Reliance Eminent Trading and Commercial Private Limited vs Delhi Development Authority

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2026 Supreme(SC) 473

J. K. MAHESHWARI, ATUL S. CHANDURKAR
Reliance Eminent Trading and Commercial Private Limited – Appellant
Versus
Delhi Development Authority – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
For the Appellant(s) : Mr. Shyam Divan, Sr. Adv. Mr. K. R. Sasiprabhu, AOR Mr. Ashwin M Dave, Adv. Mr. Shubhranshu Padhi, Adv. Mr. Vishnu Sharma A S, Adv. Ms. Vidhatri, Adv. Mr. Arpit Jacob Varaprasad, Adv.
For the Respondent(s): Mr. Nitin Mishra, AOR

JUDGMENT :

J.K. MAHESHWARI, J.

1. Leave granted.

2. In between the twin sayings of ‘justice delayed is justice denied’ and ‘justice hurried is justice buried’, lies a golden mean which this Court must adopt to resolve the present case. It is in this balanced perspective that the provisions of Order XIII-A of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (hereinafter “CPC”) fall to be interpreted and applied.

3. The present appeal arises out of the impugned order dated 09.06.2025 passed by the Hon’ble High Court of Delhi (hereinafter “High Court”) in I.A. No. 6914 of 2022 in CS (COMM) No. 582 of 2021, whereby the application filed by the appellant seeking summary judgment under Rule 4 of Order XIII-A of the CPC came to be dismissed.

4. The brief facts necessary for adjudication are that a public notice was issued on 21.03.2007, by the Respondent-Delhi Development Authority (hereinafter “DDA”) announcing a public auction for various freehold commercial plots, including Plot No. 13 at the Non-hierarchical Commercial Complex, Jasola, New Delhi (hereinafter “Subject Plot”), whose land-use was earmarked as “Multi-level Parking/Commercial (No Multiplex).”

5. The appellant herein, being interested in acquir