MOHAMMAD TASLEEM vs INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & ORS.

Judgment text excerpt

$~33 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 17th October, 2025 + W.P.(C) 16089/2025, CM APPL. 65927/2025 & CM APPL. 65928/2025 MOHAMMAD TASLEEM .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Zubeda Begum, Mr. Ayush Gandhi and Ms. Hardeep Kaur, Advs. Mob: 9868119078 Email: [email protected] versus INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Bharat Malhotra, Adv. for R- 2/MCD Mob: 8447151507 Email: [email protected] CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MINI PUSHKARNA MINI PUSHKARN, J. (ORAL): 1. The present writ petition has been filed challenging the Report dated 10th June, 2025, filed by the respondent no. 1, i.e., Indian Institute of Technology (“IIT”) Delhi, in the case titled as “Asjad Versus Municipal Corporation of Delhi & Ors.”, in Civil Suit bearing CSDJ No. 1199/2024, pending in the Court of learned District Judge-01 (Central), Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi. 2. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is not a party in the said proceedings, which are pending at the behest of some other tenant. She submits that IIT Delhi has admitted that at Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:HARIOM SHARMA Page 1 of 3 Signing Date:17.10.2025 22:24:55 the time of giving the impugned Report with regard to the structure in question being in a dangerous condition, no physical inspection was carried out of the portion which is occupied by the petitioner herein. 3. She, thus, submits that the valuable rights of the petitioner are being affected. She submits that inspection ought to have been carried out in the presence of the petitioner, as the building occupied by the petitioner is in a reparable condition. 4. Responding to the present writ petition, learned counsel appearing for the respondent no. 2, i.e., Municipal Corp