Authority: Supreme Court of India

Order Date: 25-08-2026

Case Overview

  • Parties: State of Odisha & Ors (Petitioner) vs M/s Tata Steel Ltd & Ors (Respondent).
  • Origin: Petition for Special Leave to Appeal (SLP) No. 28097/2026 arising from impugned final judgment and order dated 20-04-2026 in WP(C) No. 31035/2025 of the High Court of Orissa at Cuttack.
  • Interim Applications listed:
  • IA No. 238408/2026 – exemption from filing copy of the impugned judgment.
  • IA No. 28402/2026 – admission.
  • IA No. 28068/2026 – admission.
  • IA No. 238077/2026 – permission to file lengthy list of dates.
  • IA No. 28457/2026 – exemption.
  • IA No. 242171/2026 – exemption.
  • SLP(C) No. 27883/2026 – admission.
  • IA No. 236584/2026 – exemption.
  • SLP(C) No. 27975/2026 – admission.
  • Counsel for Petitioners: Mr. Tushar Mehta (Solicitor General), Mr. K. M. Nataraj (Additional Solicitor General), Mr. Pitambar Acharya (Advocate General), Ms. Sanjana Saddy (Advocate General), Ms. Navya Goel (AOR), Ms. Shailja Singh (Advocate), Ms. Ankita Chaudhary (AOR), among others.
  • Counsel for Respondents: Mr. C. S. Vaidyanathan (Senior Advocate), Mr. Gaurav Khanna (Advocate), Mr. Gautam Barnwal (AOR), Ms. Astha Agarwal, Ms. Sunidhi Kashyap, Mr. Ronak Shankar Agarwal, Ms. Radhika Sudheer, Mr. Neeraj Kisan Kaul (Senior Advocate), Mr. Mahesh Agarwal, Mr. Tarun Patnaik, Ms. Vidisha Swarup, Ms. Ameesha Malhotra, Mr. E. C. Agrawala (AOR), Dr. Abhishek Singhvi (Senior Advocate), Mr. Venugopal Mahapatra, Mr. Dhananjaya Mishra (AOR), Ms. Nandini Gore, Ms. Sonia Nigam, Mr. Amritesh Mohanty, Mr. Akarsh Sharma, Mr. Navneet Dogra, Mr. Bhargav Verma.
  • Bench: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Pamidighantam S. Narasimha and Hon’ble Mr. Justice Alok Aradhe.

Final Outcome

  • The Court ordered issuance of notice, returnable on 05-10-2026.
  • Advocates Gaurav Khanna, E. C. Agrawala and Dhananjaya Mishra, as Advocates‑on‑Record, accepted notice on behalf of the respective respondents.
  • No substantive merits were adjudicated; the order is procedural, extending the timeline for further hearing.

Topics: Special Leave to Appeal, Tata Steel, Supreme Court