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High Court of Gujarat

LANXESS BELGIUM N. V.versusUNION OF INDIA

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Holding

The High Court dismissed the writ petition, holding that no gross violation of statutory procedure or natural justice occurred and that the petitioner must pursue the appeal before the CESTAT under Section 9C.

Summary

Lanxess Belgium N.V., a Belgian manufacturer of sulfenamide accelerators, challenged the anti-dumping final findings and notification issued by the Designated Authority (Respondent No.2) on the ground that the investigation was initiated without the mandatory pre‑initiation scrutiny and that the computation of dumping and injury margins violated Rules 5, 6, 7, 11, 16 and 17 of the Anti‑Dumping Rules as well as principles of natural justice. The petitioner argued that the authority failed to disclose the methodology for calculating the dumping margin and injury margin, leading to a mathematically impossible duty recommendation. The respondents contended that an efficacious alternative remedy exists under Section 9C of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975, and that the matter was already before the CESTAT, so the High Court should not interfere. The Court examined whether the High Court’s extraordinary jurisdiction under Article 226 can be invoked despite the availability of the alternative remedy and whether any gross violation of statutory procedure or natural justice occurred. Finding that the authority had complied with the procedural requirements, provided sufficient opportunity of hearing, and that any alleged errors could be addressed before the CESTAT, the Court held there was no jurisdictional defect or gross injustice. Consequently, the writ petition was dismissed, and the petitioner was directed to pursue the appeal before the CESTAT.

Issues considered

  • Whether the petitioner must first avail the alternative remedy of filing an appeal under Section 9C of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975, before approaching the High Court under Article 226.
  • Whether the anti‑dumping investigation and the final findings violated the mandatory procedural requirements of the Anti‑Dumping Rules, particularly Rules 5, 6, 7, 11, 16 and 17.
  • Whether there was a gross violation of principles of natural justice or lack of jurisdiction that would justify the High Court’s interference despite the existence of an alternative remedy.

Legislation cited

Subjects

anti‑dumpingnatural justiceArticle 226Customs Tariff ActSection 9Cdumping margininjury marginalternative remedyCESTATprocedural fairness

Judgment

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                                 Reserved On    : 01/07/2026
                                 Pronounced On : 07/07/2026
      IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD
       R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO.8794 of 2026
FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE:
HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE A.S. SUPEHIA                Sd/-

and
HONOURABLE MS. JUSTICE VAIBHAVI D. NANAVATI       Sd/-
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        Approved for Reporting       Yes      No
                                                      a
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                   LANXESS BELGIUM N. V.
                           Versus
                   UNION OF INDIA & ORS.
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Appearance:
MR. MIHIR JOSHI, SENIOR ADVOCATE, WITH TANAY VYAS WITH
SHAREEN GUPTA WITH MRINAL BHATNAGAR for the Petitioner

MR ANKIT SHAH FOR MR PRADIP D BHATE for Respondents No.1-2

MR SAURABH SOPARKAR, SENIOR ADVOCATE, WITH MR. RAJESH
SHARMA WITH GARGI R VYAS WITH SALONI JAIN for Respondent
No.3
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 CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE A.S. SUPEHIA
         and
         HONOURABLE MS. JUSTICE VAIBHAVI D. NANAVATI
                      CAV JUDGMENT
        (PER : HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE A.S. SUPEHIA)

1.    In      the        present   writ           petition      filed        under
Article            226    of   Constitution              of      India,         the
petitioner has prayed for quashing and setting
aside by questioning the legality and validity,
of the Final Findings dated 20.03.2026, bearing
Case No.AD(OI)-49/2024 and Impugned Notification
No.11/2026-Customs (ADD) dated 19.06.2026.


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BRIEF FACTS :
2.    The          petitioner      is      a       Company         incorporated
under the laws of Belgium and the European Union,
having        its     registered          office           at      Haven        1992,
Ketenislaan, 9130 Kallo, Belgium. The petitioner
is, inter alia, engaged in the manufacture of
Sulphenamides Accelerators, which constitute an
essential           input    in    the         manufacture             of     rubber
products.


3.    It       is      the    petitioner's                 case        that        the
manufacture of the product under consideration is
governed by the manufacturing standards, quality-
control            protocols        and            commercial             policies
prescribed           by     its    group           company         situated          in
Europe.             Consequently,              the          product             under
consideration exported by the petitioner conforms
to      stringent            European              quality            standards,
resulting in a comparatively higher export price
to     India          than        the      price            at       which         the
corresponding product is supplied by respondent
No.3.


4.    Respondent No.3 filed an application before
respondent           No.2    under        Rule       5      of     the      Customs
Tariff (Identification, Assessment and Collection
of Anti-Dumping Duty on Dumped Articles and for


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Determination of Injury) Rules, 1995 ("the Anti-
Dumping Rules"), alleging that the product under
consideration was being dumped into India.


5.    It       is        the     petitioner's                 grievance            that,
without undertaking the mandatory pre-initiation
scrutiny            contemplated            under           the       Anti-Dumping
Rules or satisfying itself as to the accuracy,
adequacy           and        sufficiency             of      the       information
furnished           by     respondent            No.3,         respondent            No.2
proceeded             to         initiate               the           anti-dumping
investigation                 solely       on         the        basis        of      the
application              submitted          by        respondent             No.3       by
issuing            the         Initiation              Notification                dated
31.12.2024.              According         to         the     petitioner,             the
initiation               of     the       investigation                   was        thus
undertaken           without          proper          verification             of     the
factual            assertions           and           supporting             material
furnished by respondent No.3.


6.    Pursuant to the issuance of the Initiation
Notification,              respondent           No.2,         by Notice            dated
10.02.2025,           determined            the       final        scope        of    the
product            under       consideration                by      adopting          the
Product Control Number (PCN) methodology.




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SUBMISSIONS ON             BEHALF OF THE PETITIONER :
7.    Learned            Senior       Advocate              Mr.Mihir             Joshi
submitted that respondent No.2 failed to disclose
the       working,           computation,                methodology               and
underlying           basis    adopted              for     determining             the
exporter-specific                 dumping          margin            and      injury
margin applicable to the petitioner.


8.    While          referring      to      Rule         16     of     the       Anti-
Dumping Rules, it is submitted that Rule 16 of
the Anti-Dumping Rules mandates respondent No.2
to       disclose           the        essential                facts            under
consideration before recording the final findings
so as to afford the interested parties a real,
effective           and meaningful            opportunity              to defend
their interests. It is contended that the failure
to disclose the detailed computation and working
of the dumping margin and injury margin deprived
the petitioner of the opportunity to identify and
point              out     factual,                methodological                  and
computational errors before the issuance of the
final        recommendation,              thereby             vitiating            the
entire        decision-making             process             on     account         of
violation of the principles of natural justice.

9.    Learned            Senior     Advocate             referred           to     the
Landed Value of imports and has contended that it


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is lower for the imports originating from the
People's Republic of China as compared to those
originating           from     the      European             Union.         It     was
contended that, under Rule 11 of the Anti-Dumping
Rules        read      with     Annexure-I                  and        Annexure-II
thereto, the Injury Margin is determined as the
difference between the Non-Injurious Price (NIP)
and    the         Landed    Value       of        the      imported          goods,
namely:            Injury    Margin          =      Non-Injurious                Price
(NIP)-Landed Value. It was submitted that where
the Non-Injurious Price remains constant or is
uniformly determined for the domestic industry, a
lower       Landed          Value       must,          as     an       inevitable
mathematical           consequence,                result         in    a     higher
Injury Margin, whereas a higher Landed Value must
necessarily           result       in    a       correspondingly                 lower
Injury Margin.


10. Reference is made to the provision of Section
9A(1) of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (for short
“the Act”) read with Rule 17(1)(b) of the Anti-
Dumping Rules, and it is submitted that the anti-
dumping duty cannot exceed the margin of dumping
and,     in        consonance       with         the     lesser         duty      rule
recognised             under        the            Indian          anti-dumping
framework,           the    duty     recommended               is      ordinarily



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restricted to the lower - (i) the dumping margin,
and (ii) the injury margin. It is submitted that
the impugned final findings are ex-facie contrary
to the statutory framework governing anti-dumping
investigations.              Respondent            No.2       has     failed        to
determine           the   export      price            in    accordance          with
Section        9A    of     the    Act     read         with     Clause        5    of
Annexure-I           to     the    Anti-Dumping               Rules,       thereby
vitiating the determination of the dumping margin
and,         consequently,                the           entire           exercise
culminating into the impugned final findings.


11. It was further submitted that Rule 5(3) of
the     Anti-Dumping              Rules       embodies           a     mandatory
jurisdictional pre-condition requiring respondent
No.2,          before         initiating                an        anti-dumping
investigation,              to     examine             the     accuracy            and
adequacy of the material placed before it so as
to    satisfy        itself       that      sufficient              prima      facie
evidence           exists    regarding             –    (i)    dumping,          (ii)
injury to the domestic industry, and (iii) the
causal nexus between the two. According to the
learned advocate, the failure to undertake such
mandatory scrutiny renders the very initiation of
the      investigation              without             jurisdiction               and
vitiates all the consequential proceedings.



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12. Learned advocate for the petitioner placed
reliance on the following judgments of the Apex
Court in the cases of – (i) Reliance Industries
Ltd.     vs.        Designated         Authority,               [2006        (9)     TMI
180];         (ii)         Automotive                Tyre          Manufacturers
Association vs. Designated Authority, [2011 (1)
TMI    7],         wherein       it    has      been           held     that      final
findings issued in violation of the prescribed
statutory methodology and principles of natural
justice are liable to be set aside.


13. According to the learned Senior Advocate for
the        petitioner,                such           an         anomalous            and
irreconcilable outcome could arise only if there
exists a fundamental error in the computation of
the Landed Value, the determination of the Non-
Injurious Price, the calculation of the Injury
Margin, or the application of the lesser duty
rule. Any such error, it was submitted, strikes
at     the          very     foundation                   of      the        impugned
determination              and    renders             the       final        findings
legally unsustainable.


14. With regard to resorting to the alternative
remedy        under        Section        9C         of     the       Act,      it     is
contended that it does not operate as a bar to
the exercise of the extraordinary jurisdiction of


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this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution,
particularly                 when   the     impugned             final       findings
have been rendered in flagrant violation of the
principles              of    natural      justice            and     in     complete
disregard to the mandatory procedure prescribed
under the Customs Tariff Act and the Anti-Dumping
Rules. It was submitted that the present case
squarely            falls           within            the       well-recognised
exceptions to the rule of alternative remedy as
enunciated              by    the    Apex      Court          in     the      case      of
Whirlpool                Corporation                  vs.        Registrar              of
Trademarks, Mumbai & Ors., (1999) 8 S.C.C. 1, and
reiterated in paragraph No.27 of Radha Krishna
Industries vs. State of Himachal Pradesh, (2021)
6 S.C.C. 771.

SUBMISSIONS ON BEHALF OF THE RESPONDENTS :
15. Opposing the present petition and foregoing
submissions, learned Senior Advocate Mr.Soparkar
appearing for respondent No.3 and learned Senior
Standing Counsel Mr.Ankit Shah, at the outset,
have submitted that the present petition may not
be   entertained               in    view      of       availability             of     an
efficacious alternative remedy to the petitioner
of    filing            an    appeal      under         the        provisions           of
Section            9C    of     the     Act.           In     support          of     the
submissions, reliance is placed on the decision

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of the Supreme Court in the case of Nitco Tiles
Ltd. vs. Gujarat Ceramic Floor Tiles Manufacturer
Association and Ors., (2005) 12 S.C.C. 454 and in
the case of Designated Authority and others vs.
SanDisk International Limited and Ors., (2018) 13
S.C.C. 402. They have also submitted that one of
the parties               i.e.   Automotive          Tyre     Manufacturers
Association, has already approached the Customs,
Excise             and      CESTAT         Tribunal,           New         Delhi,
challenging the impugned final findings and the
Notification, and, thus, it is urged that any
observations made by this Court in the present
petition            would        have     direct          impact        on      the
proceedings before the CESTAT, New Delhi.


16. It        is         contended      that        the    petitioner,            by
alleging violation of the principle of natural
justice, has sought to invoke the jurisdiction of
this court under Article 226 of the Constitution
of India, whereas in fact, there is no violation
of principle of natural justice as canvassed by
the petitioner. Reference is made to the various
observations made by the competent authority i.e.
respondent No.2 in the impugned findings dated
20.03.2026 as well as the disclosure statement
dated 12.03.2026.



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17. It       is      contended         that           the    respondents             have
only questioned the determination of the anti-
dumping duty and the injury margin by alleging
that the same is not appropriately arrived at
looking to the domestic sales of the industry and
volume of dumped imports. It is submitted that
all     these        aspects          can      be       considered             by     the
appellate authorities and it is argued that this
Court may not examine the magnitude of the injury
margin, as determined by respondent No.2, after
the     same        is      determined            by        appreciating              the
submissions advanced by the all the stakeholders,
including the petitioner and the respondents.

ANALYSIS AND OPINION :
18. The issue, which falls for deliberation, is
that     whether           in    the      facts         of       the      case,       the
petitioner            can        be     relegated               to      avail         the
alternative           efficacious               remedy           of      filing         an
appeal,            under        Section         9C      of        the       Act       for
challenging           the       impugned          final          findings           dated
20.03.2026, as well as the Notification No.11/
2026 dated 19.06.2024 issued by respondent No.2
or not.


19. The provisions of Customs 9C of the Act reads
as under :-


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     “9C. Appeal.—

     1[(1)    An    appeal   against    the   order   of
     determination or review thereof shall lie to the
     Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate
     Tribunal constituted under section 129 of the
     Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962) (hereinafter
     referred to as the Appellate Tribunal), in
     respect of the existence, degree and effect of—
     (i) any subsidy or dumping in relation to import
     of any article; or
     (ii) import of any article into India in such
     increased quantities and under such condition so
     as to cause or threatening to cause serious
     injury to domestic industry requiring imposition
     of safeguard duty in relation to import of that
     article.]
     [(1A) An appeal under sub-section (1) shall be
     accompanied by a fee of fifteen thousand rupees.
     (1B) Every application made before the Appellate
     Tribunal,—
     (a) in an appeal under sub-section (1), for
     grant of stay or for rectification of mistake or
     for any other purpose; or
     (b)   for   restoration   of   an appeal     or  an
     application, shall be accompanied by a fee of
     five hundred rupees.]
     (2) Every appeal under this section shall be
     filed within ninety days of the date of order
     under appeal:
     Provided    that   the   Appellate   Tribunal   may
     entertain any appeal after the expiry of the
     said period of ninety days, if it is satisfied
     that the appellant was prevented by sufficient
     cause from filing the appeal in time.
     (3) The Appellate Tribunal may, after giving the
     parties to the appeal, an opportunity of being
     heard, pass such orders thereon as it thinks
     fit, confirming, modifying or annulling the
     order appealed against.
     (4) The provisions of sub-sections (1), (2), (5)
     and (6) of section 129C of the Customs Act, 1962


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       (52 of 1962) shall apply to the Appellate
       Tribunal in the discharge of its functions under
       this Act as they apply to it in the discharge of
       its functions under the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of
       1962).
       (5) Every appeal under sub-section (1) shall be
       heard by a Special Bench constituted by the
       President of the Appellate Tribunal for hearing
       such appeals and such Bench shall consist of the
       President and not less than two members and
       shall include one judicial member and one
       technical member.]”

20. Thus,            it     is     not       in     dispute          that       the
petitioner is having an alternative efficacious
remedy        of        filing     an    appeal,        challenging             the
impugned           final        findings        before        the      Customs,
Excise         and        Service        Tax        Appellate          Tribunal
(CESTAT). Upon examination of the provision of
Section 9C of the Act, it is manifest that there
is     nothing            that     prevents          the       CESTAT          from
examining           the     legality          and     validity           of     the
disclosure statement and final findings and the
Notification issued under Section 9A of the Act.
However,           we     are    also     conscious         of      the       well-
settled        legal       precedent         that     the     extraordinary
powers of High Court under Article 226 of the
Constitution              cannot    be      eclipsed        or      restricted
even     if        an    alternative          efficacious           remedy        is
available to the parties.




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21. The law in this regard is well-settled in the
case of Whirlpool Corporation vs. Registrar of
Trade Marks, Mumbai and Ors., (1998) 8 S.C.C. 1,
and      thereafter                 followed           in      series          of      the
judgements.


22. Thus, it is a settled legal precedent that if
there is gross violation of principles of natural
justice            or    violation           of        statutory           provisions
governing               the        process      of       law,         or      lack       of
jurisdiction,                 the High        Court,          while        exercising
its extraordinary powers conferred under Article
of the 226 Constitution can always interfere with
such action even if there exists an alternative
efficacious remedy.


23. The petitioner has emphasized on the blatant
violation of principles of natural justice, by
alleging that the mandatory disclosure under Rule
16 of the the Anti-Dumping Rules read with Rules
6, 7, 11 and 17 of the Anti-Dumping Rules are
violated.           It        is    also     alleged          that       the      injury
margin             determined           by        respondent                no.2         is
mathematically                 impossible,             and      respondent            no.2
fell in error in determining the injury margin
since      there          is       inconsistency             in     comparing          the
landed value of imports and Non-Injurious Price


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(NIP). The petitioner has attempted to build its
case by comparing the erroneous export price and
landed value, which is contrary to Rule 11 of the
Anti-Dumping Rules. It is contended that the NIP
remains constant across all exporting countries
or    is     determined         on      a     uniform          basis      for     the
domestic            enquiry,      lower              landed       value          must
invariably result in a higher injury margin and
conversely, a higher landed value must result in
a lower injury margin. It is alleged that the
valuation adopted by respondent No.2 and the duty
recommended in the statement of impugned findings
are     inconsistent            since         the       country        of      lower
value, landed value, has been recommended a lower
duty, whereas a country with higher landed value
has        been        recommended               higher           duty,          when
arithmetically             it    must          have        a     lower       injury
margin.            Thus,   it    is         alleged            that    there        is
fundamental error, in the computation of landed
value, or in the computation of NIP, or in the
determination              of   injury               margin,      or      in      the
application of lesser duty, which goes to the
root of the determination.


24. Thus, the case of the petitioner is premised
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determined            on      an          incorrect                  or         faulty
determination.


25. As far as the allegations about adopting an
erroneous and a flawed methodology is concerned,
this Court cannot venture into the determination
or the valuation, adopted by respondent No.2, in
the anti-dumping investigation concerning imports
of     sulfenamides          accelerators.                    The      disclosure
statement, which is produced on record, reveals
that     respondent         No.2      has      in        fact       extensively,
considered          all      the      aspects                along        with     the
submissions         of     all the         stakeholders,                  including
the    opposing          interested          parties.            In       paragraph
No.38,        while        taking       care            of     the        arguments
advanced by the interested parties relating non-
sharing of the import data, it is recorded that
“the       applicant         before            the           authority,            has
submitted          that      it      has           relied         upon          market
intelligence          to    compute          the        total        volume        and
value of imports from all countries and the same
has     been       made     available              to    other        interested
parties”. So far as the transaction-wise data is
concerned, which is procured by the authority, is
confidential          in     nature        and          is    not      shared        by
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disclosed to any interested party, including the
domestic industry. The authority has shared the
information of volume and price of imports which
is   relevant             under    the       Anti-Dumping            Rules,        the
information               collected          from         the        Directorate
General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics
(DGCI&S).            It     is     further          recorded            that       the
interested parties have been provided enough of
opportunity           to     defend          their       interest           on     the
information           relevant          to    the        investigation             and
determination.


26. While referring to Rule 6 (7) and Rule 7 of
the Anti-Dumping Rules, it is also recorded in
paragraph           No.39        that    the        authority           has       made
available           the     non-confidential                version         of     the
information provided by various parties to all
other interested parties as per Rule 6(7) of the
Anti-Dumping Rules.


27. In             paragraph       No.40            of      the        disclosure
statement, the authority has taken care about the
submissions made by the domestic industry and the
participating                          exporters                       concerning
confidentiality,                  on         information               such          as
production,            capacity,               capacity            utilization,
sales       volumes,         market          share,        stocks,          selling


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price etc. It is further recorded that wherever
information is for injury period, the same has
been provided on an indexed basis. The authority
has       also           maintained          the         business-related
sensitive           information,         as        confidential.            After
sharing all the data, as required under the Anti-
Dumping Rules, respondent No.2 has determined the
normal value, export price and dumping margin for
the    subject           countries     as     per        the   Anti-Dumping
Rules,       more        particularly        Rule        9A(1)(c)        of    the
Anti-Dumping Rules.


28. The normal value and export prices for the
petitioner is also determined, as mentioned in
paragraph No.52 to 61.


29. In paragraph No.63, the dumping margin has
been determined, which has been doubted by the
present            petitioner.       The          designated        authority
while assessment of injury and causal link in
paragraph           64    has   recorded           the    submissions            of
interested parties, and has accordingly recorded
its findings. The determination of dumping margin
on the extensive scrutiny of data has been shared
among the interested parties. The High Court in a
writ       petition,            cannot        venture          into         terra
incognita           by doubting the methodology/valuation,


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since the same falls within the domain of the
designated           authority          who     is     an       expert         in    the
subject.            The        analysis        or          scrutiny          on      the
confidential information is impermissible by the
High      Court,          in     wake     of         the     fact        interested
parties have maintained the confidentiality. The
aspect         of    the       procedure       adopted            by     respondent
No.2     and        the    magnitude           of      injury          margin,         as
determined           below        paragraph            No.119           cannot         be
delved and examined by this Court, by High Court,
while exercising its extraordinary jurisdiction
under Article 226 of the Constitution of India
and     the         appropriate          authority              would         be     the
Tribunal.


30. We shall now deal with the alleged breach of
Rules 6, 7, 11 and 17 of the Anti-dumping Rules.
Rule       6        regulates         the        principles               governing
investigation.                 The      petitioner                 has         alleged
violation           of     sub-rule         (6)       of       Rule       6,       which
prescribes           that,       “the designated                  authority          may
allow an interested party or its representative
to     present           the     information               relevant           to     the
investigation orally, but such oral information
shall        be      taken        into         consideration                 by      the
designated            authority.”              On      scrutiny              of      the



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disclosure statement, we find that the provisions
of neither Rules 6(6), 7, 11 nor Rule                                   17 have
been violated. The interested parties, including
the      petitioner,       have        been           given         sufficient
opportunity of hearing. The disclosure statement
mentions           that   all      the          relevant            data        and
information have been shared with the interested
parties, and if it is the case of the petitioner
that      the      necessary     information                has      not       been
shared, the same can be examined by the Tribunal,
since we do not find that the petitioner has been
exclusively denied the information. Similarly, we
also do not find that there is any violation of
Rule 7 relating to confidential information, as
the     designated        authority             has     maintained             full
confidentiality            and          has            maintained               the
confidentiality of the information on the request
of the interested parties and has followed the
provisions of Rule 7. Likewise, as regards Rule
11, which mentions the determination of injury,
and Rule 17, which stipulates the limitation and
recommendation of amount of duty after recording
the reasons leading to conclusion are concerned,
we find that the petitioner is questioning the
methodology/          valuation         adopted             by      respondent
No.2, in determining the injury which cannot be


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scrutinized by this Court unless it is in gross
violation          of      Rules     or      principles          of     natural
justice.


31. In case the petitioner is deprived of some
information, it is always open to the petitioner
to point out the same before the fact-finding
authority i.e. the Tribunal. The Court cannot, in
the writ petition, delve into such aspects.


32. There is an additional ground which prevents
us from interfering with the Final Findings and
the     Notification,              i.e.        the     pendency          of      an
application          before        the     CESTAT,      New      Delhi.        The
impugned           Final     Findings          dated     20.03.2026            are
challenged by the Automotive Tyre Manufacturers
Association by filing an application being Diary
No. 51523/2026 before the CESTAT. The petitioner
can adopt the same course.


33. Thus, we are not inclined to interfere with
the       impugned           final         findings          recorded            by
respondent No.2 and the Notification in exercise
of our extraordinary jurisdiction under Article
226 of the Constitution of India, particularly in
the     absence         of    any        gross       violation          of     the
principles of natural justice, any violation of


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  the statutory provisions governing the process of
  law, or any lack of jurisdiction. Hence, the writ
  petition fails and the same is dismissed. The
  petitioner may avail of the remedy of filing an
  appeal               before                the           CESTAT,                 challenging                        the
  impugned                  findings                  as         well            as         the          impugned
  Notification.
                                                                                            Sd/-    .
                                                                                     (A.S.SUPEHIA, J)

                                                                              Sd/-      .
                                                                 (VAIBHAVI D. NANAVATI,J)

                                                                  ***
  Bhavesh-[PPS]* - Mahesh-[PS]*
Original copy of this order has been signed by the Hon'ble Judges.
Digitally signed by: BHAVESH PARSOTTAM KATIRA(HC00176), PRINCIPAL PRIVATE SECRETARY, at High Court of Gujarat on 07/07/2026 15:13:58




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