Authority: Supreme Court Special Lok Adalat

Order Date: 22-08-2026

Case Overview

  • Appellant: Meinhardt Singapore Pte. Ltd., represented through Country Director Rajesh Srivastava.
  • Respondent: Assistant Director of Income Tax, representing the Income Tax Department.
  • Civil Appeal No. 7777/2014 (XIV-A) with accompanying C.A. Nos. 7779‑7780/2014.
  • Multiple Interlocutory Applications filed seeking permission to add further prayers and to file additional documents/annexures: IA No. 108698/2019, IA No. 253332/2023, IA No. 8326/2025, IA No. 53851/2024.
  • Bench composition: Chief Justice, Justice Joymalya Bagchi, Justice V. Mohana, Justice Rajiv Shakdher.
  • Senior Advocate Gopal Singh appeared for the bench; counsel for appellant included Mrs. Anil Katiyar (AOR), Mr. Sandeep Tewari, Mr. Bhargava V. Desai, Mrs. Rekha S. Tewari, Mr. Shivam Sharma, Ms. Shingying Kristy, Mr. Haroon Rashid, Ms. Pableen Ahuja, Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav (AOR).
  • Counsel for respondent comprised Mr. Sandeep S. Tiwari, Ms. Prabhleen Ahuja, Ms. Shingying Kristy, Ms. Rekha S. Tiwari, Mr. Rameshwar Prasad Goyal (AOR), and additional officials Mr. Vikramjeet Bannerjee (A.S.G.), Mr. Nachiketa Joshi (Sr. Adv.), Mr. Sudarshan Lamba (AOR), Mrs. Rekha Pandey (Adv.), Mr. Balaji Srinivasan (Adv.), Mr. Santosh Kumar (Adv.).
  • The matter was listed before the regular court by the Registrar‑cum‑PS Dy. Registrar (Nitin Talreja, Preethi Dileep Kumar).

Final Outcome

  • The order merely listed the case before the regular court; no substantive judgment, penalty, or directive was rendered at this stage.

Topics: Tax Litigation, Supreme Court