Devender Kumar Sharma v. South Delhi Municipal Corporation and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Two connected Delhi High Court writ petitions (W.P.(C) 4859/2018 - Kapil Dhiran; W.P.(C) 8298/2018 - Devender Kumar Sharma) against South Delhi Municipal Corporation And Ors. were disposed of on 02.12.2025 (Mini Pushkarna, J.) after MCD counsel reported that the petitioners' licenses had been cancelled on 08.04.2025, rendering the petitions infructuous; the cancellation letters dated 08 April 2025 were taken on record. Petitioners, who had challenged the license fee demand as illegal, were granted liberty to seek remedies in accordance with law to challenge the license cancellation/revocation. Search terms: infructuous writ petition; license cancellation letter 08 April 2025; liberty to challenge license revocation; MCD license fee demand; disposal of writ petitions; Delhi High Court.
What did the court decide?
Liberty granted to the petitioners to seek their remedies in accordance with law, to challenge the cancellation/revocation of the licenses of the petitioners.