Authority: Supreme Court of India

Order Date: 24-06-2026

Case Overview

  • Appeal: Civil Appeal No. 4698/2016
  • Parties: Appellant – Commissioner of Central Excise, Tiruchirappalli; Respondent – M/s The Indian Hume Pipes Co. Ltd. (through its Director)
  • Bench: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva (Partial Court Working Days Bench)
  • Counsel for Appellant: Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker (AOR), Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria (AOR), Mr. B. Krishna Prasad (AOR)
  • Counsel for Respondent: Mr. Rajesh Kumar Gautam (AOR), Ms. Charanya Lakshmikumaran (AOR), Mr. K. Shivraj Choudhuri (AOR), Mr. Ashok Mathur (AOR), Mr. Anand Sukumar (AOR), Mr. Jasdeep Singh Dhillon (AOR)
  • Related Proceedings and Applications:
  • C.A. No. 15483/2017 (XVII-A) – IA No. 187043/2022 – Early Hearing Application
  • IA No. 83920/2017 – Ex-Parte Stay
  • C.A. No. 16161/2017 (III-A) – IA No. 94742/2017 – Stay Application
  • C.A. No. 11403/2018 (XV) – IA No. 85881/2020 – Permission to File Additional Documents/Facts/Annexures
  • C.A. No. 5289/2019 (XVII-A) – IA No. 92139/2019 – Stay Application
  • C.A. No. 6154‑6155/2019 (XVII-A) – IA No. 110368/2019 – Ex-Parte Stay
  • C.A. No. 7480/2019 (XVII-A) – IA No. 135284/2019 – Ex-Parte Stay
  • C.A. No. 7617/2019 (XVII-A) – IA No. 143573/2019 – Stay Application
  • Diary No. 12822/2020 (XVII-A) – IA No. 81122/2020 – Condonation of Delay in Filing Appeal; IA No. 81123/2020 – Stay Application
  • Diary No. 15371/2020 (XVII-A) – IA No. 92143/2020 – Condonation of Delay in Filing Appeal; IA No. 92147/2020 – Exemption from Filing C/C of the Impugned Judgment; IA No. 85115/2021 – Permission to File Additional Documents/Facts/Annexures; IA No. 92145/2020 – Stay Application
  • Diary No. 24032/2023 (XVII-A) – IA No. 125483/2023 – Condonation of Delay in Filing; IA No. 125484/2023 – Exemption from Filing C/C of the Impugned Judgment
  • C.A. No. 5433/2023 (XVII-A) – IA No. 159824/2023 – Exemption from Filing C/C of the Impugned Judgment; IA No. 159823/2023 – Stay Application
  • C.A. No. 2699/2025 (XVII-A) – IA No. 35504/2025 – Ex-Parte Stay
  • Diary No. 49842/2025 (XVII-A) – IA No. 284120/2025 – Condonation of Delay in Filing; IA No. 284122/2025 – Condonation of Delay in Refilling / Curing the Defects; IA No. 284121/2025 – Stay Application

Final Outcome

  • The Court, after considering the appellant’s letter seeking adjournment, ordered that the matter be postponed for a period of four weeks.

Topics: Court Proceedings, Excise Law