FOOD CORPORATION OF INDIA vs JAGNESHWAR PRASAD GUPTA & ORS.

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* 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 Signature Not Verified LPA 357/2026 & Connected Matters Page 1 of 22 Signed By:NEELAM SHARMA Signing Date:04.06.2026 13:34:56 versus SURJIT SINGH BHATOA & ORS. .....Respondents AND + LPA 365/2026 & CM Nos. 32650/2026, 32651/2026, 32652/2026 FOOD CORPORATION OF INDIA .....Appellant versus JARNAIL SINGH TULI .....Respondent Advocates who appeared in these cases For the Appellant : Mr. Purushottam Sharma, Ms. Vani Vyas and Mr. Prakhar Singh, Advs. For the Respondents : Mr. G.D. Mishra, Adv. in LPA No.357/2026 Mr. Ashish Aggarwal, Mr. O.P. Faizi, Mr. Anand Aggarwal, Ms. Darshana Aggarwal, Ms. Nishita Verma, Ms. Anjali Kashyap, Ms. Lisha Arora, Mr. Himanshu Singh, Ms. Ishita, Advs. Ms. Aarti Mahajan Shedha, Adv. in LPA Nos.362/2026 & 365/2026. 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. Signature Not Verified LPA 357/2026 & Connected Matters Page 2 of 22 Signed By:NEELAM SHARMA Signing Date:04.06.2026 13:34:56 CORAM: HON'BLE THE CH