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IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA
OM NARAYAN RAI
Equate Petrochemical Company K.S.C.C. – Appellant
Versus
Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGRT) – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
OM NARAYAN RAI, J.
1. This writ petition assails the Final Findings rendered by the Directorate General of Trade Remedies (hereafter "the Designated Authority") on September 23, 2025 under the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 and Customs Tariff (Identification, Assessment and Collection of Anti-Dumping Duty on Dumped Articles and for Determination of Injury) Rules, 1995 (hereafter "the said Rules") framed thereunder.
2. The impugned Final Findings reveal that the same have been rendered by the Designated Authority upon conducting an investigation based on an application filed before it by the Chemicals and Petrochemicals Manufacturers Association of India (i.e. the respondent no. 3 herein) requesting for initiation of an anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of Mono Ethylene Glycol (hereafter the “subject goods”) originating in or exported from the State of Kuwait, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Republic of Singapore. It further reveals that the data pertaining to injury information was provided by Reliance Industries Limited (the respondent no. 4 herein).
FACTS OF THE CASE:-
3. A brief factual foundation of the writ petition may first be noticed:-
a. The petitioner is a
The apprehension of business harm does not establish territorial jurisdiction for a writ petition; actual adverse impacts must be connected to the legal grounds of the claim.
Territorial jurisdiction under Article 226 requires a part of the cause of action to arise within the jurisdiction; mere apprehension of harm does not suffice.
The lack of disclosure regarding confidential information in anti-dumping investigations violates the principles of natural justice, necessitating scrutiny by the judiciary despite alternative remedi....
The doctrine of forum conveniens limits jurisdiction under Article 226, emphasizing that a court should not entertain cases where a more appropriate forum exists, regardless of where a part of the ca....
Natural justice requires that decision-makers provide sufficient reasoning and disclose essential facts to affected parties.
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