Smt. Rekha Sharda v. Shri Kuldeep Chander Mehra
Case brief
What is this about?
Delhi High Court RFA 326/2021 / CM APPL. 32250/2021 disposed by consent settlement on 05.12.2025 (Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani). Keywords: settlement disposal; release of decretal deposit; Rs. 16 lacs deposited 25.10.2021 (75% of decretal amount); Rs. 18 lacs to respondent; balance with interest to appellant; Registry release within 2 weeks; senior citizen respondent in Bangalore; demand draft collected by counsel; court fee refund; Section 16-A Court Fees Act 1860 (Delhi); 50% court fee refund certificate; pending applications disposed. No precedents engaged; no substantive adjudicated issue beyond execution of settlement terms.
What did the court decide?
Appeal disposed in terms of settlement: Rs. 18 lacs (deposit accrued with interest) released to the respondent and the balance remaining with the court, alongwith up-to-date interest, released to the appellant within 02 weeks of approaching the Registry after verification of credentials; amount released in respondent's name with demand draft permitted to be collected by counsel Mr. Nandwani as respondent is a senior citizen residing in Bangalore; 50% court fee refunded to appellant under Section 16-A of the Court Fees Act 1860 (as applicable to Delhi) with requisite certificate to be drawn up within 02 weeks; pending applications disposed.