HIGH COURT OF DELHI : NEW DELHI
The Roster of Sitting of Hon’ble Judges of this Court, effective from 19 th August, 2013 is as under:-
Division Benches (Civil Division)
DB-I
Hon’ble Mr. Justice Badar Durrez Ahmed
(Acting Chief Justice)
Hon’ble Mr. Justice Vibhu Bakhru
DB-II
Hon’ble Mr. Justice Pradeep Nandrajog
Hon’ble Mr. Justice V.K. Rao
DB-III
Hon ’ ble Ms Justice Gita Mittal
Hon ’ ble Ms Justice Deepa Sharma
DB-IV
Hon ’ ble Mr Justice S. Ravindra Bhat
Hon ’ ble Mr Justice Najmi Waziri
DB-V
Hon ’ ble Mr Justice Sanjiv Khanna
Hon ’ ble Mr Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva
DB-VI
Hon’ ble Ms Justice Reva Khetrapal
Hon ’ ble Ms Justice Pratibha Rani
1. PILs
2. Letters Patent Appeals (other than those relating to Armed Forces,
Service and Labour)
3. Writ Petitions challenging constitutional validity of any Act,
Statutory Rules or Regulations.
4. Appeals under the Chartered Accountants Act.
5. Regular hearing matters of the above categories
1. Writ Petitions challenging orders passed by the High Court on
Administrative Side
2. Writ Petitions (Service) arising out of orders of CAT
3. Letter Patent Appeals relating to Service and Labour
4. Regular hearing matters of the above categories
1.Writ Petitions (Service) relating to Armed Forces
2.L ett ers Pat ent A ppeals r elatin g t o A r med For c es
3.C r i m i n a l C o n t e m p t P e t i t i o n s
4.C r i m i n a l C o n t e m p t R e f e r e n c e s
5.Regular hearing matters of the above categories
1.W r i t P e t i t i o n s r e l a t i n g t o M T N L , M C D & N D M C .
2.W r i t P e t i t i o n s ( L a n d A c q u i s i t i o n )
3.First Appeals from Orders (Original Side)
4.Contempt Appeals
5.Writ Petitions (Tender, AIIFR & BIFR, DRT, DRAT &
Lokayukta).
6.Regular hearing matters of the above categories
1.Writ Petitions (Tax)
2 . All Tax matters including Income Tax Appeals
3 . Regular hearing matters of the above categories.
1 . R eg ul ar Fi r s t A pp e al s ( O r i g in a l S i d e )
2 . E xe c u t io n F ir s t A p p ea ls ( O r ig i n al S id e)
3 . Writ Petitions (Co- operativ e Societies)
4.Company Appeals.
5 . A ppeals against the orders of Family Courts
6 . Regular First Appeals from orders of the Copyright Board.
7 . Regular hearing matters of the above categories
 Division Benches (Criminal Division)

DB-VII 1. Criminal Appeals

(Bench“A”)* 2. C riminal Writs including those relating to habeas corpus
& preventive detention
Hon’ble Mr Justice P.K. Bhasin
3. Death Sentence References with connected Appeals
Hon’ ble Mr Justice V.P. Vaish 4. Criminal Leave Petitions
5. Regular hearing matters of the above categories

1. Criminal Appeals
2. C riminal Writs including those relating to habeas corpus
DB-VIII
& preventive detention
(Bench “B”)* 3 . Death Sentence References with connected Appeals
4 . Criminal Leave Petitions
Hon’ ble Mr Justice Kailash Gambhir
5 . Regular hearing matters of the above categories
Hon’ ble Ms Justice Indermeet Kaur

1. Criminal Appeals
2. C riminal Writs including those relating to habeas corpus
DB-IX
& preventive detention
(Bench “C”)* 3. Death Sentence References with connected Appeals
4. Criminal Leave Petitions
Hon’ ble Mr Justice G.S. Sistani
5. Regular hearing matters of the above categories
Hon’ ble Mr Justice G.P. Mittal

* Pending and fresh matters of all the categories would be distributed equally (as far as possible) between the
three benches – A, B & C-- on random basis through the computer.
 Single Benches (Civil Jurisdiction)
Hon' ble Mr Justice Sudershan Kumar Misra
’
Hon' ble Mr Justice Manmohan
’ 1.Civil Writ Petitions (DDA)
Hon'ble Mr Justice V.K. Shali
Hon' ble Mr Justice Manmohan Singh
’
Hon'ble Mr Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw
Hon' ble Mr Justice Suresh Kait
’
Hon'ble Mr Justice Valmiki J. Mehta
Hon'ble Mr Justice V.K. Jain
Hon'ble Mr Justice A.K. Pathak
Single Benches (Criminal Jurisdiction)
1 . Civil Writ Petitions (MCD, NDMC and P.P. Act , Elections)
2.Civil Contempt Petitions.
3 . Regular hearing matters of the above categories
2 . Civil Writ Petitions relating to Railways, Cantonment
Board, Electricity/DVB, DJB, MTNL
3.Civil Writ Petitions (STA)
4 . C iv il Wr it Petitions relating to L and Reforms
5 . Civil Writs Petitions relating to Nationalized Banks &
Financial Institutions
6 . Regular hearing matters of the above categories.
1.R e g u l a r S e c o n d A p p e a l s
2.S e c o n d A p p e a l s f r o m O r d e r s ( R e n t )
3.First Appeals against Orders (other than M.V. Act)
4.L a n d A c q u i s i t i o n A p p e a l s .
5.T r a n s f e r P e t i t i o n s ( c ) .
6.Regular hearing matters of the above categories
1.C i v i l M i s c . M a i n ( O t h e r t h a n M V A c t )
2.C i v i l R e v i s i o n s
3.R e n t C o n t r o l R e v i s i o n s
4.Matrimonial cases
5.E x e c u t i o n F i r s t A p p e a l s
6.E x e c u t i o n S e c o n d A p p e a l s
7.CMI
8.Regular hearing matters of the above categories
1 .R eg u la r F ir s t A p p ea ls ( o t h er th a n L a n d A c q u is i t io n )
2 .Regular hearing matters of the above category.
1.M A C T A p p e a l s
2.First Appeals from Orders (MACT)
3.Civil Misc. Main (MV Act)
4 . Regular hearing matters of the above categories
1.C i v i l W r i t P e t i t i o n s ( S e r v i c e )
2.Regular hearing matters of the above category.
1. C ivil Writ Petitions ( Misc.) inc luding those involving
Statutory Authorities, Government of India, GNCTD, DTC,
U rb an A r ts Co mmi ssion , A irp ort s A u thor it y of In d ia,
etc.
2. C i v i l W r i t P e t i t i o n s ( E d u c a t i o n )
3. Regular hearing matters of the above categories
1.C i v i l W r i t P e t i t i o n s ( L a b o u r )
2.Regular hearing matters of the above category.
Note: All cases relating to sexual harassment shall be listed before Hon’ble Ms. Justice Hima Kohli only.

Hon ’ ble Ms Justice Hima Kohli 1. Bail Matters

(Judge-in-charge) 2. Criminal Appeals
3. Criminal Writs (from 2006 to 2008)
4. Criminal Writs of the year 2013
5. Regular hearing matters of the above categories.

Hon ’ ble Ms Justice Veena Birbal 1. Bail Matters

2. Criminal Appeals
3. Criminal Writs & Criminal Revision Petitions (upto
Year 2002)
4. Criminal Misc. Main cases (upto Year 2002 and of the
years 2007, 2008 and 2009)
5. Regular hearing matters of the above categories.

Hon ’ ble Mr Justice Siddharth Mridul 1. Bail Matters.

2. Criminal Appeals
3. Criminal Writs (from 2009 to 2010).
4. Regular hearing matters of the above categories.

Hon ’ ble Mr Justice J.R. Midha 1. Bail Matters.

2. Criminal Misc. Main Cases (from the year 2010 to 2012)
3. Criminal Revision Petitions (from 2007 to 2012)
4. Regular hearing matters of the above categories.

Hon ’ ble Mr Justice Sunil Gaur 1. Bail Matters.

2. Criminal Misc. Main Cases from the years 2003 to 2006
and of the year 2013
3. Criminal Revision Petitions from the year 2003 to 2006
and of the year 2013
4. Regular hearing matters of the above categories

Hon ’ ble Mr Justice S.P. Garg 1. Bail Matters.

2. Criminal Appeals
3. Regular hearing matters of the above categories.

Hon ’ ble Ms Justice Sunita Gupta 1. Bail Matters.

2. Criminal Appeals
3. Criminal Writs (from the year 2003 to 2005 and of the
years 2011 & 2012)
4. Regular hearing matters of the above categories.

Company Jurisdiction

Hon ’ ble Mr Justice R.V. Easwar 1.C o m p a n y M a t t e r s

2.Regular hearing matters of the above category

Original Jurisdiction (Civil)

Hon ’ ble Dr. Justice S. Muralidhar 1.Original Side matters of ‘ F ’ Court, from the year 2004
onwards.
Judge-in-charge
2.Final matters of ‘ F ’ Court from the year 2008 onwards.
(‘F’ Court)

Hon ’ ble Mr Justice Vipin Sanghi 1.Original Side matters of ‘ A ’ Court, from the year 2004
onwards.
2.Final matters of ‘ A ’ Court, from the year 2008 onwards.
( ‘ A ’ Court)
Hon ’ ble Mr Justice Rajiv Shakdher Matters under the Indian Arbitration Act, 1940 and
Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 (including Finals).
( ‘ D ’ Court & “G” Court)

1.Original Side matters of ‘ E ’ Court, from the year 2004

Hon ’ ble Ms Justice Mukta Gupta onwards.

( ‘ E ’ Court) 2.Final matters of ‘ E ’ Court from the year 2008 onwards.

1.All Original side matters upto the year 2003, (excluding

Hon ’ ble Mr Justice M.L. Mehta Arbitration matters).
(‘ B’ Court)
2.All Original side “ Final s ” (excluding Arbitration matters)
upto the year 2007.

Hon ’ ble Mr Justice Jayant Nath 1 . Original Side matters of ‘ C ’ Court, from the year 2004
onwards.
(‘C’ Court)
2 . Final matters of ‘ C ’ Court from the year 2008 onwards

Notes :-

1.Mentioning of urgent matters will be before Hon’ble the Acting Chief Justice.

2.Miscellaneous Writ Petitions which are to be heard by Division Benches, other than the specified categories, will be listed
before DB-IV.

3.Matters other than part-heard, presently pending before various Benches shall stand transferred to the
respective Benches as per the above roster.

4.Specially directed matters may be assigned by Hon ’ ble the Acting Chief Justice to any of the above
Benches or any of the Hon ’ ble Judges sitting singly or in specially constituted Benches.

5.Regular/final hearing matters would be listed chronologically so that old matters can be given priority in
disposal.

6.Hon ’ ble Judge-in-charge, Original side will mark matters other than Arbitration matters to ‘ A ’, ‘ B ’, ‘C’, ‘ E ’
and ‘F’ Courts.

7.The ‘Final’ category matters (from the year 2004 to 2008) under the Indian Arbitration Act, 1940 and Arbitration and
Conciliation Act, 1996 pending before the Board of Hon’ble Mr. Justice Rajiv Shakdher (‘D’ & ‘G’ Courts) shall be equally
distributed amongst the boards of Hon’ble Mr. Justice Vipin Sanghi (‘A’ Court), Hon’ble Ms. Justice Mukta Gupta (‘E’
Court) and Hon’ble Mr. Justice Jayant Nath (‘C’ Court) randomly.

8.Hon ’ ble Judge-in-charge (Single Benches-Criminal Jurisdiction) will mark the matters which cannot be
listed before roster benches or are directed to be listed before other benches.

9.Pending and fresh Criminal Appeals would be distributed equally (as far as possible) amongst the roster
b enches of H on ’ b l e Ms. Justice Hima Kohli, Hon’ble Ms. Justice Veena Birbal, Hon ’ ble Mr. Justice
Siddharth Mridul, Hon ’ ble Mr. Justice S.P. Garg and Hon ’ ble Ms. Justice Sunita Gupta on random basis
through the computer.

10.Criminal Misc. Main Cases of the year 2013 pending before the board of Hon’ble Mr. Justice S.P. Garg shall stand
transferred to the board of Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sunil Gaur.

11.Fresh Criminal Writs shall be equally distributed amongst the roster benches of Hon ’ b l e Ms. Justice
Hima Kohli, Hon ’ b l e Ms. Justice Veena Birbal, Hon ’ b l e Mr. Justice Siddharth Mridul and Hon ’ b l e Ms.
Justice Sunita Gupta on random basis.

12.Fresh Criminal Misc. Main Cases and Criminal Revision Petitions shall be equally distributed between the
roster Bench of Hon ’ ble Ms. Justice Veena Birbal, Hon ’ ble Mr. Justice J.R. Midha and Hon ’ ble Mr. Justice
Sunil Gaur on random basis.

Badar Durrez Ahmed

(Acting Chief Justice)