Authority: Supreme Court of India

Order Date: 14-08-2026

Case Overview

  • Petitioners: The Chairman cum Managing Director, BSNL Corporate Office & Ors.
  • Respondents: Savaligep P. Byakod & Anr.
  • Underlying dispute: The petition is filed under Special Leave to Appeal (C) No.35050/2025, arising out of the impugned final judgment and order dated 09-04-2025 in WP No.12679/2025 passed by the High Court of Judicature at Madras.
  • Relief sought: Admission of IA No.294059/2025 for condonation of delay in refiling / curing the defects and IA No.294058/2025 for exemption from filing O.T.
  • Counsel for Petitioners: Mr. M C Kochhar, Adv.; Mr. Harikesh Singh, Adv.; Mr. Mohit Kochhar, Adv.; Mr. Vikram Singh Rawat, Adv.; Ms. Anju Devi, Adv.; Mr. Satish Hooda, Adv.; Mr. Himanshu Nagarwal, Adv.; Mr. Abhaya Nath Das, Adv.; Mr. Pyush Sharma, Adv.; Mr. Yogesh Sharma, Adv.; Mr. Shubham Pundhir, Adv.; Mr. Madhav Dewasi, Adv.; Ms. G Hemalatha, Adv.; Mr. K Gopinath, Adv.; Ms. Swagoti Batchas, Adv.; Mr. Satish Kumar, Adv.; AOR.
  • Counsel for Respondents: Mr. Abhishek Kaushik, Adv.; Mr. Ayush Ranjan, Adv.; Ms. Advika Devanshi, Adv.; Digitally signed by KAVITA PAHUJA (Date: 2026.08.20 17:06:53 IST, Reason: Signature Not Verified).
  • Court composition (Coram): Hon'ble Mr. Justice Manoj Misra and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Vijay Bishnoi.
  • Additional court staff: SR. Personal Astt. Court Master (NSH) – Varsha, Sapna Bansal.

Order Details

1. The learned counsel for the first respondent submitted that he had been served with a rejoinder affidavit and therefore required time to seek instructions.

2. The Court, as prayed, listed the matter after a period of two weeks.

Final Outcome

  • The Supreme Court adjourned the proceedings, directing that the case be listed for hearing after two weeks, thereby granting the respondent time to obtain instructions following receipt of the rejoinder affidavit.

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