5 – 14 3 The issue in controversy 15 4 A preliminary observation 16 – 19 5 Proceedings before the High Court of 19 – 19.4 Kerala – V.Thulasi Nair 6 Recommendations of the 7th CPC and 20 – 20.4 Resolution dated 25 July 2016 of the Ministry of Finance 7 Judgment of this Court in Dev Sharma 21 – 21.11 8 MHA Order dated 19 August 2019 22 9 WP 11956/2019 and connected writ 23 – 23.2 petitions before the High Court of Madras 10 Review Application 156/2019 before the 24 – 24.3 High Court of Madras 11 MOD Order