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Tirumallya Spinners Private Limited and Anr. v. Balmer Lawrie and Co. Ltd. and Ors.

Calcutta HC28 Jul 2025WPO/1742/2023

Case brief

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What is this about?

Tirumallya Spinners Private Limited; Balmer Lawrie and Co. Ltd.; WPO/1742/2023; GA/1/2024; High Court at Calcutta; Amrita Sinha, J.; comprehensive objection; Chairman and Managing Director; opportunity of hearing; four weeks; reasoned order; disposal of writ petition; contractual disputes; objections pending consideration; points left open.

What did the court decide?

Writ petition WPO/1742/2023 and connected application GA/1/2024 disposed of; petitioner given liberty to file a comprehensive objection, to be considered by the Chairman and Managing Director of respondent no.1 in accordance with law/guidelines/regulations after hearing, within four weeks, with a reasoned order to be passed and communicated. ¶19

Tirumallya Spinners Private Limited and Anr. Vs Balmer Lawrie and Co. Ltd. and Ors. — Calcutta HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

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Issue for consideration

Whether the disputes between the petitioner and respondent no.1, arising from issues the petitioner alleges are illegal, should be resolved through consideration of the petitioner's objections by the Chairman and Managing Director of respondent no.1.

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Court's answer

Without entering into the merits at this stage, and noting the issues were not properly compiled together, the petitioner was granted liberty to file a comprehensive objection highlighting all the issues.

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Ratio / Principle

The Chairman and Managing Director of respondent no.1 shall consider the objection to be filed by the petitioner in accordance with law/guidelines/regulations after affording an opportunity of hearing to the petitioner and all other necessary parties, at the earliest but positively within four weeks from submission of the objection, and shall pass a reasoned order and communicate it to the petitioner immediately thereafter.

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Key takeaways

The Court has not entered into the merit of the allegations; all points are left open to be decided by respondent no.1 at the time of consideration of the objection.ratio¶18

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

High Court at Calcutta (Amrita Sinha, J.), order dated 28th July, 2025: WPO No.1742 of 2023 (M/s. Tirumallya Spinners Private Limited & Anr. v. Balmer Lawrie and Co. Ltd. & Ors.) with connected GA/1/2024 disposed of without entering into merits. Noting the petitioner's series of objections alleging illegalities were pending before the Chairman and Managing Director of respondent no.1 and were not properly compiled, the Court granted liberty to file a comprehensive objection covering all issues, and directed the Chairman and Managing Director to consider it in accordance with law/guidelines/regulations after affording an opportunity of hearing to the petitioner and all other necessary parties, positively within four weeks of submission, and to pass and communicate a reasoned order immediately thereafter. All points left open; affidavit-in-opposition, reply and affidavit of service taken on record.

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OD-3 ORDER SHEET

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IA NO. GA /1/ 2024 WPO No.1742 of 2023 IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA CONSTITUTIONAL WRIT JURISDICTION ORIGINAL SIDE

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M/S. TIRUMALLYA SPINNERS PRIVATE LIMITED & ANR. -VS-

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BALMER LAWRIE AND CO. LTD. & ORS.

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BEFORE:

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The Hon'ble JUSTICE AMRITA SINHA

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Date : 28^th July, 2025.

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Appearance:

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Mr. Sanjib Dawn, Adv. Ms. Sayani Chatterjee, Adv. For the petitioners.

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Mr. Debrup Bhattacharjee, Adv.

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Mr. Ritesh Kr. Ganguly, Adv. For the Respondent no.1 & 4.

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The petitioner has a contract with the respondent no.1. The petitioner

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intends to highlight certain issues which, according to the petitioner, are illegal and the petitioner wants a resolution of the disputes that have cropped up between the petitioner and the respondent no1.

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Learned advocate for the petitioner submits that there are series of objections filed by the petitioner highlighting the illegalities and the same are pending consideration before the Chairman and Managing Director of the respondent no.1.

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Without entering into the merits of the objections raised by the petitioner at this stage, as it appears that the issues are not compiled together properly, accordingly, the petitioner is granted liberty to file a comprehensive objection highlighting all the issues.

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The Chairman and Managing Director of the respondent no.1 shall consider the objection to be filed by the petitioner in accordance with law/guidelines/regulations after affording an opportunity of hearing to the petitioner and all other necessary parties at the earliest, but positively within a period of four weeks from the date of submission of the objection before the respondent no.1. A reasoned order shall be passed and communicated to the petitioner immediately thereafter.

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It is made clear that this Court has not entered into the merit of the allegations and all points are left open to be decided by the respondent no.1 at the time of consideration of the objection to be filed by the petitioner.

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