Supreme Court of India

Union of India & Anr. v. M/s Meghmani Organics Ltd. & Ors.

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Reported as [2016] 9 S.C.R. 353
Bench J. Chelameswar, Shiva Kirti Singh and Abhay Manohar Sapre JJ.
Decided 7 October 2016

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What the Court ordered

We are of the considered view that the question referred for our answer can be answered in a very straight forward manner by holding that Reliance Industries case did not go into the details of the relevant Rules including Rule 7 but the observations made therein in respect of rule of confidentiality as spelt out in Rule 7 of the Rules does not diminish the scope of Rule 7 as provided.

Judgment, page 19

From the headnote

Anti Dumping: Customs Tariffs (Identification, Assessment and Collection of Anti-Dumping Duty on Dumped Articles and for Determination of Injury) Rules, 1995 - r. 7 - Interpretation of - Plea of Union of India and Designated Authority that the Reliance Industries case diminishes the rule of confidentiality statutorily provided under r. 7 - Held: Ordinary meaning of the words used in r. 7 are clear and there is no requirement to depart from the golden rule of interpretation i.e., the rule of Literal Construction - Reliance Industries case did not go into the details of the relevant Rules

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