Bhupindra Sharma Vs State of NCT of Delhi & Ors. — Delhi HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

Bhupindra Sharma Vs State of NCT of Delhi & Ors. — Delhi HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

Petition withdrawn with permission and disposed of as withdrawn, together with any pending application; Family Court requested to expedite the hearing of Guardianship Petition GP No. 33/2021; no observations made on merits.

Issue for consideration

Whether the writ petition W.P.(CRL) 1098/2025 should be continued or withdrawn in view of the settlement agreement already executed between the Petitioner and Respondent no. 4 and the pending Guardianship Petition GP No. 33/2021 before the Family Court, Central District, Tis Hazari.

Court's answer

Permission was given to withdraw the writ petition, and the petition along with any pending application was disposed of in the above terms, as withdrawn.

Ratio / Principle

CRL.M.A. 10459/2025 (Ex.) was allowed subject to all just exceptions, and the application stands disposed of.

Key takeaways

The learned Family Court was requested to expedite the hearing of the said Guardianship petition (GP No. 33/2021).ratio¶¶19
This Court expressly made no observations on the merits of the case.ratio¶¶21

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Delhi High Court (Subramonium Prasad & Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar, JJ.), order dated 07.04.2025 in W.P.(CRL) 1098/2025, Bhupindra Sharma v. State of NCT of Delhi & Ors.: after some arguments, counsel for the petitioner sought withdrawal of the petition because a settlement agreement had already been executed between the petitioner and Respondent no. 4, while the Guardian Petition bearing GP No. 33/2021 titled 'Bhupender Sharma vs. Kiran' filed by the petitioner remained pending before the learned Family Court, Central District, Tis Hazari since December 2023. The petition, along with any pending application, was disposed of as withdrawn; the Family Court was requested to expedite the hearing of the guardianship petition; and the Court expressly clarified that it made no observations on the merits. CRL.M.A. 10459/2025 (Ex.) was allowed subject to all just exceptions and disposed of; CRL.M.A. 10460/2025 related to a delay of 10 days in re-filing.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

- W.P.(CRL) 1098/2025 & CRL.M.A. 10460/2025 (Delay 10 days in re-filing)

BHUPINDRA SHARMA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Abhinav S. Raghuvanshi with Ms. Shweta and Ms. Akansha Singh, Advs.

versus

STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Sanjay Lao Standing Counsel (Criminal) with Ms. Priyam Agarwal, Mr. Abhinav Kr. Arya and Mr. Aryan Sachdeva, Advs. Inspector Anand Singh, PsPandav Nagar.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUBRAMONIUM PRASAD HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR

O R D E R

% 07.04.2025

CRL.M.A. 10459/2025 (Ex.)

Allowed, subject to all just exceptions.

The application stands disposed of.

W.P.(CRL) 1098/2025

After some arguments, learned counsel for the Petitioner seeks permission to withdraw this petition in view of the fact that a settlement agreement has already been executed between the Petitioner and Respondent no. 4 and the Guardian Petition bearing GP No. 33/2021 titled as Bhupender Sharma vs. Kiran filed by the

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Petitioner, is pending before the learned Family Court, Central District, Tis Hazari since December 2023.

The learned Family Court is requested to expedite the hearing of the said Guardianship petition.

The petition, along with pending application, if any, is disposed of in the above terms, as withdrawn.

It is made clear that this Court has not made any observations on the merits of this case.

SUBRAMONIUM PRASAD, J.

HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR, J.

APRIL 07, 2025/nd

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