# MRIDULA DEVI vs UOI AND OTHERS

Court: Delhi High Court
Date: 2026-06-04
Citation: LPA-143/2025 2026:DHC:5065-DB
Petitioner: MRIDULA DEVI
Respondent: UOI AND OTHERS

[Official PDF on Delhi High Court website](https://delhihighcourt.nic.in/app/showFileJudgment/68704062026LPA1432025_143950.pdf)

## Judgment text (excerpt)

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Judgment Reserved on: 24.04.2026 % Judgment Delivered on: 04.06.2026 LPA 143/2025 MRIDULA DEVI .....Appellant versus UOI AND OTHERS .....Respondents Advocates who appeared in this case For the Appellant : Mr. I. C. Mishra and Dr. Balmiki Prasad, Advocates. For the Respondents : Ms. Nidhi Banga, Senior Panel Counsel with Mr. Sandeep Choudhary, Advocate for R-1 to 3/UOI. CORAM: HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TEJAS KARIA JUDGMENT TEJAS KARIA, J INTRODUCTION 1. This Letters Patent Appeal is filed assailing the judgment and order dated 06.08.2024 (“Impugned Judgment”) passed in Writ Petition being W.P.(C) 15038/2021 titled as ‘Smt. Mridula Devi v. Union of India & Ors.’ (“Writ Petition”) partly allowing the Writ Petition and order dated 22.11.2024 (“Modification Order”) rejecting the claim for modification of 2. The Appellant is the widow of Late Rama Nand Singh (“R. N. Singh”), who participated in the Quit India Movement of 1942. On 10.08.1942, a criminal case, being G.R. 572/1942 titled as Emperor v. Sheetal Prasad Singh & Ors. (“G.R. 572/1942”), was registered against R. N. Singh and his associates under the provisions of the I

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