[7][8][9] The DS Group, founded in 1929 by Shri Dharampal Sugandhi in Chandni Chowk, Delhi, started as a perfumery business producing agarbattis, rose water, and tobacco.

The DS Group Headquarters (DSHQ), located in the National Capital Region (NCR), contains the company's main office, a research and development center, and manufacturing facilities for producing candies, flavors, fragrances, as well as edible gold and silver decorations.

[25] DS Group launched a project called Creativity Adda in partnership with Shikshantar Andolan; its stated goal was to promote skill-based education for students in an all-boys government-aided school (grades 6–12) in Darya Ganj, Old Delhi.

The company attempted to bypass the Supreme Court's ban on selling products in plastic pouches by falsely labeling them as "only for export", despite being sold domestically at a price of ₹6.

The investigation revealed that fake invoices for declared goods, labeled as "sandalwood compound or oil", were issued to Messrs Dharampal Satyapal Limited through dummy factories in the Haridwar–Roorkee area, Kanpur, and Lucknow.

Owners of these dummy supplier firms admitted to generating bills for DSL on a commission basis without manufacturing or obtaining clearance for declared goods.

[32] In 2016, the Supreme Court imposed a fine of ₹4 crore (US$460,000) to Dharampal Satyapal Limited for breaching commitments and causing delays in resolving a 2009 tax dispute.