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AHSANUDDIN AMANULLAH, PRASHANT KUMAR MISHRA
JSW Steel Ltd. – Appellant
Versus
Board of Trustees Of The Mumbai Port Trust Mumbai – Respondent
ORDER :
Ahsanuddin Amanullah, Prashant Kumar Mishra, JJ.
Leave granted. Heard learned senior counsel/counsel for the parties.
BACKGROUND:
2. The appellant is aggrieved by the Impugned Order, by which Writ Petition No.2127/1996 filed by it before the High Court was disposed of. The High Court noted that the said writ petition principally sought the following reliefs:
(b) For a permanent injunction restraining the Respondents, their servants and agents from taking any steps against the Petitioners and preventing the Petitioners from availing of the services of the Mumbai Port Trust and its waters for the purpose of safely transitting their barges containing iron ore being moved from the mother vessel to Dharamtar jetty;’
3. The writ petition has been disposed of by the High Court in the following ter
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