High Court of Gujarat

STAINLESS STEEL INDUCTION FURNACE ASSOCIATION (SSIFA)versusUNION OF INDIA

Decided: 30 June 2026
Disposal: 27-WITHDRAWN @ ADM.STAGE
Bench: NIRZAR S DESAI

Holding

The Court permitted the withdrawal of the petition and allowed the petitioner to file a fresh petition.

Summary

The Stainless Steel Induction Furnace Association (SSIFA) filed a Special Civil Application before the Gujarat High Court. The petitioner sought to withdraw the present petition in view of subsequent developments and to file a fresh petition with the same or similar prayer. The respondent, Union of India, opposed the withdrawal. The Court, after hearing counsel, granted permission to withdraw the petition, expressly stating that it had not examined the merits of the case. The petition was therefore disposed of as withdrawn, with liberty to the petitioner to file a fresh petition. No substantive issues on the merits were addressed.

Issues considered

Whether the petitioner may be permitted to withdraw the present petition and file a fresh petition?

Subjects

withdrawal of petition
special civil application
procedural law
fresh petition
court order

Judgment

   C/SCA/8690/2026                                       ORDER DATED: 30/06/2026




       IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD

    R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO.                       8690 of 2026

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STAINLESS STEEL INDUCTION FURNACE ASSOCIATION (SSIFA)
                        Versus
                UNION OF INDIA & ORS.
=====================================================
Appearance:
MR ARJUN M JOSHI(11247) for the Petitioner(s) No. 1
MR PRADIP D BHATE(1523) for the Respondent(s) No. 1
=====================================================
  CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE NIRZAR S. DESAI

                         Date : 30/06/2026

                                   ORDER

  1. Learned Advocate Mr. Arjun M. Joshi, appearing

    for the petitioner, under instructions, states

    that,        in    view   of    the      subsequent          developments

    which        the    petitioner         would        like    to    place         on

    record and to modify the prayer accordingly, the

    petitioner          may   be      permitted          to    withdraw            the

    present petition with a view to file a fresh

    petition.


  2. Permission,         as   prayed             for,    is    granted.            The

    present petition stands disposed of as withdrawn

    with liberty to file a fresh petition with the

    same or similar prayer.



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       C/SCA/8690/2026                                                          ORDER DATED: 30/06/2026




    3. It is clarified that this Court has not gone

          into the merits of the matter.



                                                                           (NIRZAR S. DESAI,J)


Pallavi


Original copy of this order has been signed by the Hon'ble Judge.
Digitally signed by: PALLAVIBEN PRABHUDAS PANCHAL(HC01403), PRIVATE SECRETARY, at High Court of Gujarat on 30/06/2026 14:46:24




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