MOHIT BANSAL vs INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS OF INDIA & ORS.

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$~49 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 13.01.2026 + LPA 197/2022 MOHIT BANSAL .....Appellant Through: Mr. Kailash Vasdev, Senior Advocate alongwith Ms. Divya Bansal, Advocate with Petitioner-in-Person. versus INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Ms. Pooja Mehra Saigal, Senior Advocate along with Mr. Ankit Mittal and Ms. Ananya Choudhary, Advocates for R-1/ICAI. Mr. Farman Ali, CGSC for UoI. CORAM: HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TEJAS KARIA TEJAS KARIA, J. (Oral) 1. The Appellant has filed the present Appeal challenging the order dated 21.01.2022 (“Impugned Judgement”) passed by the learned Single Judge of this Court in W.P. (C) 6819/2020 (“Writ Petition”). 2. The Appellant is a qualified Chartered Accountant and member of Respondent No.1, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. The Writ Petition was filed seeking quashing and setting aside of the Show Cause Notice (“SCN”) dated 14.09.2020 issued by Respondent No. 1. Vide Impugned Judgement, the learned Single Judge of this Court dismissed the Writ Petition. LPA 197/2022 Page 1 of 3 Signature Not Verified Signed By:NEELAM SHARMA Signing Date:15.01.2026 20:00:26 3. Accordingly, the present Appeal was filed on 21.02.2022 challenging the Impugned Judgement. During the pendency of the present Appeal, Respondent No. 1 conducted the hearing pursuant to the SCN on 29.08.2022 and passed an order dated 01.03.2023 removing the name of the Appellant from the Register of Members under the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949. 4. The Appellant filed CM Application 1127/2023 seeking amendment of the present Appeal challenging the order dated 01.03.2023. The said Application was allowed vide order dated 13.09.2023 and the Appellant was permitted to a