Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 696 · Decided 14 May 2025
M/S Dhanbad Fuels Private Limited v. Union of India & Anr
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 696 · [2025] 6 S.C.R. 431
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 6846/2025
- Decided
- 14 May 2025
- Bench
- J.B. PARDIWALA, R MAHADEVAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC Section 80(2); Limitation Act
Headnote
Issue arose whether, due to non-compliance with s.12A of the Commercial Courts Act, 2015, a suit should be dismissed u/Ord. VII r.11 CPC, or whether it should be kept in abeyance, directing the parties to first explore the possibility of settlement by instituting mediation; Court erred in passing the impugned order, keeping the suit in abeyance and sending the parties to mediation as per the PIMS Rules and the 2020 SOP. Commercial Courts Act, 2015 - s.12A - Pre-institution mediation and settlement - Pre-institution mediation, if
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