Authority: Supreme Court of India

Order Date: 20-08-2026

Case Overview

  • Petition for Special Leave to Appeal (Criminal) No. 18587/2025 filed by M/s Panchdev Construction Pvt. Ltd. against State of Jharkhand & ANR, arising from impugned final judgment and order dated 06‑03‑2025 in WPCR No. 173/2025 of the High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi.
  • Related matters include SLP(Crl) No. 4656/2026 (II‑A) and Interlocutory Applications IA No. 61142/2026 (condonation of delay in filing IA No. 61139/2026), IA No. 61140/2026 (exemption from filing C/C of the impugned judgment), IA No. 61140/2026 (exemption from filing O.T.).
  • The bench comprised Hon’ble Mr. Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Hon’ble Mr. Justice Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh.
  • Counsel for the petitioner: Mr. Naveen Kumar (AOR), Mr. Prabhat Kumar Rai, Mr. Ujjawal Kumar Rai, Ms. Isha Baloni, Mr. Sudhanshu Pathak, Mr. Rishabh Chaudhary, Ms. Pragya Prachi Pandey, Ms. Shrijeta Pratik, Ms. Nidhi Singh, Mr. P.S. Sudhir, Mr. Shantanu Sagar (AOR), Mr. Anil Kumar (AOR), Mr. Prakash Kumar Mangalam, Mr. Manoneet Dwivedi, etc.
  • Counsel for the respondents: Mr. Ashish Choudhury (AOR), Mr. Akash Agarwal, Mr. Abhishek Arora, Ms. Prachi Grover, Mr. Akash Tandon, Mr. Kumar Anurag Singh (Standing Counsel), Ms. Tulika Mukherjee (AOR), Mr. Beenu Sharma (AOR), Mr. Venkat Narayan, Mr. Jasmeet Singh (AOR), Mr. Saif Ali (AOR), Mr. Pushpendra Singh Bhadoriya, Mr. Vijay Sharma, Mr. Ajith Williyam, Mr. Pranav Menon, Mr. Saurav.

Order Details

1. The learned counsel for the respondents was granted time to file a reply/counter‑affidavit in the matters.

2. The matters were listed for further hearing after a period of four weeks.

3. Court Masters noted: Court Master (SH) – Rahul Kumar; Court Master (NSH) – Jayant Raj Katyal.

Final Outcome

  • The petition was not disposed of; instead, the proceedings were adjourned, allowing the respondents to file their reply and scheduling the next hearing after four weeks.

Topics: Legal Proceedings, Construction Sector