Delhi Municipal Corporation Act

The Delhi Water Supply and Sewage Disposal Committee appointed several Assistant Engineers as Executive Engineers on a one‑year ad‑hoc basis, after which their services were regularised on 8 January 1971. The seniority list prepared by the Undertaking excluded the ad‑hoc period and was based solely on the rankings in t…

The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) and the Delhi Municipal Corporation (MCD) levied property tax on immovable properties owned by several State governments within the Union Territory of Delhi. The States challenged the levy, arguing that Article 289(1) of the Constitution exempts State property and income from Unio…

The petitioners, low‑income employees of the Delhi Electricity Supply Undertaking (DESU), occupied residential quarters built under the 1954 Low Income Housing Scheme and paid rent. They filed writ petitions seeking transfer of ownership of the quarters, relying on the scheme, a municipal resolution (No. 868 of 1970) t…

The Greater Kailash Part‑II Welfare Association challenged the municipal sanction and various clearances granted to DLF Universal Ltd for converting the Savitri Cinema Hall into a mini‑cinema‑cum‑commercial complex, alleging that the plan would cause traffic congestion and violated parking standards under the Delhi Mas…

The Supreme Court entertained writ petitions filed by environmental activist M.C. Mehta under Article 32, seeking relief from severe air pollution caused by mechanical stone crushers operating in Delhi and adjoining areas of Haryana. The petitioners alleged that the stone‑dust and smoke emitted by the crushers endanger…

The Supreme Court entertained a writ petition under Article 32 seeking effective solid waste management in Delhi, noting that earlier directions in Dr. B.L. Wadhera v. Union of India had not been implemented. The Court observed that no landfill sites had been identified, compost plants were not constructed, and daily s…

M/s Dodsal Pvt. Ltd. entered into a contract with the Delhi Electric Supply Undertaking (DESU) that contained an arbitration clause. DESU later challenged the arbitral award, arguing that the contract was void because it violated Sections 201 and 203 of the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act and a bye‑law, rendering the a…

Vikas Singh, the owner of a residential plot in Delhi, obtained a building plan sanction in July 2013 for a 15‑metre structure including a stilt. After the Delhi Master Plan was amended in September 2013 to allow buildings up to 17.5 metres with stilt parking and to treat such structures as non‑high‑rise, Singh applied…

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi appealed against an interim order of the Delhi High Court that stayed recovery of about Rs 1 crore in tax, permitting the assessee C.L. Batra to deposit only Rs 3 lakh. The corporation argued that the order bypassed the statutory appeal provision under Section 170(b) of the Delhi Muni…