Alpha Trading Company v. Union of India and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Dismissal of a writ petition at the threshold solely on the ground of non-exhaustion of the available statutory appellate remedy against an appealable order; no adjudication of the underlying dispute; liberty reserved to pursue the statutory appeal. Parties: Alpha Trading Company (petitioner, counsel Govind Arora) v. Union of India and others (respondents, counsel Sarthak Gupta). Case: CWP-10981-2026 (O&M), High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh, decision date 15.07.2026, oral order authored by Acting Chief Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra, bench including Justice Rohit Kapoor. No statute or precedent engaged; useful as an instance of a Punjab and Haryana writ court declining entertainment in favour of an unexhausted statutory appeal.
What did the court decide?
The Court declined to entertain the writ petition because the impugned order is appealable and the petitioner has not availed the said statutory remedy.