Union Of India vs. Finolex Industries Ltd

COURT NO.8

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) Diary No(s). 10669/2023

(Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 29-07-2022 in WP No. 8388/2019 passed by the High Court of Judicature at Bombay)

UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

FINOLEX INDUSTRIES LTD. & ANR. Respondent(s) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.89463/2023-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING and IA No.89464/2023-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT)

Date: 17-07-2023 This matter was called on for hearing today.

$CORAM$ :

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S. RAVINDRA BHAT HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ARAVIND KUMAR

For Parties Mr. N. Venkatraman, A.S.G. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR Mr. V.C. Bharathi, Adv. Mr. Udai Khanna, Adv. Mr. Rupesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. A.K. Kaul, Adv. Mr. H.R. Rao, Adv. Ms. Charanya Lakshmikumaran, AOR Mr. Sriram Sridharan, Adv. Ms. Apeksha Mehta, Adv. Ms. Neha Chaudhary, Adv. Ms. Palguni Gupta, Adv. Ms. Umang Motiyani, Adv. For Respondent(s)

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following ORDER

Delay condoned.

Learned counsel appearing for the respondent - caveator ignature Not Verified $\lim_{\substack{\longleftarrow \ \longleftarrow \ \longleftarrow \ \longleftarrow \ \longleftarrow \ \longleftarrow \ \longleftarrow \ \longleftarrow \ $ Ors. vs. Siemens Ltd. & Ors." [SLP(C) Dy. No. 7213 OF 2013] should be made since the impugned order follows the same reasoning as in that case.

Accordingly, In the circumstances, impugned order is set aside. The matter is remitted for fresh consideration by the High Court which is requested to hear the parties and deliver its judgment on the merits after reflecting upon all contentions and the relevant provisions of law. Since the writ petition is of the year 2019, we request the High Court to dispose it of expeditiously – and possibly within six months from today.

This order shall not exclude the parties from raising all contentions; nor shall it be construed as a reflection on its merits.

The special leave petition is disposed of.

All pending applications are disposed of.

(NEETA SAPRA) (BEENA JOLLY)

COURT MASTER (SH) COURT MASTER (NSH)