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2026 Supreme(SC) 197

VIKRAM NATH, SANDEEP MEHTA
Indian Oil Corporation Limited – Appellant
Versus
Aditya H. P. Centre – Respondent


Advocates appeared:
For the Appellant(s) : Mr. Raghavendra P. Shankar, A.S.G. Mrs. Priya Puri, AOR Ms. Pallavi Mishra, Adv. Mr. Neelabh Bisht, Adv. Mr. Sachin Dubey, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Mishra, Adv. Mr. Sharad Kumar Puri, Adv. Ms. Riya Dogra, Adv.
For the Respondent(s):Mr. M.C. Dhingra, Sr. Adv. Mr. Gaurav Dhingra, AOR Mr. Shashank Singh, Adv. Mr. Aditya Singh, AOR Mr. Ravi Bakshi, Adv. Mr. S. Gowthaman, AOR Mr. Anup Rattan, Advocate General Mr. Ravi Bakshi, Adv. Mr. Manvendra Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Rajnesh Gaur, Adv. Mr. Saksham Thareja, Adv. Mr. Kumar Vinayak, Adv. Mrs. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G. Rajat Nair, Adv. Bhuvan Kapoor, Adv. Chitrangda Rashtravara, Adv. Mrigna Shekhar, Adv. Dr. N. Visakamurthy, AOR Mr. Sachin Jain, Adv. Mr. Rajiv Ranjan Dwivedi, AOR Mr. Vishal, Adv. Mrs. Shubhdara Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Kumar Amartya, Adv. Mr. Amitabh Singh, Adv. Mr. Amitbah Singh, Adv. Mr. Aditya Bharat Manubarwala, Adv. Mrs. Shaila Arora, Adv. Ms. Tanishka Grover, Adv. Mr. Bharat Thakorlal Manubarwala, AOR

Table of Content
1. violation of irc and morth guidelines (Para 5 , 6 , 7 , 8)
2. dispute over applicability of guidelines (Para 9 , 15 , 21 , 24)
3. high court's reliance on irc and morth guidelines (Para 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14)
4. no objection certificate's relevance (Para 18 , 22 , 23)
5. burden of proof in writ petitions (Para 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31)
6. setting aside high court's orders (Para 34 , 35)

JUDGMENT :

1. Heard.

3. For the sake of convenience, Civil Appeal Nos. 2701-2702 of 2024 are being treated as the lead matters and reference to facts and issues is being made therefrom for the purpose of disposal of the batch of appeals.

I. BRIEF FACTS

S. No.

Particulars

Date of Order

1.

Civil Writ Petition No. 4239 of 2020; Civil Writ Petition No. 3338 of 2020; Civil Writ Petition No. 2703 of 2020

17th August, 2021

2.

Civil Writ Petition No. 847 of 2021

6th September, 2021

3.

Civil Writ Petition No. 3378 of 2022

9th November, 2022

7. The sum and substance of the challenge laid by the writ petitioners3 [Hereinafter, being referred to as ‘respondents-writ petitioners] before the High Court was t

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