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Adhvik Polychem v. Nikhil Kumar & Anr.

Delhi HC20 May 2026CONT.CAS(C)/871/2026

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What is this about?

Delhi High Court contempt proceeding, 20.05.2026, Justice Sachin Datta (oral). Keywords: CONT.CAS(C) 871/2026; CM APPL.32903/2026; Adhvik Polychem v. Nikhil Kumar & Anr.; GNCTD; non-compliance with order dated 20.02.2026; cancellation of GST registration; inordinate delay; undertaking taken on record; decision within three weeks; action for wilful disobedience; liberty to revive petition; petition disposed of. No statutes or precedents cited.

What did the court decide?

Petition disposed of with the respondents' undertaking recorded; respondents directed to take the requisite decision on the GST registration cancellation application within three weeks, failing which concerned official(s) face action for wilful disobedience; petitioner given liberty to revive the petition if the needful is not done. ¶24

Adhvik Polychem Vs Nikhil Kumar & Anr. — Contempt of Court | Delhi HC (2026)

What the court decided

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Issue for consideration

Whether the respondents failed to comply with the Court's order dated 20.02.2026 requiring them to take and communicate, within four weeks, the requisite decision on the petitioner's application seeking cancellation of GST registration.

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Court's answer

The Court found that an inordinate delay had taken place on the part of the respondents in taking the requisite decision directed by the order dated 20.02.2026.

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Ratio / Principle

The undertaking given on behalf of the respondents to take an expeditious decision on the petitioner's application was taken on record.

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Key takeaways

The Court directed that the requisite decision be taken latest within three weeks from the date of this judgment, failing which the concerned official(s) shall be liable to face action for wilful disobedience of the orders passed by the Court.ratio¶23
If the needful is not done within the stipulated period, the petitioner would be at liberty to revive the present petition.ratio¶25

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Contempt case (CONT.CAS(C) 871/2026, High Court of Delhi, Sachin Datta, J., oral, 20.05.2026): Adhvik Polychem raised contempt proceedings against GNCTD respondents over an inordinate delay in complying with a judgment/order dated 20.02.2026, which had directed the respondents to take and communicate the requisite decision on the petitioner's application seeking cancellation of GST registration within four weeks. Counsel for the respondents submitted that the application would be disposed of expeditiously, and this undertaking was taken on record. The Court ordered the requisite decision to be taken latest within three weeks, expressly warning that otherwise the concerned official(s) would be liable to face action for wilful disobedience of the Court's orders, and granted the petitioner liberty to revive the petition in default. The petition was disposed of in those terms; the accompanying exemption application CM APPL.32903/2026 was allowed subject to all just exceptions. No statutory provision or precedent was cited in the judgment text.

Adhvik Polychem v. Nikhil Kumar & Anr.

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