SC Condones Delay – Chennai Water Board

Authority: Supreme Court of India

Order Date: 31 July 2026

Case Overview

• Petitioners: The Managing Director, Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (CMWSSB) and an additional party (ANR).
• Respondents: Lakshmi D. and others.
• The petition challenges the Madras High Court’s final judgment and order dated 17 November 2025 in WA No. 3093/2025.
• Multiple interim applications were filed:
• IA 212379/2026 – condonation of delay.
• IA 212382/2026 – condonation of delay in refiling/curing defects.
• IA 212380/2026 – exemption from filing copy of the impugned judgment.
• IA 215499/2026 – condonation of delay.
• IA 215501/2026 – condonation of delay in refiling/curing defects.
• IA 215500/2026 – exemption from filing copy of the impugned judgment.
• Counsel for the petitioners included Ms. Purnima Krishna (Advocate on Record), Ms. Jayasree Narasimhan (AOR), Mr. R. Sarbeshvaran (Advocate) and Mr. Siddheesh Yadav (Advocate).
• The bench comprised Hon’ble Mr. Justice Aravind Kumar and Hon’ble Mr. Justice Vipul M. Pancholi.

Order

• The Court condoned the delays in filing the interim applications.
• A notice was ordered to be issued, returnable within four weeks.
• Petitioners’ counsel were permitted to file additional documents.
• A stay was imposed on the operation of the impugned orders until further orders.

Final Outcome

• The impugned High Court orders are temporarily stayed, and the petition proceeds with the condoned interim applications and permission to supplement the record.

Topics: Court Proceedings, Water Utilities, Legal Relief