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Sweety Dahiya v. Union of India

Delhi HC11 Mar 2026W.P.(C)/18909/2025

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What is this about?

W.P.(C) 18909/2025; Sweety Dahiya v. Union of India; High Court of Delhi; consular access; UAE detention; State security detention case; public prosecution referral; Nodal Officer; India-UAE consular dialogue; liberty to file fresh petition; petition disposed; Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav; order dated 11.03.2026.

What did the court decide?

Petition disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to approach the Nodal Officer for redressal of grievances (to be mitigated without undue delay), and liberty to file a fresh petition before this Court if the grievance is not fully mitigated. ¶18

Sweety Dahiya Vs Union of India — Delhi HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Issue for consideration

Whether the petitioner's grievances regarding the detention of her husband (Samesh) in the UAE, including consular access and his well-being, stand sufficiently mitigated, and what further recourse is available to her.

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Court's answer

The detainee has been referred to public prosecution and his case is being examined by the prosecution.

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Ratio / Principle

Consular access was granted to the detainee on 30.04.2025 and 08.07.2025 after the concerned efforts of the Embassy.

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Key takeaways

Consular access was again provided on 14.01.2026, Embassy officials met the detainee, and the Mission informed the petitioner (wife of the detainee) that officials met him to ascertain his well-being.ratio¶12
The Mission has appointed a Nodal Officer in furtherance of this Court's order dated 12.12.2025.ratio¶16
The petitioner is at liberty to approach the Nodal Officer with any grievance, and if she does so, her grievance shall be mitigated without any undue delay.ratio

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Delhi High Court (Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav, J.) disposed of W.P.(C) 18909/2025 filed by Sweety Dahiya, wife of a detainee (Samesh) held in the UAE, concerning consular access and the detainee's well-being. Recording the respondent Union of India's affidavit filed pursuant to the order dated 27.01.2026, the Court noted that consular access had been granted on 30.04.2025 and 08.07.2025 and again on 14.01.2026; that the detainee has been referred to public prosecution; that the State-security detention case was raised in the India-UAE consular dialogue; and that a Nodal Officer was appointed per the Court's direction dated 12.12.2025. The petitioner was granted liberty to approach the Nodal Officer, whose grievance-redressal is to occur without undue delay, and, if the grievance is not fully mitigated, to move the Court by a fresh petition.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

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- W.P.(C) 18909/2025

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SWEETY DAHIYA .....Petitioner

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Through: Mr. Madhav Aggarwal, Advocates.

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versus

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UNION OF INDIA .....Respondent

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Through: Mr. Akash Vajpai, CGSC and Mr. Harsh Bajpai, Advocate. Ms Pallavi Talwar, GP for UOI.

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CORAM:

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HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PURUSHAINDRA KUMAR KAURAV O R D E R % 11.03.2026

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The paragraph nos. 6, 7 and 8 of the affidavit filed by the respondent pursuant to order dated 27.01.2026, is extracted as under:

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“ 6. That the consular access has already been granted to the detainee after concerned efforts of the Embassy on 30.04.2025 and 08.07.2025. The consular access was again provided on 14.01.2026 and the Embassy officials met the detainee. The Mission also informed Ms. Sweety, wife of Samesh, that officials met him on 14.01.2026 to ascertain his well-being.

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7. That Embassy has been continuously following up the matter with UAE authorities in compliance with the local laws. The subject case being a detention case under State security, was also discussed during the recently held India-UAE consular dialogue in November,2026.

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8. That Mission has appointed a nodal officer in this matter as per the direction of this Hon’ble Court passed on 12.12.2025 and the office has been continuously updating and coordinating with the Petitioner, the wife of the detainee, regarding all developments in the matter. ”

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This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 19/03/2026 at 13:46:45

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It is, thus, seen that the detainee has been referred to public prosecution and the case is being examined by the prosecution. The consular access has already been granted to the detainee on 30.04.2025 and 08.07.2025, after the concerned efforts of the Embassy. On 14.01.2025, consular access was again provided and the Embassy officials also met and interacted with the detainee. The Mission also informed Ms. Sweety, wife of Mr. Samesh, that officials met him on 14.01.2026 to ascertain his wellbeing. The Mission has also appointed a Nodal Officer in furtherance of the order passed by this Court on 12.12.2025.

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Accordingly, if the petitioner has any grievance, she shall be at liberty to approach the Nodal Officer. In case the petitioner does so, the grievance of the petitioner shall be mitigated without any undue delay.

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In any case, the grievance of the petitioner is not fully mitigated she shall be at liberty to approach this Court by way of a fresh petition. 5. With the aforesaid observations, the petition stands disposed of.

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PURUSHAINDRA KUMAR KAURAV, J

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MARCH 11, 2026 aks

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This is a digitally signed order.

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The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 19/03/2026 at 13:46:45

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