Authority: Supreme Court of India

Order Date: 23-09-2026

Case Overview

  • Parties: Petitioner – National Highways Authority of India (NHAI); Respondents – Amin Bhupendrabhai Ambalal & Ors.
  • Origin: Impugned final judgment and order dated 23‑12‑2025 passed by the High Court of Gujarat at Ahmedabad (SCA No. 7561/2023).
  • Petition: Special Leave to Appeal (C) No. 13705/2026 filed by NHAI; numerous related SLP numbers listed (e.g., 21490/2026, 21491/2026, 21492/2026, 21493/2026, 21494/2026, 21608‑21615/2026, 21616/2026, 21696‑21697/2026, 21617/2026, 21618/2026, 21489/2026, 21607/2026, 21475/2026, 25587/2026, 23853/2026, 28102‑28115/2026, 24219‑24236/2026, 26038/2026, 23190/2026, 24958‑24959/2026, 25084/2026, 24110‑24121/2026, 25830/2026, 25041/2026, 25082/2026, 25960/2026, 25754/2026, 30673/2026, 26042/2026, 26062‑26069/2026, 26588/2026, 25362/2026, 25190/2026, 27718/2026, 27118/2026, 27959/2026, 28913/2026, 29763/2026, 29597/2026, 30166/2026, 27396/2026, 32514/2026, 30203/2026, 32527/2026, 28321/2026, 32530/2026, 25853/2026, 30672/2026, 30676/2026, 32500/2026, 31541/2026, 32281/2026, 33767/2026, 33098/2026, 33765/2026, 33766/2026).
  • IA Applications: IA No. 170662/2026 (condonation of delay in filing), IA No. 170661/2026 (condonation of delay in refiling/curing defects), IA No. 176071/2026 (exemption from filing copy of impugned judgment), IA No. 203432/2026 (exemption from filing copy of impugned judgment), IA No. 194027/2026 (exemption from filing copy of impugned judgment), IA No. 207476/2026 (exemption from filing copy of impugned judgment).
  • Counsel for Petitioner: Tarun Dua, Submit Gupta, Sumit Gupta, Akshay Kumar Tiwari, Pragun Dua, Tanya Shrotriya, Digvijay Dam, Ishant Tripathi, Kartikeya Singh, Aditya Raj Singh, Sumit Teterrwal, Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General, Jaikriti S. Jadeja, Madhav Goel, Medha Pushkarna, Nidhi Singh, Prashant Thomar, among others.
  • Counsel for Respondents: Kamini Jaiswal, Rani Mishra, Abhimanue Shrestha, Sridevi Panikkar, Vedant Rajguru, Tushar L. Chauhan, Pawan Upadhyay, Unuc Legal LLP, Sharmila Upadhyay, Shril Raja Inamdar, Sarvjit Pratap Singh, Shubham Jain, Digant Popat, Devanshi Singh, Naman Tandon, Aditya Krishna, Arpan R. Dalal, Salim G. Shaikh, Aakash Gakhar, Jugal Bharat Chauhan, Harsh Lata.
  • Bench: Hon’ble Mr. Justice J.B. Pardiwala and Hon’ble Mr. Justice K. Vinod Chandran.
  • Hearing Details: The petition was called for hearing on 23‑09‑2026; the record shows the Court Master (SH) and Court Master (NSH) signed the order.

Final Outcome

  • The Supreme Court ordered that the matter be listed for further hearing on 07‑Oct‑2026.
  • The order was entered by Court Master (SH) and Court Master (NSH), signed by Harpreet Kaur and Pooja Sharma.

Topics: Special Leave to Appeal, Infrastructure Litigation