Published on : 11 Nov 2025, 1:38 pm 2 min read

The Supreme Court recently expressed serious concerns over the Jharkhand High Court’s failure to pronounce judgment for more than two years in the case of M/s Mivaan Steels Limited v. M/s Bharat Coking Coal Limited .

The case had been heard by the High Court and judgment was reserved on July 18, 2023, but no decision has been delivered till date.

The Supreme Court bench of Justices MM Sundresh and Satish Chandra Sharma said that the delay by the High Court "shocked the judicial conscience".

The Court was hearing an appeal filed by Mivaan Steels Limited.

The Supreme Court noted that the larger issue concerning delayed pronouncement of reserved judgments is already under consideration in a pending matter, which is scheduled to

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