Authority: Supreme Court of India

Order Date: 20-08-2026

Case Overview

  • Appellant: Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India (AERA); Respondent: Delhi International Airport Ltd. & others.
  • Civil Appeal No(s). 11802/2025.
  • The matter involves numerous Interlocutory Applications (IA) and Civil Appeals (C.A.) filed under Section XVII‑B, including:
  • IA No. 230689/2025 (exemption from filing copy of impugned judgment)
  • IA No. 324710/2025 (intervention)
  • IA No. 230687/2025 (stay)
  • IA No. 216598/2025 (stay)
  • IA No. 272520/2025 (stay)
  • IA No. 306996/2025 (ex‑parte stay)
  • IA No. 306994/2025 (exemption from filing copy of impugned judgment)
  • IA No. 306517/2025 (exemption)
  • IA No. 306515/2025 (stay)
  • IA No. 325163/2025 (condonation of delay in filing)
  • IA No. 325161/2025 (exemption)
  • IA No. 325158/2025 (permission to file lengthy list of dates)
  • IA No. 325162/2025 (stay)
  • IA No. 198/2026 (exemption)
  • IA No. 201/2026 (stay)
  • IA No. 337937/2025 (ex‑parte stay)
  • IA No. 337940/2025 (exemption)
  • IA No. 337938/2025 (permission to file appeal)
  • IA No. 41345/2026 (grant of interim relief)
  • Associated Civil Appeals include C.A. No. 11308/2025, 13556/2025, 14577/2025, 14576/2025, 320/2026, 3123/2026 (for admission), 58/2026, 117/2026, 1628/2026, 3791/2026, 3792/2026, 15174/2025, among others.
  • Counsel for the appellant comprised Senior Advocates Pragyan Pardip Sharma, Ritesh Kumar (AOR), Poonam Verma, Dheerendra Singh Bisht, Sakshi Kapoor, Palash Moolchandani, Piyush Tiwari, Hardik Jain and many additional senior counsels and AORs.
  • Counsel for the respondents included Senior Advocates Parag P. Tripathi, Dr. A.M. Singhvi, Mahesh Agarwal, Sajan Poovayya, Milanka Choudhary, Rishi Agrawala and numerous other senior counsels.
  • The Solicitor General, Mr. Tushar Mehta, and Attorney General for India, Mr. R. Venkataramani, also appeared.
  • The bench was Hon’ble Mr. Justice Aravind Kumar and Hon’ble Mr. Justice Vipul M. Pancholi.

Final Outcome

  • The Court heard arguments of senior counsels Mr. S. Gurukrishna Kumar, Mr. Buddy Ranganadhan and Mr. Pragyan Pardip Sharma (for the appellant) and Mr. Parag P. Tripathi (for the respondent).
  • The matter was adjourned for further arguments to be listed on 02‑09‑2026 at 2:00 pm. No substantive order on the pending applications was issued.

Topics: Legal Proceedings, Aviation Regulation