DMD Advocates represented Delhi International Airport Limited in Delhi High Court ruling on waste management at Airport Site in W.P.(C) 17894/2024
The leading Indian law firm, DMD Advocates, represented Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) before the Hon’ble Delhi High Court in a matter concerning waste management at the Airport Site. On September 11, 2025, the Court allowed a writ petition filed by DIAL challenging the inclusion of the Airport Site (comprising Airport Terminals, Aerocity, etc.) in a tender notice dated November 28, 2024, floated by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD). The tender invited bids for the selection of an agency for setting up a materials recovery facility for managing dry solid waste in the Najafgarh zone on a public-private partnership on a design, build, finance, operate, and transfer basis.
DIAL contended that it is the exclusive custodian and operator of the Indira Gandhi International Airport under the Operation, Management, and Development Agreement signed with the Airports Authority of India. It has been entrusted with various exclusive functions at the Airport Site, including solid waste management, which it has been performing since 2007. The Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016, also confirm that, with respect to the Airport Site, DIAL is exclusively entitled and obligated to manage solid waste.
The MCD argued that it is the sole local body entrusted with the function of solid waste management in Delhi, including at the Airport Site, and further claimed that monetization of solid waste at the Airport Site falls within its exclusive right.
The Bench, comprising Hon’ble Ms. Justice Jyoti Singh, rejected MCD’s arguments and ruled in favour of DIAL, affirming its exclusive authority over solid waste management at the Airport Site.
The Petitioner (DIAL) was represented by Mr. Rajiv Nayar (Senior Advocate), along with DMD Advocates led by Ms. Anuradha Dutt, Mr. Anish Kapur, Ms. Suman Yadav, Mr. Gurudas Khurana, and Mr. Raghav Dutt.
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