Ms Br Steel Corporation v. the Union of India
Case brief
What is this about?
Impleadment application allowed; necessary party; successful bidder in challenged e-auction to be impleaded as party-respondent no. 5; e-auction notice dated 29.09.2021 (Annexure-9) under challenge in accompanying writ petition; parties: MS BR Steel Corporation (applicant-writ petitioner), Union of India (Ministry of Communication), BSNL, Divisional Engineer NE Region BSNL, MSTC Ltd, Shree Basuki Trading; counsel: M.H. Laskar, K. Gogoi (CGC), G. Goswami (Standing Counsel, BSNL); amended cause-title per Notification no. 79 dated 19.06.2023 within 3 working days; listing 20.02.2026 admission column; Gauhati High Court; Manish Choudhury, J.; order dated 02.02.2026.
What did the court decide?
Impleadment application allowed - Shree Basuki Trading to be added as party-respondent no. 5 in the accompanying writ petition; applicant's counsel to file amended cause-title in terms of Notification no. 79 dated 19.06.2023 before the Registry within 3 working days; Registry to make necessary corrections in the cause-title of the writ petition and in the CIS, and thereafter list the writ petition on 20.02.2026 in the admission column.