UNION OF INDIA & ORS vs NATIONAL COLD STORAGE & REGRIGERATION PVT LTD

$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 17.12.2025 Judgment pronounced on: 09.01.2026 Judgment uploaded on: 09.01.2026 LPA 454/2010, CM APPL. 11909/2010 and CM APPL. 56989/2023 UNION OF INDIA & ORS .....Appellants Through: Mr. Ashish K Dixit, CGSC with Mr. Vivek Goyal, CGSPC with Gokul Sharma, Mr. Umar Hashmi, Mr. Shivam Tiwari, Ms. Iqra Shiesh, Mr. Abdullah Sahid, Ms. Urmila Sharma, Ms. Venni Kakkar, Advs. for UOI. Mr. Tarun Johri, Mr. Ankur Gupta, Mr. Vishwajeet Tyagi, Advs. for DMRC. versus NATIONAL COLD STORAGE & REFRIGERATION PVT LTD .....Respondent Through: Mr. Dhruv Mehta, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Ajay Bhushan Kalia, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Kumar Pathak, Standing Counsel along with Ms. K. Kaomudi Kiran, Mr. Sunil Kumar Jha, Mr. M. S. Akhtar, Advs. for LAC- GNCTD. LPA 411/2011 UNION OF INDIA & ANR .....Appellants Through: Mr. Ashish K Dixit, CGSC with Mr. Vivek Goyal, CGSPC with Gokul Sharma, Mr. Umar Hashmi, Mr. Shivam Tiwari, Ms. Iqra Shiesh, Mr. Abdullah Sahid, Ms. Urmila Sharma, Ms. 2. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KSHETARPAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR JUDGMENT ANIL KSHETARPAL, J. 1. With the consent of learned counsel for the parties,