Published on : 24 Oct 2025, 3:40 am 2 min read

The Bombay High Court recently imposed costs of ₹50,000 on a litigant for pursuing a writ petition against an order of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) that had only reserved a matter for orders, even though he had already filed an appeal under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC). [ Shripal Sevantilal Morakhia v. NCLT]

A Division Bench of Justices RI Chagla and Farhan P Dubash held that such an order was not amenable to writ jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution and said that the petition was an unnecessary duplication of proceedings.

“ The order dated 4th August 2025 is not amenable to challenge in a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India ,” the Bench observed.

The peti

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