FOOD CORPORATION OF INDIA vs JAGNESHWAR PRASAD GUPTA & ORS.

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Judgment Reserved on: 14.05.2026 % Judgment Delivered on: 04.06.2026 LPA 357/2026 & CM Nos. 32403/2026, 32404/2026, 32405/2026 FOOD CORPORATION OF INDIA .....Appellant versus JAGNESHWAR PRASAD GUPTA & ORS. .....Respondents AND LPA 362/2026 & CM Nos. 32638/2026, 32639/2026, 32640/2026 FOOD CORPORATION OF INDIA .....Appellant versus RAJ MAHINDER SHARMA AND ORS. .....Respondents AND LPA 364/2026 & CM Nos. 32645/2026, 32646/2026, 32647/2026 FOOD CORPORATION OF INDIA .....Appellant versus SH. P. P. SINGH & ANR. .....Respondents AND LPA 345/2026 & CM Nos. 30884/2026, 30885/2026, 30886/2026 FOOD CORPORATION OF INDIA .....Appellant 2026. Mr. Naresh Kaushik, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Anand Singh, Ms. Saumya Johari, Mr. A. Gautam, Advs. in LPA No.364/2026. Mr. Naresh Kaushik, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Anand Singh, Ms. Saumya Johari, Mr. A. Gautam, Advs. in LPA No.345/2026. 1. The present batch of Letters Patent Appeals have been preferred by the Food Corporation of India (“FCI”) against the common Judgment dated 25.02.2026 (“Impugned Judgment”) passed in W.P.(C) 7659/2011, W.P.(C) 3365/2012, W.P.(C) 9195/2015, W.P.(C) 13584/2019, and W.P.(C) 12187/2021 (“Writ Petiti